Bhutan Highlights Tour - 7 Nights 8 Days of Culture & Adventure

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Stay overnight in Thimphu

After breakfast visit National Memorial Chorten Institute of Traditional Medicine, Folk heritage Museum, Textile Museum, Takin Zoo and Buddha Point. Later drive towards Punakha for about 1 and half hour passing across Dochula Pass (3,050m). Overnight at Hotel.

The Memorial Stupa, Thimphu, also known as the Thimphu Chorten, is a stupa (Dzongkha chöten, cheten) in Thimphu, Bhutan, located on Doeboom Lam in the southern-central part of the city near the main roundabout and Indian military hospital. The stupa, built in 1974 to honor the third Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck (1928–1972), is a prominent landmark in the city with its golden spires and bells. In 2008, it underwent extensive renovation. It is popularly known as "the most visible religious landmark in Bhutan". It was consecrated by Dudjom Jigdral Yeshe Dorje.

Visit weekend market, if the tour is in weekend.

Stop at Dochula Pass on the way from Thimphu to Punakha

Visit Buddha Point

Visit Takin Preserve

Centenary Farmers Market in Thimphu is best for local fresh farm products.

Folk Heritage Museum highlights the culture and traditions of Bhutan.

Tashichoe Dzong is a Buddhist monastery and fortress in Thimphu.

Chimi Lhakhang is the temple dedicated to Drukpa Kunley and also known as the 'fertility temple'.

After breakfast visit Punakha Dzong, visit to Punakha Suspension Bridge and drive to Gangtey via Wangdue. Drive up a winding mountain road through oak and rhododendron forest, over a high pass down into the Phobjikha Valley. Phobjikha is one of Bhutan’s few glacial valleys, and chosen winter home of black-necked cranes, migrating from the Tibetan plateau. Visit Gangtey Monastery. Later, drive for an hour through the jungle before emerging to the valley floor. Overnight at Hotel.

The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang (meaning "the palace of great happiness or bliss", is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, it is the second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures. The dzong houses the sacred relics of the southern Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, including the Rangjung Kharsapani and the sacred remains of Ngawang Namgyal and the tertön Pema Lingpa.

A short hike to Punakha Suspension Bridge.

Drive to Gangtey via Wangdue

A scenic drive to Gangtey valley

A beautiful valley also known as winter home of black-necked cranes.

Short visit to Gangtey Monastery

Drive to the Pele la Pass and enter the traditional eastern region. Then the road gradually drops passing through Kgebji village, Sephu village, Chendebji village followed by large Chendebji Chorten. Now the road passes through farms, villages and reaches the Trongsa Dzong. Visit Trongsa Dzong which is the largest and most impressive Dzong in Bhutan built in 1644 by the Shabdrung. Overnight at Hotel.

Overnight at Hotel.

Visit Wangchuckli Dzong, Lhakhang Nakpo (Black temple), and Lhakhang Karpo in Haa. Afterwards, drive back to Paro. Overnight at Hotel.

then commence the hike up to the Taktsang Monastery-Tiger’s Nest. Afterwards, hike back to the road point then drive to Kyichu Lakhang, one of the oldest and most sacred shrines in Bhutan. Also visit Rinpung Dzong. Later drive back to Hotel. Overnight at Hotel.

ernational airport, board the flight and bid farewell to remote and legendary Dragon Kingdom.