12-Day
HIGHLIGHTS OF BHUTAN
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Explore
Bhutan's Highlights in the Paro, Thimpu
and Bumthang Valleys.
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Best Season:
This
tour can be undertaken year-round but the
best months are From March to May and October
to December.
Tour Grade: Moderate touring
with day hikes.
Availability:
Private tours are available for minimum
2 persons on request.
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If
Bhutan is beautiful, Bumthang is extraordinarily
beautiful. Its four high valleys are covered
in forests that embrace small monasteries, chortens,
traditional stone houses, and markets.
Next to hospitality, Bhutan's greatest art forms
are its traditional textiles and crafts. While
many places produce fine examples of both, Bhutan's
superlative wood carvings, masks, gold- and
silverworks, paper, and religious paintings
are near-unique, both in excellence and in the
fact that they are made to be used by the people
themselves, rather than snapped up by the busloads
of tourists we're happy to avoid in this favored
land.
By looking
closely at the Dragon Kingdom's crafts and textiles
in the making, visiting world-class weavers
and thangka painters, we find ourselves learning
a tremendous lot about the broader culture.
Ranging through the countryside, staying in
local guesthouses, making day hikes to remote
villages and hidden valleys, we get a good look
at not only art-making, but also art-using.
Bhutan's people wear these magnificent textiles
and gold and silver ornaments; they proudly
display and use the paintings and masks their
fellow artisans make.
12-DAY
BUMTHANG TOUR 2013:
Private Customized Tours available on request.
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Minimum
2 passengers required for tours to operate.
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Customized
private tours
are available on request.
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Flights
to Bhutan are available from Bangkok, Thailand.
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Flights
to Bhutan are also available from Kathmandu
and New Delhi. |
DAYS |
ITINERARY
For Bumthang Cultural Tour 2013 |
1 |
ARRIVE
BHUTAN
Fly Bangkok to Paro, Bhutan.
Visit Museum and Paro Dzong. Afternoon drive
to Thimpu. |
2 |
THIMPU
SIGHTSEEING
Full day Thimpu valley sightseeing. |
3 |
THIMPU
- PUNAKHA Drive
over Dochula pass to Punakha valley. Visit
Punakha Dzong. |
4 |
PUNAKHA
- GANGTEY VALLEY
Drive
Punakha to Gangtey. Visit Gangtey Monastery.
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5 |
GANGTEY
- TRONGSA
Drive
Gangtey to Trongsa. Visit Trongsa Dzong.
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6 |
TRONGSA - BUMTHANG
Drive
Trongsa to Zakar in Bumthang. |
7-8 |
BUMTHANG
VALLEY SIGHTSEEING
Experience Bumthang's monasteries, Dzongs,
distinctive yatah weaving and walks
in the sacred valleys. |
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BUMTHANG
- PUNAKHA
Experience Bumthang's monasteries, Dzongs,
distinctive yatah weaving and walks
in the sacred valleys. |
10 |
PUNAKHA-THIMPU-PARO
Morning visit Punakha Dzong.
Afternoon drive back to Thimphu Afternoon
drive to Paro. |
11 |
PARO
SIGHTSEEING
Visit Drukyul Dzong and hike to Taksang
Monastery. |
12 |
DEPARTURE
FROM BHUTAN
Fly from Paro to Bangkok, Kathmandu or New
Delhi. End of Tour. |
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