Glimpses of Bhutan

Duration: 3Days/2Nights

Price : USD 790

Day 1

  1. Arrive at the Paro International Airport. You will be warmly received by our friendly, traditionally dressed representative with the offering of a white welcome scarf.
  2. Drive to Thimphu (about an hour long drive from the airport).
  3. Arrival at hotel in Thimphu, relax with welcome tea followed by check-in at hotel.
  4. Rest till lunch in hotel or a nearby restaurant.
  5. After lunch, take 10-minutes’ drive to Changangkha Temple (built in the 15th century by famous Lama Nima). Inside the temple is “God of Compassion” made out of platinum. You may witness blessing of a newborn baby in this temple.
  6. Drive to Mini Zoo, Bhutan’s only zoo to see the national animal – takin.
  7. Drive to Sangay Gang and get a bird’s eye of the Thimphu city.
  8. Visit a nunnery founded by 16th Drubthob Tshangthong Gyalpo in 1976. More than 40 nuns study Buddhism in this nunnery.
  9. Visit Zorichusum Institute which is popularly known as the painting school. Students in this school learn traditional arts and crafts like painting, sculpture, wood carving, weaving and embroidery.
  10. Visit the National Library
  11. Drive to Tashicho Dzong, a fortress built in 1772 by the temporal ruler Zhidar and Younten Thaye the Chief Abbot.

Day 2

  1. Breakfast at the hotel.
  2. Drive back to Paro. Either: Visit the National Museum, Paro Dzong, Drukgyel Dzong, Kichu Lhakhang and stroll around Paro town, which was developed after the airport was built in 1983, or
  3. Hike to the Tiger Nest Monastery, the holiest monastery in the Buddhist World.
  4. Check in at hotel and prepare for next day’s program.

Day 3

  1. Breakfast at the hotel.
  2. Drive to airport for departure.

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