Bhutan Travel Packages | Explore Cultural & Adventure Tours with Blue Poppy Tours

Our journey begins in Paro

TAKTSHANG
MONASTERY

NATIONAL
MUSEUM

DUMTSE
LHAKHANG

KYICHU
LHAKHANG

rrive at Paro International Airport. Your tour guide will meet you and take you to your hotel.

Later take a stroll around town and start to take in the atmosphere and culture of this beautiful country. Next day you have a full day of sightseeing in and around Paro including Dumtse Lhakhang, The National Museum, Paro Rinpung Dzong and Kyichu Lhakhang (temple). You can end your stay in Paro with a hike to ‘Tiger’s Nest’, the sacred Taktshang Monastery.

Paro Rinpung Dzong, Photo Credi - © CD

Nights in Paro and Thimphu

Thimphu

BUDDHA
DORDENMA NATIONAL
MEMORIAL
CHORTEN CHANGANKHA
TEMPLE FOLK
HERITAGE
MUSEUM NATIONAL
TEXTILE
MUSEUM NATIONAL
LIBRARY SCHOOL OF
TRADITIONAL
ARTS & CRAFTS TAKIN
RESERVE

Thimphu to Punakha

Punakha Thimphu

PUNAKHA
DZONG

CHIMI
LHAKHANG

DOCHU LA
PASS

Phobjikha Valley

ightseeing in Thimphu.

You can visit the weekly market, The National Memorial Chorten, The Buddha Dordenma, Changangkha Temple, Takin Reserve, The School of Traditional Arts and Crafts, The Folk Heritage Museum and The National Library. Browse the striking collection of intricate textiles at The National Textile Museum and visit the craft bazaar. Discuss your preference for the day with the guide. Then drive to Punakha via Dochu La Pass. Take a short hike to Chimi Lhakhang, an interesting temple of fertility and visit Punakha Dzong. Drive a couple of hours to Gangtey in the remote Phobjikha valley where black-necked cranes visit in their hundreds in November each year after spending the summer in Tibet.

Phobjikha Valley, Photo Credit - © CD

Nights in Thimphu, Punakha and Phobjikha Valley

Trongsa

TRONGSA MUSUEM

TRONGSA DZONG

Tang Valley

UGYENCHOLING PALACE

ontinue your journey east to Bumthang, the spiritual heartland of Bhutan with its many temples and monasteries.

Stop in Trongsa to visit the Dzong and the museum in the Watchtower. Take a couple of days to explore the sights of Bumthang including an excursion to the remote Tang Valley where you can also visit Ugyencholing Palace, an interesting museum in an old aristocratic palace.

Ugyencholing Palace, Photo Credit - © CD

Nights in Bumthang

Tashi Yangtse

CHORTEN KORA

DHO NGAG CHOLING

INSTITUTE OF
TRADITIONAL ARTS
& CRAFTS

rive east via Mongar to Tashi Yangtse, a remote town in the north eastern corner of Bhutan.

Here you can spend a relaxing day wandering round the town after the long drives of recent days and visit the sacred Chorten Kora and the Institute of Traditional Arts and Crafts. Take a day excursion to the remote valley of Bumdeling, home to another flock of the endangered black-necked cranes who winter here from Tibet or take a hike to Dho Ngag Choling.

Nights in Mongar and Tashi Yangtse

Tashigang

GOM KORA

TASHIGANG
DZONG

Traveling South

SHERUBTSE
COLLEGE

WEAVING
SCHOOL

Drive south to Tashigang where you can visit the Dzong, stopping on the way to visit the sacred temple of Gom Kora.

Then you continue south to the border town of Samdrup Jongkhar. Stop on the way to visit the Weaving School at Khaling or Sherubtse College, the seat of Bhutan’s first university. You will spend the night in Samdrup Jongkhar and then the next day you can take a taxi three hours over the border to Guwahati in Assam, India from where there are regular flights to Delhi and Calcutta and other nearby destinations.

Nights in Tashigang and Samdrup Jongkhar

Departure

Customise your trip

Physical

Spiritual

Cultural

Day hikes
Rafting
Mountain biking
Playing archery
Trekking
(with overnight in camp)

Attend a ceremony or blessing
Meet some monks
Visit a nunnery
Visit a pranic healing centre or take meditation classes
Meet a Lama (head monk) and listen to a talk on meditation, Buddhism or the Bhutanese philosophy on Gross National Happiness

Attend a cookery class
Visit a local farmhouse
Visit the weekly market
Watch an archery match
Try a traditional hot stone bath
Try your hand at traditional games such as khuru, degor and carom

Those activities marked with an asterisk attract an additional supplement - please ask for details

PRICING

The rules for visiting Bhutan changed dramatically in June 2022 and the old system that had applied since tourism first started in the 1970s was withdrawn. Under the new system visitors to Bhutan have to pay a sustainable development fee (SDF) of US$100 per person per night to the Bhutan government in order to be issued a visa. The SDF is intended to be used to promote carbon-neutral tourism, to support the building of a more sustainable tourism sector and to support the education and health of local citizens.

The price for the tour will be paid on top of the SDF and covers the cost of all the services Blue Poppy will provide for you including guide, driver, transport, standard (3 star) accommodation, food, sightseeing and festival visits. Additional supplements are payable for treks and some other activities and for accommodation upgrades. Our pricing is based on a “daily rate” which varies depending on how many in the group. Please contact us for a personalised quote.

15 NIGHT SAMPLE ITINERARY

IDEAL MONTHS