07 Day Tour

Transfer to Thiphu hotel
Sightseeing: Changangkha Lhakhang; The Lhakhang houses Chenrizig; Bhutan National Bank; local arts and crafts school, Traditional Medicine Motithang Takin Preserve.

Sightseeing: weekend market. 1 hour long hike to Cheri Monastery. Traditional paper making from Daphnia and Edgeworthia shrub, Handicraft Bazaar, Memorial Chorten.

Drive to Dochula Pass.
Afternoon hike up to the Chimi Lhakhang (temple) – easy 30 minute hike through rice paddies and a small village.

Hike up through the fields of rice along the banks of the Mo Chu to the upper end of the valley to see the KhamsumYuelleyNamgyalChorten, drive towards Khuruthang, passing PunthshoPelri Palace. Punakha Dzong.

Enroute visit SemtokhaDzong, “the place of profound tantric teaching”. Ta Dzong. Walk to visit RinpungDzong. Mount Sumeru. Visit a local family and understand local lifestyle and cultures.

Taktsang monastery (Tiger’s Nest). Take a leisurely guided walk of the town of Paro.

Departure