Bhutan Culture Tours & Packages Tours & Trips

Highlights

• Hike to Taktsang, commonly known as the Tiger's Nest, the small monastery clinging to a rocky cliff 900 metres above the valley floor, and soak in its magnificence.
• Discover the 15th-century fertility temple of Chimi Lhakhang, and visit the magnificent Punakha Dzong, an ancient fortress and religious centre that sits at the confluence of two rivers.
• Feel the heat of Bhutanese cuisine when you tuck into traditional meals made with red rice, local cheese and lots of tastebud-tingling chillies.
• Experience Bhutanese hospitality in the Paro Valley when you enjoy a homecooked meal at a rustic farmhouse and opt to take a soak in a traditional hot stone bath.
• Spend a day exploring Thimphu, from the city to the woodlands, visiting the Cheri Dorji Dhen monastery, National Memorial Chorten, Simply Bhutan and the National Textile Museum.

Highlights

• Take a jeep safari with a local guide in Chitwan National Park – a beauty brimming with exotic wildlife – and you may be lucky enough to spot rhinos or elusive leopards and tigers.
• Visit a Tibetan refugee camp and get to know the community before taking on a cooking demonstration to learn how to create traditional momos (steamed dumplings).
• Hike to Taktsang, commonly known as the Tiger's Nest, the small monastery clinging to a rocky cliff 900 metres above the valley floor, and soak in its magnificence.
• Discover the 15th-century fertility temple of Chimi Lhakhang, and visit the magnificent Punakha Dzong, an ancient fortress and religious centre that sits at the confluence of two rivers.
• Experience Bhutanese hospitality in the Paro Valley when you enjoy a homecooked meal at a rustic farmhouse and opt to take a soak in a traditional hot stone bath.

Highlights

• Embark on a short classic trek through the beautiful Bhutanese countryside
• Gain an insight into the local way of life
• Visit cultural highlights including Dzong in Paro and the Memorial Chorten in Thimpu
• Witness Bhutan's colourful, vibrant festivals (on festival departures)
• Visit the incredible Taktsang Tiger's Nest Monastery

Highlights

• Visit one of the most remote countries in the world
• Enjoy a meeting and lecture with a monk about buddhist culture in bhutan
• Learn how to cook ema datshi (chili cheese) with a local farm family
• Hike along peaceful nature trails and thrilling cliffs
• Experience the pristine and peaceful nature of the "dragon kingdom"

Highlights

• Explore Darjeeling Hill Stations
• Ceremonies, Dances and Parades of Paro Festival
• In Bumthang, Tamshing Lhakhang
• Travel to Taktsang and Punakha Dzong
• Visit the Kingdom of Sikkim and the Rumtek Monastery

Highlights

• Capture images of daily life in Bhutan on hikes to local villages and excursions to lively markets.
• Hike to Bhutan's most famous pilgrimage site, Taktsang Lhakhang (Tiger's Nest Temple).
• Photograph the exquisite carvings and sculptures of the newly renovated Gangtey Gonpa temple.
• Mingle with community leaders and government dignitaries at a banquet dinner and gain insight into modern Bhutan

Highlights

• Explore Paro and visit the famous Taktsang 'Tiger's Nest' Monastery
• Cross high mountain passes to the Gangtey Valley, winter home to the Black Necked Crane and Trongsa
• Witness the majesty of the Himalaya including the sacred Jomolhari peak (7326m)
• Discover the ancient dzongs (fort-monasteries) and Lhakkhangs of central Bhutan on ancient trails
• Traverse through the picturesque Haa Valley, Bumthang and Punakha

Highlights

• Picturesque and spectacular scenery: endless tracts of Himalayan forest along snow-capped mountain ranges
• Superb birding! Over 250 species including birds extremely rare elsewhere - monals, tragopans, trogons, Ibisbill and more
• Wonderful cultural and travel experience: timeless birding in the land of the Thunder Dragon
• Visit impressive palaces and monasteries including the iconic Tiger's Nest Monastery