Bhutan: Spring Festivals, Families And Nature

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Experience Bhutan and its people by meeting families, seeing a variety of festivals, staying in small hotels, rafting the rivers, enjoying traditions such as hot stone baths, and sampling regional foods. Travel routes in Bhutan may be somewhat limited, but what you do in the country is as broad as your imagination. This special trip includes the Punakha Serda...
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Overview

Trip type
Group Tour
Lodging level
Premium - 4 star
Physical level
Easy
Trip pace
Balanced schedule

Highlights

    • Explore Paro
    • Visit Memorial Chorten, Textile Museum and Paper factory
    • Visit Gangtey Gompa and Black Crane Center
    • Explore Punakha Dzong
    • Experience Hike to Taktsang Monastery and visit Kyichu

What's this trip about?

    Experience Bhutan and its people by meeting families, seeing a variety of festivals, staying in small hotels, rafting the rivers, enjoying traditions such as hot stone baths, and sampling regional foods. Travel routes in Bhutan may be somewhat limited, but what you do in the country is as broad as your imagination. This special trip includes the Punakha Serda in the spring and the Jambay and Prakar Tsechu in the fall. In addition, you can visit a local school for arts and crafts just outside Thimphu, take time to meet with local people, and experience many other very unique adventures.

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Details

Itinerary focusOff the Beaten Path
Group sizeStandard Group - 25 + people
Age rangeNo age restrictions
Flights and transportAll internal ground transport included
Start CityParo
End CityParo

Travel Themes

  • Cultural
  • Nature & Wildlife
  • Family Friendly
  • Local Immersion & Homestays
  • National Parks
  • Festivals & Special Events
  • Eco, Sustainable & Green Travel

Destinations

Activities

  • Bird Watching
  • Culture
  • Festivals & Special Events
  • Hiking
  • Historic Sightseeing
  • Horseback Riding & Equestrian
  • Nature

Trip includes

    • Accommodations as listed, including all service charges and taxes
    • All ground transfers
    • All private excursions with expert English-speaking guides
    • All meals as indicated with B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner
    • Bhutan visa

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Itinerary

Travel Map

Day 1: Arrive Bhutan And Drive Thimphu

Meals: Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel Riverview Hotel, Hotel Druk Or Taj Tashi

From your entrance point to Bhutan, you need to check in at the Druk Air counter at the airport at least 2 hours before your flight to Bhutan. Be sure to bring your vis...

Day 2: Tour Thimphu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Hotel Riverview Hotel, Hotel Druk Or Taj Tashi

This morning, after a leisurely breakfast, you tour the city. Thimphu contrasts sharply with most cities you have visited throughout the world. It is a capit...

Day 3: Fly Bumthang. Fall: evening Jambay Lhakhang Drup

Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation:  Jakar Village Lodge Or Amankora Bumthang

After breakfast, you drive back to Paro and catch KB 1002 (1050/1125) to Bumthang. The flight lands in Choskhor Valley in Jakar, the major trading center for the B...

Day 4: Spring: Visit Valley, Fall: Watch festival and then sightsee

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Jakar Village Lodge Or Amakora Bumthang

You have the next few days to spend in Bumthang and explore some of the valleys – four in number, including Chummi, Choskhor, Tang, and Ura. Many of the small villa...

Day 5: spring: visit the tang valley. Fall: drive prakar in chummi Valley For Festival Or Visit Tang Valley

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Jakar Village Lodge Or Amakora Bumthang

Spring: Today, you can drive up into the most remote of Bumthang’s valleys – the Tang Valley. The area is the birthplace of one of Bhutan’s major saints, Terton Pem...

Day 6: Drive Gangtey

Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Dewachen Hotel, Rkpo, Or Gangtey Goenpa Lodge

This morning, you will drive out to Gangtey via Trongsa, about a 7 to 8-hour drive. The distance is not great, but the roads and terrain are “happening”. As yo...

Day 7: Visit Gangtey

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Dewachen Hotel, Rkpo Or Gangtey Goenpa Lodge

Today you can begin with a visit to the Black-Necked Crane Center, and, if you are there in the fall, hopefully spend time in the center’s nearby blind to view...

Day 8: Drive Punakha And Explore. Spring: Watch Festival

Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation:  Dhumra Farm Resort, Kunzang Zhing Or Uma Punakha

Leaving Gangtey, you head out this time to Punakha, about a 2 1/2 -hour drive.

Spring: In the spring, after lunch, you can stop by the Punakha Dzong...

Day 9: Visit Punakha Spring: Enjoy Punakha Serda

Meals Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation:  Dhumra Farm Resort, Kunzang Zhing Or Uma Punakha

Spring: This morning, you head to the Dzong early, as very soon you will find it with wall-towall people – all there to watch the Punakha Serda celebration...

Day 10: Drive Paro Via Thimphu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Gangtey Palace, Nak-Sel Boutique Hotel & Spa, Or Uma Paro, Amankora Or Six Senses

Leaving Punakha, you head over Dochu La, back to Thimphu for lunch. The road climbs up through maple and blue pine for...

Day 11: Visit Taktsang Monastery And Kyichu

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

Accommodation: Gangtey Palace, Nak-Sel Boutique Hotel & Spa, Or Uma Paro, Amankora Or Six Senses

Today, your last day in Bhutan is very special. You will take horses and ride up, or walk if you prefer, to Taktsang M...

Day 12: Depart Bhutan For Home

Meals: Breakfast

This morning, you will catch your flight out of Bhutan and back to your country of entrance.

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Dates & Availability

Price From $4,750
Price per day$396
Single supplement (single occupancy)$520
Last Updated: 5/15/2023

Pricing Details:

  • $4,125: 3-10 people
  • $4,995: one person

Estimated Airfare:

  • Per Person Estimated International Economy Air: Bkk/Pbh/Bkk - $1037, Del/Pbh/Del - $678, Ktm/Pbh/Ktm - $447, Sin/Pbh/Sin - $1060
  • Per Person Estimated International Business Air: Bkk/Pbh/Bkk - $1160, Del/Pbh/Del - $832, Ktm/Pbh/Ktm - $514, Sin/Pbh/Sin - $1750

Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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The total tour cost includes the tour price (regular or promotional) and the compulsory local payment. The promotional price is subject to change. Check directly with the operator for the latest price offer. The tour operator requires you to pay only the tour price to purchase your travel. The compulsory local payment will be paid when you join the trip. All prices are based on double, twin or triple share occupancy. Solo passengers will be accommodated in a double, twin or triple room according to availability with a passenger(s) of the same gender. Single supplement only needs to be paid if the passenger does not want to share and requests their own room. Discounts can only be applied at the time of booking and cannot be added at a later date, regardless of any changes made to the original booking.

Prices may vary due to local taxes and trip seasonality. Click "Request Info" to inquire directly with the tour operator for the final trip price.

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Scott

Jul 2018

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Bhutan is amazing!

Bhutan is amazing! We are at a loss for words and overwhelmed with the sights, people, and experiences. Paro festival was incredible! We were very lucky to see the k...

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Scott

Jul 2018

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Bhutan is amazing!

Bhutan is amazing! We are at a loss for words and overwhelmed with the sights, people, and experiences. Paro festival was incredible! We were very lucky to see the k...

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Janet

Jun 2018

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Punakha was very interesting and knowledgeable

"Seeing the world has been a lifelong passion taking me to many far off and obscure places. Bhutan has been in my sights for years and has even been scheduled a few ...

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Jacqueline

Apr 2018

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Our second guide was fabulous

Paro Festival was all we had hoped for. Our second guide was fabulous. He was attuned to what we wanted and made good suggestions and changes to the itinerary as nee...

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Logistics

What's excluded

    • International airfare
    • Airfare from Asia Gateway to Paro (broken out separately)
    • Upgraded hotels, broken out separately above
    • Lodging between your destination and United States
    • Meals where not indicated with a B,L,D
    • Tips/gratuity (porters, drivers, local guides, etc.)
    • Domestic and international airport taxes
    • Other items of a personal nature including laundry, alcoholic beverages, etc.

Accommodation

  • Thimphu Towers, Norkill Or Dusit
  • Jakar Village Lodge Or Amankora Bumthang
  • Dewachen Hotel, Rkpo, Or Gangtey Goenpa Lodge
  • Dhumra Farm Resort, Kunzang Zhing Or Uma Punakha
  • Gangtey Palace, Nak-Sel Boutique Hotel & Spa, Or Uma Paro, Amankora, Spirit Sanctuary Or Six Senses
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Meals Included

10 Breakfasts, 10 Lunches and 10 Dinners

Age Requirements
No age restrictions
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