Memorial Chorten, Folk Heritage Museum, Dochu La Pass, Suspension Bridge, Punakha Dzong, Kyichu Lakhang, Ta Dzong, Tiger Nest, Tashichho Dzong
On arrival in Bagdogra, you shall be received and then drive to Phuentsholing through the Indian plains. Upon arrival at Phuentsholing, after completing the process of your permits, transfer to hotel. In the evening, explore the Phuentsholing town. Overnight in hotel at Phuentsholing.
Meal Plan - Lunch — Dinner
After breakfast drive to Thimphu. The travel from Phuentsholing to Thimphu shall bring you across diverse flora and fauna, beautiful landscapes and other elements of nature such as waterfalls. You shall also see hoe the plains become small foothills and then the big Himalayan slopes. On arrival in Thimphu, explore the Thimphu town. The only capital city in the world without traffic lights.
Overnight in hotel Thimphu.
Meal Plan - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
Kuensel Phodrang — The statue was cast in bronze in China and transported by sea and road to this site once occupied by the palace of Druk Desi, a secular ruler of Bhutan in the eighteenth-century. At its completion, the statue will contain 125,000 gilded Buddha statues and a wealth of other statuary.
Takin Reserve & Mini Zoo - Add to Wish List Hidden in a fold of the forest-draped hills high above Thimphu, a herd of takin make their home in the Mothithang Takin Preserve. Formerly a small zoo, the king decreed that the animals should be freed rather than kept in captivity. However, instead of wandering deeper into the hills, the tame takin took to the streets of Thimphu, where they became a traffic hazard as they foraged for food.
Folk Heritage Museum - The Folk Heritage Museum, located on the outskirts of Thimphu, recreates a traditional Bhutanese family home inside a beautiful 19th century rammed earth and timber building. Here, the family's prized possessions are on display: shiny wooden bowls line the kitchen shelves, richly patterned fabrics hang alongside aged leopard fur bags in the room next door, and gold glints from thangkas hung in the family's altar room.
Royal Textile Academy & Museum - Intricately patterned wild silk kiras from Lhuentse hang alongside rough nettle fiber cloth from Zhemgang in Bhutan's excellent Royal Textile Academy. The museum, housed in an impressive modern building, celebrates the country's vibrant and varied tradition of hand weaving. From the towering applique thangka that overlooks the entrance hall and the sumptuous garments on display in the Royal Gallery to mannequins dressed in simple herders' clothing from Laya, the museum offers an
unparalleled chance to learn about and appreciate this unique aspect of Bhutanese culture.
Changangkha Lhakhang - This popular temple, perched like a fortress on a ridge above central Thimphu, hums with pilgrim activity. It was established in the 12th century on a site chosen by Lama Phajo Drukgom Shigpo, who came from Ralung in Tibet. Parents traditionally come here to get auspicious names
for their newborns or blessings for their young children from the protector deity Tamdrin (to the left in the grilled inner sanctum). Children are blessed by a phurba (ritual dagger) and given a sacred thread.
Tashichho Dzong - Standing proudly on the western bank of the Wang Chhu a few kilometres north of central Thimphu, Tashichho Dzong looks every inch the seat of government. While the National Assembly no longer convenes inside the fortress's whitewashed walls, today the dzong still houses the throne room and the king's offices as well as the ministries of home affairs and finance. Overnight stay in T himphu.
Meal Plan - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
En-route visit Dochu La - A mountain pass leading further into the Punakha Valley. It offers a stunning 360 degree panoramic view of Eastern Himalayan Mountain ranges. The view is especially scenic on clear, winter days with snow-capped mountains forming a majestic backdrop to the tranquillity of the 108 chortens gracing the mountain pass.
Chimi LhaKhang- Built in 1499, Chimi Lhakhang is dedicated to the "Divine Madman," Drukpa Kunley, a sage revered in Bhutan for his unorthodox teachings and his use of a "flaming thunderbolt" to fight evil. While Chimi Lhakhang marks the spot where Drukpa Kunley defeated and buried a much-feared demoness, today the hilltop Lhakhang is visited by expectant mothers and families with new-borns to pray for their children's health. Kindly note that a walking of good 45 minutes has to be undertaken.
Suspension Bridge - Behind Punakha Dzong stretches the Punakha Suspension Bridge, the longest of its kind in Bhutan. The bridge connects the dzong with the villages on the other bank of the Po Chhu River -- Shengana, Samdingkha, and Wangkha -- where traces of the Divine Madman Drukpa Kuenley can still be found, in the form of local stories, monasteries and markings on rocks.
Punakha Dzong - Visitors approach the dzong over a long cantilever bridge that spans the Mo Chhu and up a steep flight of wooden steps. The first dochey or courtyard houses Punakha dzongkhag's government offices, with darkened passages leading south around the six-story utse to the monastic quarters that line the second courtyard. The utse contains Bhutan's holiest relic, an image of Chenrezig (the bodhisattva of compassion) that the Zhabdrung brought to Bhutan from Tibet — although this is not on public display. Overnight stay in Punakha.
Meal Plan - Lunch - Dinner
After breakfast, you will be transferred to Paro. Afternoon and proceed for a sightseeing of Paro.
Paro — The valley extends from the confluence of the Paro Chhu and the Wang Chhu rivers at Chuzom up to Mt. Jomolhari at the Tibetan border to the North. This picturesque region is one of the widest valleys in the kingdom and is covered in fertile rice fields and has a beautiful, crystalline river meandering down the valley.
Kyichu Lakhang— When it was divined that she was preventing the spread of Buddhism, the great seventhcentury Tibetan king SongtsenGampo pinned her in place with 108 magically constructed temples -- allowing Buddhism to flourish above her restrained body. One of Bhutan's two ancient demoness-pinning temples, Paro's Kyichu Lhakhang is believed to hold the demoness's left foot in place. With its tiered roof and luminous white walls, the Ihakhang's age is not immediately apparent. It is only inside the monasteries ancient heart, the Jowo Lhakhang, that the sanctuary's long history is palpable. Golden murals shine faintly from smokedarkened walls, and the floor has been polished smooth by the feet of countless faithful practitioners. The holiest part of the chapel surrounds the revered seventh-century statue of Jowo Sakyamuni, visible through a gilded door.
Rinpung Dzong- is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCOInclusion.
Ta Dzong — National Museum of Bhutan - Overnight stay in Paro.
Meal Plan - Lunch - Dinner
Tiger Nest - From a distance, Bhutan's most iconic building seems to float, weightless, halfway up a sheer cliff-face, 900 meters (3,000 feet) above the floor of the Paro Valley. As you wind your way breathlessly up the long, steep path towards Taktsang Lhakhang, the monastery periodically reveals itself, rising out of the forest, closer and more solid with each re-appearance. Overnight stay in Paro.
Meal Plan - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
After breakfast, transfer to Phuentsholing and post lunch drive to Lataguri. Overnight stay in Lataguri/Siliguri.
Meal Plan - Breakfast - Lunch - Dinner
After breakfast, transfer to Bagdogra Airport for your return flight to Cochin. Tour ends with sweet Memories.
Memorial Chorten
Folk Heritage Museum
Dochu La Pass
Royal Textile Academy & Museum
Suspension Bridge
Punakha Dzong
Kyichu Lakhang
Ta Dzong — National Museum of Bhutan
Tiger Nest
Tashichho Dzong
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