9 Days Bhutan Tour Itinerary / Package.

Arrive Paro International Airport (By Flight to Bhutan). Our guide and driver will receive you and drive to Thimphu. On the way, visit to:

• Tamchog monastery built in the 15^th century by Thang Tong Gyalpo, the iron bridge builder. He built 108 bridges across Tibet and Bhutan.

In the evening, visit to Tashichho dzong, seat of the national government and the royal secretariat.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

Morning sightseeing includes:

• Memorial chorten built in the memory of the late His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and for the world peace.
• Tallest statue of Buddha in the world at Kuensel Phodrang park which stands at 51.5 m.
• Folk heritage museum.
• Zorig Chusum or the painting school.

Afternoon sightseeing includes:

• Postal museum of Bhutan.
• Dupthop nunnery one of the few surviving nunneries in Bhutan.
• Changangkha lhakhang, one of the oldest temples in Thimphu valley built in the thirteenth century by Phajo Drugom Shigpo.
• Takin preserve center.
• Sangaygang view point and walk across the field of prayer flags.

In the evening, visit craft bazaar and free to stroll in the town for shopping and photography.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

Morning – Drive to Punakha valley. A short stop at the Dochu La pass (3140 m) to explore around and to view higher Himalayas.

• Royal botanical garden (Also called Rhododendron garden) at Lam Pelri.
• “The temple of fertility”, Chimi lhakhang, which was built in the 17th century by Lama Drukpa Kuenley.

Afternoon – Visit the beautiful Punakha dzong built in the 17^th century by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. This massive and stunning Dzong is located between male (Pho chu) and female river (Mo chu).

Then walk across the longest suspension bridge in Bhutan built across Pho chu river (160 m).

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

Morning – Drive to Yabisa village. Hike to the beautiful Khamsum Yulley temple built by Her Majesty the Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdon Wangchuck.

Then drive to the beautiful Gangtey valley. The upper part of the valley is called Gangtey and lower part is called Phobjikha valley.

On the way, visit to Wangdue Phodrang dzong built in 1638 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal.

Lunch will be served on the way. In Gangtey, visit Gangtey Gompa monastery.

• The monastery was founded in 1613 by Gyaltse Pema Thinley, the grandson and mind re-incarnation of Pema Lingpa.
• Visit the crane information centre and explore Phobjikha valley, the roosting ground of the rare black-necked cranes in winter.

Dinner and overnight in hotel.

Early breakfast and drive to Bumthang valley. On the way, visit to:

• Trongsa dzong, the most beautiful dzong in Bhutan, built in its present form in 1644 by Chogyal Minjur Tempa. Trongsa is the ancestral home of the present royal family of Bhutan.

Afternoon – visit the Ta dzong, an ancient watch tower and now converted to the royal heritage museum.

In the evening, drive to Bumthang.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

Morning sightseeing includes:

• Jakar dzong (The castle of white bird) built in 1667 by Ngagi Wangchuk. The annual 3 day Jakar festival is held here.
• Jambay lhakhang monastery built in 659 AD by the king Srongtsen Gampo of Tibet.
• Kurjey monastery where you can see the body print of Guru Rinpoche on a rock.
• Tamshing lhakhang or the temple of good message established by the Terton Pema Lingpa.

In the evening, visit to:

• “The burning lake” or Mebar tsho. Terton Pema Lingpa discovered the treasures hidden by Guru Rinpoche in the 14th century.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

Morning – Drive to airport and fly to Paro.

After lunch, visit to:

• Ta dzong, an ancient watchtower built in 1656 which now houses the national museum of Bhutan.
• Rinpung dzong which literally means “the heap of Jewels” built in 1646 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal.

In the evening, free to stroll in the town for shopping and photography.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

After early breakfast, hike to the beautiful Tiger’s nest monastery (Paro Taktsang).

NB: You can hoist prayer flags near the Tiger’s nest monastery and offer prayers inside the monastery.

In the afternoon, visit to:

• Drugyel dzong, a defense post built in 1647 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal,
• Kichu monastery built in the 7^th century by the Tibetan king, Srongtsen Gampo.

Dinner and overnight in Hotel.

After breakfast, drive to the airport and farewell (End of 9 days Bhutan tour itinerary).