Western & Eastern Bhutan Tour

Our representative from Exclusive Bhutan Journey will welcome you at Paro airport and drive to Thimphu.

• Tachong Lhakhang (monastery) located on the bank of Paa Chhu River, built in late 1300s by great Tibetan saint Drupthob Thangthong Gyalpo.
• Chuzom Bridge, where one can get to see three type of stupas in one place and beautiful location to take pictures.

On reaching Thimphu, check in the Hotel.

Overnight in Thimphu

After breakfast Explore and visit Thimphu city.

• Memorial Chorten, it was built in 1974 by Her Majesty the Queen Mother Ashi Phuntsho Choden in memory of her son, Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.
• Buddha Statue, facing Thimphu valley down below is the worlds’ largest and tallest Buddha statue standing at the height of 169 feet (52m). From here one can have a 360-degree view of Thimphu city.
• View Tashichho Dzong, just near bank of the Wangchu River, Tashicho Dzong was built in 1641 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal and enlarged in 1694 by Gyalse Tenzin Rabgay. Today, the dzong is the seat of the central government, His Majesty the King’s office, and the summer residence of the Central Monastic Body.
• Simply Bhutan, get to see Bhutan Culture and traditional.
• Craft Bazaar visit
• National Painting School Visit
• Bhutan Postal Museum Visit
• Royal Takin Zoo trail walk within.
• Kaja Throm vegetable visit
• Get to Experience Archery play and Matches

After lunch hiking around Thimphu city view (Optional)

Leisure time at Main town

Overnight at Thimphu

After breakfast drive towards Punakha via Dochula pass.

• Dochula Pass, an hour's drive from Thimphu will take you to this pass (3140 m) where one can have a superb view of the Eastern Himalayas on a clear day with a powerful binocular telescope. Visit the beautiful 108 chortens.
• Chimi Lhakhang (Temple of Fertility), famously known for its fertility shrine, where couples unable to concieve come here for blessing.
• Punakha Dzong, the dzong is situated on a stretch of a land where two rivers – Phochu and Mochu – meet. The dzong was built by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in and the first monarch, King Ugyen Wangchuck, was crowned there and it served as the capital of the country until 1955.
• Short Trek or Hike to Khamsum Yulluen Lhakhang. (Optional)
• River Rafting, In Punakha very smooth river one can enjoy rafting (Optional)

Overnight at Punakha

• After breakfast drive towards Phojikha valley which is located east of Punakha is a beautiful and most scenic glacial valley of Bhutan. Also Visit Pelela Pass. This valley serves as roosting spot for Black necked crane, one of the rarest and endangered species of bird which migrates during winter months (November, December, January, February) from Tibetan plateaus and northern region of India.
• Visit crane Centre
• Go Nature trail walk trekking within the beautiful valley.
• Interact with locals

Once reach Phojikha valleys go around for short trail walk around Gangtey monastery. And also get to Experience to cook local Bhutanese dish at Local farm house.

Overnight at Phobjikha Valley

• After early breakfast, you will be driven to Trongsa via Pele pass which is at an altitude of 3150 meters. It would provide you with a wonderful opportunity for taking photographs of the Himalayan landscape. You will halt in Trongsa and visit the magnificent Trongsa Dzong followed by the Ta Dzong (museum). It was originally a temple built bu Nagi Wangchuk in 1543 but then was reconstructed as a Dzong by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel in 1647. It is an epitome of Bhutanese architecture.
• You will be then driven to Bumthang, which is one of the most beautiful valleys of the country and carries much historical and cultural significance. You can visit Yatha weaving center, an initiative of national women association of Bhutan where women of the region sell textiles and Yatha specialty.

Overnight hotel at Bumthang.

After breakfast sightseeing includes visit to the following:

• Jambay Lhakhang: it is one of the 108 monasteries built by Songtsen Goempo of Tibet so that Buddhism can flourish. It was mainly built to subdue the evil spirits of the Himalayan region.
• Kujey Lhakhang: It was built Minjur Tempa in 1652. It was built around the cave in which Guru Rinpoche meditated and left his body print.
• Tamshing Lhakhang (Temple of the Good Message) – It was built by the first Terton (Treasure discoverer) Pema Lingpa in 1501. The temple consists of his portrait on the walls.
• Jakar Dzong: Dzong was built on the spur of the hill where a big white settled. This was considered as a good omen. It was built in 1667. It is now used for administrative purposes and is the summer residence of Trongsa monks.
• Burning Lake visit
• Weaving Centre at Chummy Valley

Overnight at Hotel Bumthang

• You will continue the journey towards the east and your drive will include a spectacular view of the mountains, different species of animal and through nature. The overall journey would take about 6 hours. You will pass through Ura village in Bumthang and reach the 2^nd highest road pass in Bhutan that is Thrumshingla pass. You will then gradually drop down with the view of waterfalls along the way.
• The descent will stop at 2130 ft. on the bridge in Kuri chhu. You will then witness the beautiful pine trees, maize fields and eastern hamlets on the way to Mongar town.
• You will witness yet another Dzong that is Mongar Dzong. It can be considered as the modern day dzong as it was built in 1930. But it carries the same architectural principles on which the previous Dzongs were built.

Overnight in Mongar.

After breakfast drive to Lhuntse with sightseeing,

• Visit Takila Guru Statue, the World’s largest statue of Guru Padmasambhava and beautiful scenic spots in Lhuntse with overlooking Tangmachu.
• Visit Lhuntse Dzong
• Visit Khoma Village, known for as signature woven textile, the kishuthrara, textile and weaving intricate desgins.

Overnight at Lhuntse

After breakfast drive from Lhuentse to Trashigang with sightseeing

• Visit Drametse Monastery, 16^th century monastery and on the way through nature to Trashigang.
• Visit Mongar Dzong

Overnight at TrashiGang.

After breakfast drive and explore around Trashigang with sightseeing

• Visit Trashigang Dzong
• Visiting Kanglung and Yonphula together

Overnight at Trashigang.

After breakfast you would have an excursion to Trashiyantse.

• Visit Gom Kora. The temple carries important religious significance as Guru Rinpoche meditated in this place and left a body impression on the rock.
• Visit Chorten Kora, modeled after Boudhanath stupa in Nepal, where local people and Dakpa people from Arunachal Pradesh (India) gathers devoted people in February/March for a festival to circumambulate the chorten. It’s also up to Bumdeling to the north is home to wintering black-necked cranes and to Ludlow’s Bhutan Glory, the national butterfly of Bhutan.

Evening drive back to Trashigang

Overnight at Trashigang

After breakfast travel to Sakten for to experience extreme Bhutanese culture and Traditional of Bhutan to the homeland of the Brokpa peoples of semi-nomadic community of Bhutan, whose traditions, language, and lifestyle set them apart from the rest of Bhutan Travel.

• Radi Village (Rice Bowl of the East) and Radi Gompa: Drive via the rural road to Radi a village famous across Bhutan for its raw silk weaving. In almost every household, to produce the distinctive Kishuthara silk cloth in vibrant geometric patterns unique to this region with spiritually significant monastery above the village, surrounded by prayer flags and offering peaceful views over the Radi valley.
• Sakteng Village: The heart of Brokpa country a high-altitude village where semi-nomadic herders live in traditional stone houses and wear the distinctive Tsipee Hat (a yak-hair hat with five pointed projections, designed to drain away rain and snow). The Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary surrounding the village is one of the few protected areas in the world established partly to preserve the habitat of a mythical creature — the Bhutanese Migoi, or Yeti.

Evening return to Trashigang

Overnight at Trashigang

After Breakfast drive toward Samdrup Jongkhar on a lot beautiful nature with animal, birds and varieties of Flowers you get to see.

• Visit the National Handloom Development Project, about 3 km beyond town, where traditional Bhutanese weaving is practiced. 
• Pass through Kharungla and the mountain passes by road crosses Kharungla.

Overnight at Samdrup Jongkhar

After breakfast, your guide and driver will see you off at Guwahati International airport, Assam for your onward destinations.