Cultural Tour of Western Bhutan – 13 days

Western cultural tour in Bhutan is one of the exciting and rewarding journey that an adventure lover should be the part of. If you are an adventure lover and love to do the sightseeing of the unique culture and lifestyle of people, then the western cultural tour of Bhutan is the ideal option for you. Western cultural tour in Bhutan takes the visitors to some of the famous places of Bhutan in a very short amount of time and at a limited budget as well. This journey covers the western and central Bhutan, the religious heartland and one of the most beautiful valleys in Bhutan. If you want to explore Bhutan’s unique culture and traditions, or splendid arts and crafts, or exquisite textiles or different dialects and beliefs or Buddhist religion and pilgrimage sites or rural life of medieval age or pristine environment, this trip is the ideal option for you.

The major attraction of this trek is the sightseeing of the religious places and temples of Bhutan which includes the Tiger’s nest (Taktsang Gompa), The Paro Dzong (Fortress), Ta Dzong, Gangtey monastery, Nyingmapa monastery, etc. Exploring Thimpu (Capital of Bhutan), Punakha (Old capital city of Bhutan), Paro, Trongsa, Bumthang and other many places will give you another awesome opportunity to get closer with the ancient and religious history of Bhutan. Visitors will also do the sightseeing of the unique culture and lifestyle of people who are living in this region since ancient period.

The journey to the western Bhutan starts with the sightseeing of some of the famous places of Kathmandu valley. We will then take a scenic flight to Paro and then rest at our hotel at Thimpu. We will do the sightseeing of Thimpu and visit some of the famous places of this city such as the famous Kuenselphodrong (Commonly known as Buddhist point), National Textile Museum, Tashicchoe Dzong (a fortress of the glorious religion) and craft bazar of Thimpu in the same day. Second will be the sightseeing if Thimpu and Paro as we will do the sightseeing of Bhutan Post Office Headquarter, Traditional Bhutanese Paper making factory, School of Traditional painting of arts and crafts, Centenary Farmer’s market, watch Archery Match (national game of Bhutan), Paro Rinpung Dzong, farm houses in Paro Valley and Paro town and market. We will also do a hike to Paro Taktsang Ghoempa (Tiger’s Nest Monastery) which is one of the major touristic destination of Bhutan.