BHUTAN FESTIVAL TOUR
‘exciting colorful festival of Bhutan within scenic Himalaya kingdom’
Highlights:
- “A country blessed with exciting and colorful festivals of great charm
- Enjoy full days to observe great religious festivals activities of Bhutan
- Spectacular festivals to witness in harmony of local Bhutanese culture
- Exceptional scenery of inner Bhutan with views of snow capped peaks
- Scenic flights panorama of high mountain range with views of Everest
Trip Profile:
Accommodation: Hotels in Kathmandu and Bhutan with guest houses.
Tour Grade: Moderate with short walks
Bhutan duration: 08 Nights and 09 Days.
Total Trip: 11 Nights and 12 Days Kathmandu to Kathmandu.
Best Season: March to May and September to November.
Festival Time: From 30th Oct to 8th November where exact dates can differ according to Tibetan Buddhist Luna Calendar. For interested people to observe the festival, please contact us for the right dates and time.
Introduction and overviews of Bhutan Festival Tour:
Bhutan Festival Tour a great colorful events of religious background, as most of Asian countries with many festivals round the year, where Bhutan festival will be very special to witness and to soak in with local heritage and cultures.
Bhutan Festival Tour leads you to spectacular surrounding within the tiny Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan, the one and only country blessed with natural beauty and the only nations in Himalaya region where monarch exists.
Bhutan located in between great giant countries with Tibet / China to the north beyond Himalaya range of peaks with India around South-West and East as close to the border of Bangladesh.
Bhutan, a country of varied landscapes and climate conditions from low-warm sub-tropic to cooler alpine green hills that extends towards high Himalayan range of mountains of arctic zone.
Since many decades outside travelers were curious of this mystical Himalayan country known as Thundering Dragon or Peaceful Dragon an amazing place, since last mid centuries Bhutan flung its door wide open for visitors to enjoy its rich treasures of ancient heritage, culture and custom including its great colorful festivals.
Traveling into Bhutan where visitors requires to book well advance especially for Bhutan Festival Tour, where dates might not coincide with your holidays.
Where all festivals and religious events held as per Tibetan Buddhism Luna calendar with animals and birds cycles that denotes each year where animals or birds represents.
Bhutan Festival Tour will be an interesting part of your life-time with great experience observing ancient festivals performed by monks and priests around monasteries courtyard.
Most of the festivals linked with demons and gods or evil to good deeds where dance are performed by the monks to wade bad and evil spirits away from the country.
Where some festivals are held to honor harvest god to yield good crops for all human and animals of the planet, as Bhutan practice Tibetan Buddhism with their own special cult known as Tantric Buddhism that involves worshipping five natural elements.
The main five elements includes sky, cloud / water, thunder or fire with green vegetations and the earth which you can witness on many Buddhist prayer flags with blue-white-red, green and brown or orange colored with prayer printed known as Lungta or ‘Wind Horse’.
Bhutan Festival Tour as per the time for the great events where travelers can observe two different festivals one at Thimphu the occasion known as Tshechu festival with one at Bhumtang called Prakar festival.
Both religious events the highlights of the journey on Bhutan Festival Tour of twelve days duration full of fascinating moments from first arrival to the end of the trip.
Starting Bhutan Festival Tour with swift flight on Bhutan national carrier called Druk Airlines, Druk for Dragon where flight takes off from Kathmandu airport with sweeping panorama of high Himalayan mountain range that includes views of world tallest peaks with Everest, Lhotse, Makalu and Kanchenjunga.
An hour flight lands at Bhutan International airport in Paro a nice country with lovely town and farm villages, where our exciting tour begins visiting places of great interest within Paro, where tour leads you to famous landmark of Bhutan at Taksing Monastery located on a high cliff wall also called as Tigers Nest.
From Paro short scenic overland journey takes you in the heart of Bhutan at Thimphu the capital of the country an interesting place with time to observe the Tshechu festival.
During the events great experience to witness the cultures, custom and heritage life style of Bhutanese people adorn in nice national dress and watch the festival for two days full of excitement and enjoyable soaking within the mass crowd of priests, monks and locals.
After a great moments and interesting time at Thimphu observing the Tshechu festival where journey continues heading into central Bhutan around beautiful country at Bhumtang.
At Bhumtang an enjoyable time witnessing impressive Prakar Festival which is an honor to nature worshipping for great and good harvest around the country and on this planet earth.
Bhumtang a scenic place where one can catch rural farm life and traditional Bhutanese villages of typical style of the country a place with huge green fields dotted with woodland and small villages that makes an excellent pictures of Bhutan and its lovely landscapes.
Enjoy fabulous moments and wonderful times around Bhutan city and towns including lovely villages where our journey on this beautiful country comes to an end as drive leads you back at Paro town.
From Paro with last overnight stops in Bhutan bidding farewell to this marvelous country where scenic, swift flights brings you back at Kathmandu after a glorious time and experience on Bhutan Cultural Tour with great services of Mountain Holidays Treks and Expeditions.
Brief Outline Itinerary:
Day 01: Reach Kathmandu 1,345 m and then transfer to Hotel
Day 02: In Kathmandu sightseeing tour and preparations for trek.
Day 03: Fly to Paro 2,280 / 7,524 ft via Druk Air from Kathmandu.
Day 04: In Paro for sightseeing tour.
Day 05: Drive to Thimphu 2,320m / 7,656ft - 02 hrs.
Day 06: In Thimphu observe Thimphu Tshechu festival.
Day 07: At Thimphu for Tshechu festival.
Day 08: Drive to Bhumtang 2,600 m / 8,580 ft - 06 hrs journey.
Day 09: At Bhumtang to observe Prakar Festival with tours.
Day 10: Drive back to Thimphu 198 k.m. -05 hrs journey.
Day 11: Morning drive to Paro airport for flight back to Kathmandu.
Day 12: International departure for homeward bound.