Self-Drive Central Bhutan Adventure

After breakfast visit the following: School of Traditional Painting of Arts and Crafts where students undertake a six-year course on the 13 traditional arts and crafts of Bhutan.

• Traditional Bhutanese paper making factory
• Takin Preserve canter.
• Changangkha Lhakhang (temple
• Tashichhoe Dzong

In the evening stroll through Thimphu downtown.

After breakfast, travel to Punakha through Dochula Pass (3,088m/10,130ft

Travel onto Punakha, the old capital of Bhutan

Evening, walk through the Metshina Village and take a 20-minute walk through the rice fields to the Devine Madman’s Monastery-Chhimi Lhakhang,

After breakfast, drive to Trongsa through Wangdue Phondrang and lunch will be served enroute. Trongsa is the ancestral home of the royal family. The drive will take you through dense forests of oak trees and rhododendrons and through the tropical vegetation through the village of Nobding and Pele la pass (11,000ft).

You will also pass through open meadows, and valley of yak herders and several other villages via Chendebji Chorten (Stupa) and drive for another 2 hours to Trongsa.

On arrival at Trongsa and after the refreshment visit the National Museum which is housed in the Ta Dzong (watch tower).

Option: You can also visit Trongsa Dzong, which is the most impressive dzong in Bhutan. Built in 1644 by the Shabdrung, the dzong is an architectural masterpiece.

In the evening visit Trongsa town

After breakfast drive to Bumthang,

On the way, visit the “Yathra” Weaving Centre at Zugney. Yathra is the name for the colourful, hand-woven woolen cloth (often with geometric designs)

On arrival at Bumthang Check into your hotel and after lunch visit Jakar Dzong. The fortress is now used as an administrative centre of the valley and summer residence of monks.

Sightseeing includes visit to the following:

Jambay Lhakhang, built in the 7th century by the King Songtsen Goempo of Tibet. In his effort to propagate Buddhism he had a plan to build a total of 108 temples in Tibet and neighboring kingdoms.

Kujey Lhakhang (Kujey means, ”Body imprint”)..

Hike from Kurje temple to Tamshing temple. The hike is through the plain and cross the bridge and it will take around 30 minutes to conquer.

Tamshing Lhakhang. This temple is also known as Tamshing Lhendrup Chholing (Temple of the Good Message).

Visit the popular Swiss cheese stall shop and enjoy the red panda beer which is brewed in the distillery nearby.

After breakfast drive to Trongsa and we will have tea at trongsa, later drive to phobjikha after lunch at chendibji cafeteria.

Optional: After lunch or in Morning visit Gantey Goenpa – This monastery is a major attraction with an old monastery date back to the 16 century.

Later walk around the valley which is also the winter home to the rare black-necked cranes, which migrate, from remote parts of Tibet, China and Siberia during winter to this valley.

Today after well rest we will drive to Paro.

We will do some sightseeing on way and also stop at Thimphu for while if there are any last minute shopping. We will stop en-route for any last minutes shopping or visit any other place as per the interest of the guest.

Later stroll through the town and rest in Resort.

After breakfast, drive up to the base camp of Taktsang and then hike up to the most famous Tigers nest Monastery in the entire kingdom of Bhutan perched on the edge of a steep cliff, about 900 meters above Paro Valley.

Later visit the 7^th century Kyichu temple.

Farewell dinner at a Farm house and overnight at a hotel in Paro valley.

In the morning, your tour guide from Bhutan will escort you to Paro International Airport for your departure