WESTERN BHUTAN TOUR
(6 DAYS / 5 NIGHTS)
<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 1 Arrival Paro</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Our representative will receive you
at the Paro International Airport, Paro (2280m) and escort you to the hotel. If
the flight arrives in the morning, you can visit Paro town. Dinner will be
served in the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 2 Sightseeing Paro</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">After breakfast, visit the National
Museum housed in Ta-Dzong which was built in 1656 and served as the watch tower
of Paro Dzong in the past. Visit Paro Dzong, also called the Rinchen Phug
Dzong, which means fortress on a heap of Jewels. Paro Dzong is one of the most
impressive and well-known dzongs of Bhutan and was built in 1644. After lunch
in town, proceed towards Drukgyel Dzong, 14 kilometres from Paro town. Also
known as the fortress of victory Drukgyel Dzong was built by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal
in 1649 to commemorate the victory over Tibetan invaders in 1644. On the way to
Drukgyel Dzong, you can have a view of Takshang Monastery, perched on the side
of a cliff 900m above the floor of Paro valley. Dinner is served in the hotel.
Return to the hotel. Dinner will be served in the hotel<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 3 Taksang Excursion, Drive Paro to Thimphu</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">After breakfast, drive for about
eight kilometres north of Paro town to visit Bhutan's most well known
monastery, Taktshang or Tiger's Lair perched on a cliff 900 metres above the
valley floor. Legend has it that Guru Rinpoche, who brought Buddhism to Bhutan
in the eighth century flew to a cave in Taktshang spot on a tigress and
mediated for three months. The trek to the monastery and back takes about four
hours. Lunch will be served in the cafeteria near the monastery. In the
afternoon drive to Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Depending on the
arrival time of the Druk Air flight, you will either be served a meal in Paro
or be driven straight to Thimphu, the capital city, which is about 53
kilometres away. The drive normally takes about an hour and a half. If Thimphu
is reached early, you can go out in the town and mingle with the Bhutanese
people. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Dinner will be served in the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 4 Thimphu Sightseeing</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Sightseeing in Thimphu (2320m)
includes visits to National Library which was established in 1967 and has many
ancient Dzongkha and Tibetan texts); Painting School or the National Institute
for Zorig Chusum (the 13 traditional arts and crafts like painting,
woodcarving, embroidery and statue making; National Memorial Chorten which was
built in 1974 in memory of the third King of Bhutan; Semtokha Dzong which is
about five kilometres south of Thimphu. Semtokha Dzong was built in 1629 by Shabdrung
Ngawang Namgyal. Today it houses the Institute for Language and Culture
Studies.); Tashichhodzong is the seat of the government of Bhutan. It houses
the secretariat, the Throne Room, His Majesty's secretariat, the Ministry of
Home and Cultural Affairs and the Ministry of Finance. If the sightseeing falls
on the weekend you can visit Thimphu's open vegetable market where farmers from
the nearby regions gather to sell their produce.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"> </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 5 Dochula Sightseeing, Drive Thimphu to Paro</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">The first stop on this road journey
is at Dochula pass at 3,140 meters. Dochula is about 23 kilometres from Thimphu
and on a clear day, it offers a clear view of the Himalayas. After refreshments
in Dochula, the journey continues to Thimphu for Lunch. In the afternoon,
proceed to Paro. Visit Town. Return to hotel. Dinner is served in the Hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">Day 6 Departure</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: "Segoe UI", "sans-serif";">After the early breakfast, the
representative of Bhutan Tsenden Travel Service will drop you at the airport
for departure.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div>