Experience Paro Monastery Tour Package for 6 Days 5 Nights from Siliguri

Elevation: 2, 320m Representative of Getaways Journal Travel Expert will receive you at Bagdogra and will drive to Phuentsholing. After check in the Hotel, if time permits your guide will take you to the Immigration Office to make the Route Permit you cannot tour Bhutan without the Route Permit. Overnight in Hotel

Elevation: 2, 320m, Distance: 176km, Time: 7 hrs ? Today after your breakfast proceed for tourist permit and you will drive to Thimphu. ? You can stop at some places, where you can take good pictures. You can have lunch on the way. ? In the evening, you can have some shopping / leisure in the town upon reaching Thimphu. Overnight in Hotel

? Visit Largest Buddha Statue. Visit Buddha Dordenma Statue. It is a bronze statue gilded in gold. It is one of the largest Buddha Statue in the world, at a height of 51. 5 metres 169 ft. The statue alone is being built at a cost of US$ 47 million by Aero sun Corporation of Nanjing, China, while the total cost of the Buddha Dordenma Project is well over US$ 100 million. ? Visit Changangkha Lhakhang. The Lhakhang was built in the 12th Century on a site chosen by Lam Phajo Drugom Zhigpo, who came from Ralung, Tibet. It is an old fortress-like temple perched on a ridge above Thimphu and it has a beautiful view of Thimphu from the courtyard. The main chapel houses a unique statue of the seated Avoloketeshas, the Buddha of Compassion. ? Folk Heritage Museum This museum was established in 2001 and provides visitors and tourists with fascinating insights into the Bhutanese material culture and way of life. The Folk Heritage Museum is set inside a three storied, 19th century traditional house. The museum gives you a glimpse of the traditional Bhutanese lifestyle, in addition to artifacts from rural households; it also displays an impressive collection of typical household objects, tools and equipment. The museum also organizes regular demonstrations of rural traditions, skills, habits and customs as well as hosting educational programs for children. ? Takin Preserve Which houses the national animal the Takin that is only found in Bhutan. This is an extremely rare member of the goat family. Found in herds in the very high altitudes 13, 125ft and over. They live on a diet of grass and bamboo. It can weigh as much as 550 pounds. ? Simply Bhutan A living museum of rural life which provides visitors and tourists with fascinating insights into the Bhutanese material culture and way of life. ? Visit Memorial Chorten This stupa was built in 1974 by Her Majesty Ashi Phuntsho Choden Wangchuck in the memory of her son Bhutan’s late third King His Majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, who is popularly regarded as the Father of Modern Bhutan. ? Visit Tashichhoe Dzong Tashichhoe Dzong, a fortress of the glorious religion. It was built in 1641 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel and was reconstructed into present structure by the late King, His majesty Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in the year 1962-1969 It houses the secretariat building, the throne room and the office of the king, and the central monk body. Evening leisure in the Town. Overnight in Thimphu Hotel.

After morning breakfast we will do the following sightseeing in Paro: ? Visit Paro Dzong. This is also known as the “fortress of the heap of jewels”. It was built during the time of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1646 after the small Hungrel fortress built by Lam Drung Drung was offered to Zhabdrung. The approach to the Dzong is through a traditional cantilever bridge. ? Visit National Museum. National Museum was built as a watch tower. Unlike the rectangular shape of the Dzongs, Ta Dzong is conical, more like that of a European castle. Since 1967 the Dzong was re-established as the National Museum and holds a fascinating collection of art, relics, religious thangkha paintings and Bhutan’s exquisite postage stamps. ? Visit Kichu Lhakhang. This is one of the 108 temples built by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century to subdue the ogress that lay across the whole of the Himalayas. Then we will have lunch and drive back to Phuentsholing. On the way from Paro offers another chance to view the amazing Himalayan ranges. Stop along the way to take photos wherever you find the best spot for the photography. After that you will be driven back to Phuentsholing. ? In the evening you can have leisure in the Phuentsholing Town. ? You can visit swimming pool and take bath before dinner at Restaurant/Hotel. Night stay at Phuentsholing.

After breakfast you can drive from Phuentsholing to Bagdogra to onward destination.