Amazing 4 Days Paro to Thimphu Tour Package

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Distance: 125 km
Driving Time: 3.5 hour

After your arrival at Paro by royal Bhutan airline, your tour guide is waiting for you and ready to drive you from Paro airport to Punakha and Wangdue. The route will first take you to Chunzom, the confluence of Pachu and Wangchu Rivers. Both of the two rivers are the cradle of Bhutan/’s civilizations and flow through Paro and Thimphu valley respectively.

Then pay a visit to Tachog Lhakhang (Tachong Temple). The 14th-century temple is just located on the base of the mountain across the Pachu on Paro /– Thimphu highway. Built by the great master level architect Thangtong Gyalpo, the temple houses some of the unique and precious statues. To get the temple, you may actually experience a thrill but nice walk over the iron chains that span over the Pa Chu River.

After crossing Chunzom, the drive will take you along the Wangchu River up to Simtokha and finally arrive at Punakha after crossing the Dochula Pass (3,140 m). Enjoy the draw-dropping panoramic view of the majestic Himalaya Range from Dochula Pass and overlook the gorgeous flower-clustered valley below.

The bus will make a temporary stop at the amazing 108 chortens built by Her Majesty Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuck (The Queen mother of Bhutan) for the safety and wellbeing of His Majesty (The king of Bhutan).

After the lunch served at the Dochula Pass, the bus will drive you onto Punakha, a place regarded as one of the most beautiful and significant regions in Bhutan culture and had once been the capital of Bhutan from 1637 to 1955 during which the 1st National Assembly was held there.

The bus also takes you to Metsina Village and makes a temporary stop to have the Devine Madman/’s Monastery - Chhimi Lhakhang being sighted. The monastery has always been regarded as the fertility shrine by locals for a long time and you can receive an efficacious fertility blessing there.

Then visit the Punakha Dzong on the island of Pho Chu (Male River) and Mo Chu (Female River) and appreciate the highest state of the wood crafts.

Never miss the stunning evening views of Punakha and Wangdue valley after you have visited the Sangchhen Dorji Lhuendup Lhakhang Nunnery in the evening.

Both Dinner and overnight at hotel in Punakha.

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Day 2: Punakha (1,242 m) - Thimphu (2,334 m)

Distance: 71 km
Driving Time: 2.5 hours

Leave off Punakha in the early morning after the breakfast and head straight forward for Thimphu with 2 and a half hours. Check in the hotel and go sightseeing the flowing sites:

1) Traditional Arts and Crafts Painting School
Visiting the painting school where students receive a six-year course on the 13 different traditional arts and crafts.

2) National Textile Museum
It is an amazing museum that keeps the traditional art of waving preserved and exhibits a good collection of ancient colored textile in various forms. You can find how the exquisite exhibits are waved by locals giving a spot operation with intricate tools.

3) Bhutan Postal Museum
Bhutan Postal Museum presents all the periodical achievements and evolutions that Bhutan has made in communication and postal system. Moreover, you can get the postage stamps with your own photos printed on them before pasting them on the postcards and send to your families and friends.

4) Centenary Farmer/’s Market (Open from Thu. to Sun.)
Held by the side of Wangchu River, the market bustling with commerce is a trade center for city residents and valley dwellers to do their businesses. A wide range of foodstuffs and local arts and crafts can be found on the market. It begins from Fri. afternoon till Sun. evening. Try bargaining with the locals and enjoy the lively atmosphere.

5) Takin Preserve
Visit the Takin Preserve and get a closer look at the housed national animal Takin that is only found in Bhutan. These endangered species are found in herds at a very high altitude of approximately 4,000 m and can be weighed as much as 550 pounds.

6) National Memorial Chorten (Stupa)
National Memorial Chorten was constructed in memorial of the third King of Bhutan, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, in 1974. The King was generally regarded as the father of modern Bhutan and widely esteemed by the Bhutanese. /“Chorten/” in Bhutan literally refers to the /“seat of faith/” and Buddhists often call such monuments the /“Mind of Buddha/”.

7) Kuenselphodrang (Known as Buddha Point)
The iconic site in Bhutan where the country/’s largest Buddha statue is perched. From the hill, you can overlook the Thimphu valley and the stunning distant view of mountain peaks.

8) Tashichhoe Dzong
A once glorious religious fortress built in 1641 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel and was reconstructed into the present structure by the late king and the central monk body.

9) Craft Bazaar
A unique shopping site to get an in-depth knowledge of Bhutan cultures and buy the handcrafts with Bhutan characteristics that you are interested in. At this Bazaar, craftsman and artists from the country display and sell their handicrafts in some handicrafts store you can choose to visit.

Evening walk around the Thimphu town and local handicraft shops visit

Stay overnight at hotel in Thimphu.

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Day 3: Thimphu (2,334 m) - Paro (2,200 m); One Day Hike to Taktsang Ghoempa (Tiger/’s Nest Monastery, 3,750 m)

Distance: 54 km
Driving Time: 1 hour

Drive to Paro in the early morning after breakfast, and then embark on the hike to Taktsang Ghoempa (Also known as the Tiger/’s Nest Monastery).

Climb up to the viewpoint (1.5 hr) to enjoy the stunning view of the monastery clinging to the side of the sheer vertical cliff.

After a temporary refreshment stop at the view point (3,140 m), you continue to ascend higher to the Tiger/’s Nest Monastery (1 hr) and get a closer look of this miraculous monastery. Take an overlook to find amazing sceneries underneath.

The principal Lhakhang (monastery) of the present monastic complex dates from 1692. Taktsang was damaged severely by fire in 1998 but has now been fully restored to its former glory.

After seeing the Monastery, you begin your return downward trip and drive back to Paro for city sightseeing.

Day 4: Paro Departure

Today, our tour guide will transfer you to Paro International Airport for your next destination. Tour service end.