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Glimpse of Shagrila
(2 Nights & 3 Days Tour)
Day 01 : Arrival at Paro and Drive to Thimphu
On your journey towards Bhutan, you will be flying across the great Himalayan Mountains to Paro valley.
Our representatives will receive you in the airport and take you to Paro town.
Lunch at Paro town and after lunch we go for drive up to Drukgyel Dzong.
Later evening, we have a nice one hour drive to Thimphu which is 55 km from Paro.
Dinner and overnight in the tourist class hotel in Thimphu.
Day 02 Thimphu and Paro
Thimphu is the Capital city of Bhutan yet so different from other cities of the world you have seen. One can see the blend of modern and age old culture of this wonderful country, whose ultimate development goal is Gross National Happiness. The Royal Family and the entire Ministries’ head quarters
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are located in Thimphu. It is also one of the most populated areas in Bhutan, with more than 70,000 thousand people from ever walk of life.
After breakfast, we brief you the day’s tour program, sightseeing in Thimphu valley, we will first visit the National Institute of Traditional Medicine (Outside Only) where the Bhutanese Traditional medicines are made and peoples are trained, next we will visit the National Library, housing an extensive collection of priceless Buddhist manuscripts, then we go to the Institute for Zorig Chusum (commonly known as the Painting School) where students undergo a 6-year training course in Bhutan’s 13 traditional arts and crafts.
We then visit Trashichodzong “the Fortress of the glorious religion”. This is the central Government house where the Political and Religious heads’ offices are located. It was built in 1641 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (The man who unified Bhutan in 1600s), it was reconstructed in the 1960s in traditional Bhutanese manner, without nails or architectural plans. |
Before going for lunch we visit the National Memorial chorten.(1974) which was built for Our Third King “Druk Gyelpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck” historically known as The Father of Modern Bhutan.
Then we drive back to Paro.
Evening take a stroll around Paro main street. Dinner and overnight at the tourist class hotel in Paro.
Day 03: Depart Paro
After breakfast drive to the airport for flight to onward destination.
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