5 days Bhutan cultural Tour from Bhutan

Ziua 1 · Thimphu

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   Buddha Dordenma

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   World largest sitting Buddha

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   Clock Tower Square

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   Clock Tower Square has a tower with four clock faces located in Thimphu, capital of Bhutan. It is a famously known landmark in Thimphu. There are many shops

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   Tashichho Dzong (Thimpu Dzong)

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   Tashichho Dzong has been the seat of the government since 1952 and presently houses the throne room and offices of the king, the secretariat and the ministries of home affairs and finance. Other government departments are housed in buildings nearby.

Breakfast in hotel · Traditional Bhutan food

Tashiyoedling -3star accommodation

Ziua 2 · Punakha

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   Chimi Lhakhang Temple

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   Chimi Lhakhang, also known as Chime Lhakhang or Monastery or temple, is a Buddhist monastery in Punakha District, Bhutan. Located near Lobesa, it stands on a round hillock and was built in 1499 by the 14th Drukpa hierarch, Ngawang Choegyel, after the site was blessed by the "Divine Madman" the maverick saint Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529) who built a chorten on the site.

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   Punakha Dzong

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   The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungtang Dewa chhenbi Phodrang, is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan. Constructed by Ngawang Namgyal, 1st Zhabdrung Rinpoche, in 1637–38, it is the second oldest and second largest dzong in Bhutan and one of its most majestic structures.

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   Dochula Pass

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   The Dochula Pass is a mountain pass in the snow covered Himalayas within Bhutan on the road from Thimpu to Punakha where 108 memorial chortens or stupas known as "Druk Wangyal Chortens" have been built by Ashi Dorji Wangmo Wangchuk, the eldest Queen Mother. Wikipedia

   Elevation: 3,100 m (10,171 ft)

Hotel lobesa-3star accommodation

Ziua 3 · Phobjikha valley

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   Gangtey Monastery

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   The Gangteng Monastery, also called the Gangteng Sangngak Chöling་, was established in 1613 by the first Peling Gyalsé Rinpoche or Gangteng Tulku, Rigdzin Pema Tinley (1564–1642), who was the grandson of the great Bhutanese "treasure revealer" Terchen Pema Lingpa (1450–1521).

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   Phobjikha Valley

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   The Phobjikha Valley is a vast U-shaped glacial valley, also known as Gangteng Valley named after the impressive Gangteng Monastery of the Nyingma sect in central Bhutan, where the graceful black-necked cranes in Bhutan from the Tibetan Plateau visit the valley during the winter season to roost.

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   Oprirea 3

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   The picturesque and small Khewang Lhakhang (temple) is located just opposite to Tabading across the marshlands in the middle of the Phobjikha valley.

Gakiling guest house-3star

Ziua 4 · Phobjikha -paro

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   Paro River

   30 min Intrarea inclusă

   The Paro Chhu is a river of western Bhutan. It is a tributary of the Wong Chhu, which is known as the Raidak in its lower reaches

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   Rinpung Dzong

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   Rinpung Dzong is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body and government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag. It is listed as a tentative site in Bhutan's Tentative List for UNESCO inclusion

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   National Museum

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   National Museum of Bhutan is a cultural museum in the town of Paro in western Bhutan. Established in 1968, in the renovated ancient Ta-dzong building, above Rinpung Dzong under the command of His Majesty, the King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, the third hereditary Monarch of Bhutan.

Tashi Namgay Resort-3star

Ziua 5 · Hiking to Tiger Nest

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   Paro Taktsang

   7 ore Intrarea inclusă

   Taktsang Lhakhang is Bhutan’s most iconic landmark and religious site. The name Taktsang translates to “The Tiger’s Nest”. This temple is one of the most holy sites in the kingdom and clings impossibly to a sheer cliff face 900 meters above the Paro Valley.

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   Paro Airport Bird's Eye View Point

   30 min Intrarea inclusă

   Considering that this airport is consistently rated as one of the most dangerous, this is a lovely spot to watch the planes come in through the mountains.

Tashi Namgay Resort-3star Accommodation