Bhutan Luxury Tour 4 Nights 5 Days start from Paro valley, Punakha low altitude valley, and Thimphu. Paro to Thimphu is 2 hours drive. 4 Nights 5 Days Luxury tour in Bhutan provides the best luxury hotels in Bhutan depending upon your choice.
After you land in Paro with an elevation of 2320m. You will be received by representatives from Bhutan Himalayan Holidays at Paro international airport. Drive to Thimphu, which covers 65km with 1 1/2 car drive. The road from Paro to Thimphu is good enough. On the way to Thimphu, you can view Tachog Monastery built by Thangthong Gyalpo in the 15th century. Thang Thong Gyalpo (1385 – 1464) was a saint from Tibet who came to Bhutan in 1433 looking for Iron Ore. He built 108 bridges across Tibet and Bhutan, out of which 8 were built in Bhutan.
After lunch, visit the Memorial Chorten, a monument dedicated to the Third King of Bhutan, Late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck. The inside paintings and statues provide a very rare insight into Buddhist Philosophy.
In the evening, visit the Tashichho Dzong, the Royal Secretariat, and the seat of Central Monastic Body, including the summer residence of the Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot of Bhutan). Dinner and overnight in Hotel. Options: Hotel Le Meridien, Hotel Taj Tashi, Yarkay Dusit, Six Senses, Aman Kora.
After breakfast, drive to Punakha and it takes 3 hours of car drive without sightseeing. Enroute Dochula pass(3100m). We stop at Dochula Pass with its 108 stupas. If the weather is good you can see the snow-clad Himalayan Mountains. Visit the Royal Botanical Garden at Lamperi.
The Royal Botanical Park is also known as the Rhododendron Garden of Lamperi. The recorded species in the area are the monal pheasants, blood pheasants, musk deer, tiger, leopard, red panda, and the leopard cat.
On the way to visit, visit Chimi Lhakhang(the fertility temple). It was built by Lama Drukpa Kuenley (Popularly known as “The Divine Madman”, in the year 1499. He subdued the demons with his “Magical Thunder bolt” and built the temple on top of a hillock. The Temple is also known as “the Temple of Fertility”.
Lama Drukpa Kuenley (1455 – 1529) was one of Bhutan’s Favorite Saints who was born in Tibet, trained at Ralung Monastery and was a contemporary and a disciple of Pema Lingpa. He Traveled throughout Bhutan and Tibet as a “Neljorpa” (Yogi) using songs, humor, and outrageous behavior to dramatize his teachings of Salvation through sex.
After lunch, visit Punakha Dzong built in 1637 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal and is situated between Pho Chu (Male River) and Mo Chu (Female River). In the evening, drive back to Thimphu. Dinner and overnight in Hotel. Option: Hotel Le Meridien, Hotel Taj Tashi, Yarkay Dusit, Six Senses, Aman Kora.
After breakfast, visit Buddha Dordena measuring 169 feet tall facing Thimphu valley. It is one of the tallest Buddha statue in the world. Visit Changangkha Lhakhang, Takin Preserve center, Sangaygang viewpoint, and the Dupthop Lhakhang one of the few surviving nunneries in Bhutan.
After lunch, visit the Postal office where you can make personalized stamps of you and your near and dear ones, Folk Heritage Museum, witness Bhutanese Archery match.
In the evening, free to stroll in Thimphu downtown for shopping and photography. Dinner and overnight in Hotel. Option: Hotel Le Meridien, Hotel Taj Tashi, Yarkay Dusit, Six Senses, Aman Kora.
After breakfast hike to Tiger’s Nest or Paro Taksang. Drive to Satsam Chorten, Paro, and a 2-hour uphill hike to the monastery. The primary Lhakhang of the monastery was built around Guru Rimpoche’s meditation cave in 1684 by the Penlop of Paro Gyaltsen Tenzin Rabgay. This incredible monastery clings to the edge of the granite rock cliff that plunges 900 meters above Paro valley. Legend says that Guru Padmasambhava, the tantric Buddhist Guru who brought Buddhism to Bhutan, flew here on the back of a tigress, who believed to his consort.
After lunch, drive to the Drukgyal Dzong the ruined fortress. It is 16 km up the valley built in 1647 by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The dzong was destroyed by accidental fire and left in ruins. On the way back, visit Kichu Lhakhang, built in 659 A.D by the Tibetan king Srongsen Gampo. He was a Tibetan king who married a Chinese princess, Wenchen in 641, as a part of her dowry was a statue called “Jowo” which was an Indian image of Buddha, Sakyamuni as a small boy.
In the evening, free to stroll in the town. Dinner and overnight in Hotel.
Options: Hotel Le Meridien, Bhutan Spirit Sanctuary, Hotel Zhiwaling, Six Senses, Aman Kora Resort.
After breakfast, drive to the Paro Airport and bid Farewell.