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Guided walking & holiday packages
Touring: France, Vietnam, Bhutan, Italy &
Turkey
BHUTAN - Inspirational Bhutan
(The Paro Festival and Springtime Walking in Bhutan)
TOUR ITINERARY
In 2012 we again give participants a great overview of scenic and
beautiful Bhutan. Flying into Paro, we are just in time to catch
the Paro Tsechu (or Festival, probably the biggest one on their
calendar). From there we head east to the capital Thimphu, and over
the next 2 days, check out their wonderful textile museum, their
National Museum, and get our mountain walking legs into gear with
a walk up to the ancient Tango Monastery. We continue over the Docchu-la
Pass, where we should get an extraordinary view up to the Tibetan
border mountains, to Wangdue for the next 2 nights, for a walk up
to the ancient Chetokha temple, high above the surrounding valleys.
Next stop is the Phobjikha Valley for a couple of nights, where
we do some lovely valley walking and visit a local school (any pens
and koala bears for kids are very gratefully received). Phobjikha
is quite a bit higher than where we've been so far and well worth
the effort. We retrace our steps from here to Punakha, where we
visit a beautiful riverside Dzong, or fortified monastery, the birthplace
of Tibetan Buddhism in Bhutan. Next is our our 3 day Gasa Hot Springs
Trek heading up the Valley to Damji prior to arriving at Gasa to
soak our well-exercised limbs in the local waters.
We return to Paro via Thimphu and on our last day, have a full
day's walk to and from the famous Tiger's Nest or Taktstang Monastery,
said to have been originally built on the spot where Guru Rinpoché,
supposedly the father of Buddhism in Bhutan, arrived on the back
of a tigress which had flown in from Pakistan. Funnily enough, not
everyone believes in the literal truth of this tale.
We will have a local guide throughout, a comfortable minibus, ample
opportunities for looking at and purchasing unique Bhutanese textiles
and other local artefacts, and I will also be on hand to help in
whatever way I can.
Bhutan: Festivals & Footsteps
(The Paro Festival and Springtime Walking in Bhutan)
Dates and costs
4-18 April, 2012
COST: A$5180. Single supplement A$555
Please note: these prices do not include flights from and to your
home country
Best Travels, 82 Bellevue Street, CAMMERAY, NSW
2062
tel (61+) 2 9929 9391 besttravels@ozemail.com.au
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