7 Quiet Bhutan Gangtey Valley Tour Package | Stillness

Day 2 of this bhutan gangtey valley tour package is built around the hike to Taktsang, the cliffside monastery known as Tiger's Nest. The trail climbs roughly 900 metres from the parking area, and most groups take 3 to 4 hours up with a stop at the cafeteria viewpoint roughly halfway. The monastery itself was built into the rock face in the seventeenth century around a cave where Guru Rinpoche is said to have meditated. The descent is gentler, and the afternoon is left free for rest at the hotel before the longer drives ahead. Overnight in Paro.

This bhutan gangtey valley tour package moves to Thimphu on Day 3, a drive of around 1 hour through the Paro valley and along the river. Thimphu is Bhutan's capital and the only capital city in the world without traffic lights, a fact that surprises most first-time visitors. The afternoon covers the Buddha Dordenma, a giant bronze statue overlooking the valley from a hillside, and Tashichho Dzong, the fortress that houses the throne room and government offices. This bhutan gangtey valley tour package keeps Day 3 as a lighter day before the longer drives to come. Overnight in Thimphu.

Day 4 of this bhutan gangtey valley tour package crosses Dochula Pass on the way to Punakha, a drive of around 3 hours total. The pass sits at roughly 3,100 metres and holds 108 memorial chortens built in a single row, with views of the eastern Himalayan range on a clear morning. The road then drops into the warmer Punakha valley, where rice terraces replace the pine forest of higher elevations. The afternoon covers Punakha Dzong, built at the confluence of two rivers and considered the most striking fortress in the country. Overnight in Punakha.

Day 5 of this bhutan gangtey valley tour package continues from Punakha to Gangtey, a drive of around 2.5 hours through changing terrain as the road climbs into the Phobjikha Valley. Unlike every other stop on this circuit, Phobjikha is a glacial valley with no river running through it, a flat wetland bowl rather than a river gorge. Gangtey Monastery sits on a ridge above the valley floor, visible from much of the walk in. The afternoon is left open for a first look at the valley before the following day's longer walk. Overnight in Gangtey.

Day 6 of this bhutan gangtey valley tour package keeps the morning in Phobjikha, walking the Gangtey Nature Trail across the valley floor, a flat path of around 1.5 to 3 kilometres depending on the route chosen, passing prayer flags and farmhouses along the way. Gangtey Monastery is visited before the walk begins, looking down over the wetland from the ridge. The afternoon drive back toward Paro retraces the route through Punakha and Dochula Pass, a longer drive of around 5 hours covering most of the day. Overnight in Paro.

The final day of this bhutan gangtey valley tour package is built around the departure flight from Paro. Breakfast at the hotel is followed by a short transfer to Paro International Airport, timed against the confirmed flight schedule. Travellers with a later departure sometimes use the morning for one last walk through Paro town before heading to the airport. The Bon Voyagers vehicle drops the group at the airport, where the trip that began seven days earlier comes to a close. The trip ends at the same airport it started from.