Bhutan: 7-Day Small-Group Tour with Tiger's Nest & Punakha
ID: GYG1521917-2322669
Categoria:
Paese: Bhutan
Durata:
7 giorni
Descrizione
Bhutan is the only country on Earth that measures prosperity by Gross National Happiness rather than GDP. It has never been colonised.
Bhutan is the only country on Earth that measures prosperity by Gross National Happiness rather than GDP. It has never been colonised. It banned plastic bags before most countries had considered the idea. It is, by deliberate policy, the least-visited nation in Asia: not because it is hard to reach, but because it chooses to be. The Sustainable Development Fee is not a tax; it is a filter, designed to ensure that every person who enters has made a considered decision to be here. The result is a country that feels unhurried: monasteries that monks have maintained for five hundred years, valleys where the only road arrived in the 1970s, and a capital city that briefly installed traffic lights in the 1990s, then removed them after public complaint that they were too impersonal. Bhutan is sui generis, and this itinerary treats it as such, covering the essential arc from Paro to the Phobjika valley with the unhurried pace the country demands: the Tiger's Nest, a hot stone bath, the phallus-painted Fertility Village, the most beautiful dzong in the country at Punakha, and the wintering grounds of the sacred black-necked crane. "A country that briefly installed traffic lights, then removed them because they felt too impersonal, Bhutan tells you everything by what it chooses not to do."
Punti salienti
- Tiger's Nest, perched 900 metres above Paro
- Optional two-day Bumdra Ridge trek
- Sopsokha, Bhutan's famed fertility village
- Punakha Dzong at the river confluence
- Black-necked cranes in Phobjika valley
Lingue guida
INFORMAZIONI IMPORTANTI
Meet your guide in the arrivals hall of Paro International Airport (PBH). Your guide will be waiting after immigration and baggage claim holding a sign with your name.
INCLUSO
- Guide: Certified Bhutanese licensed guide throughout (mandatory in Bhutan); private driver
- Accommodation: Six nights in boutique hotels and valley lodges: Paro (x2), Thimphu (x2), Punakha (x1), Phobjika (x1)
- Included Experiences: Tiger's Nest hike, traditional hot stone bath, private farmer's dinner, all dzong/museum entrance fees
- Meals: Daily breakfast, plus food that is part of a listed experience such as the farmer's dinner
NON INCLUSO
- International flights to/from Paro
- Government fees: Sustainable Development Fee ($100 USD/adult/night) and one-time $40 USD visa fee, paid to Bhutan's Department of Tourism with the visa application
- Travel insurance
- Lunches and dinners
- Alcohol
- Optional Bumdra extension ($410 USD/person)
Quando dovrei prenotare?
Per garantire la disponibilità, prenota il prima possibile. La prenotazione anticipata è consigliata soprattutto se stai pianificando il viaggio durante l'alta stagione come le festività pubbliche o i fine settimana.
Cancellazioni
Questa escursione può essere annullata senza costi fino a 24 ore prima dell'inizio del viaggio. Se la annulli dopo 24 ore o non ti presenti all'escursione, ti verrà comunque addebitato il prezzo intero dell'attività. Essere in ritardo al ritiro o alla partenza sarà considerato come non presentarsi.