Bhutan Magnificent Textile Tours
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14 Nights/15 days in Bhutan
The Bhutanese textiles are rich, vibrant, colorful and a complex art and form an integral part of the Bhutanese culture. They are considered to be the highest form of our traditional art and spiritual expression. The Bhutanese textiles are integrated into all aspects of life in Bhutan- reflects the country’s distinctive identity. The textile plays a great economic significance for many of our people. The textiles of Bhutan are truly the treasures of the world and the most advanced and sophisticated weaving cultures in the history of civilization. In this Bhutan Magnificent Textile Tour, we will explore all the famous villages in Bhutan, which are famous in Bhutan Textiles. The villages are Khoma village in Lhuentse, Radhi village in Trashigang and Khaling National Handloom Development center in Trashigang. Not only we will explore these villages but also we will experience practically how the Bhutanese women are using the natural coloring and dying.
- Explore the rich culture of Bhutanese Textiles.
- Discover the Bhutanese Weaving Culture.
- Explore the popular villages famous for the textiles of Bhutan.
- Experience practically one of the handlooms in Bhutan.
- Appreciate and experience practically how the Bhutanese women are using natural coloring and dying.
- Learn how textiles play a very important role in all aspects of life in Bhutan.
- Explore how the Bhutanese textile reflects the country’s distinctive identity.
- Learn and talk with the girls and women in Bhutan, their way of life and how important they play in the society.
Day 01: BKK-PBH-PARO
The flight into Paro on our national carrier, Druk Air, is a befitting introduction to the spectacular beauty of our country. In clear weather, magnificent views of the world’s highest peaks give way to the lush green Paro valley as you land. Your Bhutanese escort from Authentic Bhutan Tours will greet you on arrival, and then drive you to the Paro Rimpung Dzong, the centre of civil and religious authority in this region.
After this we will have lunch in Paro town. We will visit the National museum and Kyichu Lhakhang, the oldest temple in Bhutan. Welcome dinner at hotel Paro. Overnight stay at Paro.
Day 02: PARO – THIMPHU
Today after our breakfast in the hotel, we will hike to Taktshang Monastery, which is one of the most important pilgrimage spots in the Buddhist world. We will serve lunch at Taktshang cafeteria or we will bring a picnic lunch.
We will drive to Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Evening stroll around Thimphu town. Dinner and overnight stay at Thimphu Hotel.
Day 03: THIMPHU HALT
Today we will do sightseeing in Thimphu – visit the National Memorial Chhorten, Weaving Center, Textile Museums, Bhutanese Paper factory and Handicraft emporium. Lunch will be served in one of the restaurants in Thimphu. In the afternoon, we will do the short hike-wangditshe hike. The hike starts from BBS tower and ends at Dechenphodrang, through pine forest.
The hike will take about 1hour 30minutes. From this hike we can see the whole Thimphu town so beautifully. In the evening we will visit the Thimphu Tashichhoe Dzong. Dinner and overnight stay at Thimphu hotel.
Day 04: THIMPHU – PHOBJIKHA
Drive to Phobjikha over dochula pass (3150m). The pass is adorned with different kinds of prayer flags and 108 small stupas. From this pass, we can see the eastern Himalayan mountains range so magnificently on clear days. We will stop at Dochula cafeteria for tea or coffee break. Then we will continue our journey to Phobjikha.
Lunch will be served at Wangdi, Dragon Nest Resort. Continue our journey to Phobjikha. The phobjikha valley is the winter home to the endangered species of birds, Black Neck Crane. On reaching Gangtey, we will visit the Gangtey Goenpa Lhakhag, the most important temple in the Nyingmapa sect. Dinner and overnight stay at Phobjikha Hotel.
Day 05: PHOBIJIKHA – BUMTHANG
Drive to Bumthang. The drive will take about 5hours. At Trongsa, we will visit the ‘Tower of Trongsa’. Lunch will be served at Tower of Trongsa’s Cafeteria. Then we will continue our journey to Bumthang over Yontongla pass.
At Chhumey we will stop to see the Yathra textile production. Yathra is woolen textile. Dinner and overnight stay at Bumthang Hotel.
Day 06: BUMTHANG HALT
Today after our breakfast, we will drive back to Chhumey to see the demonstration of how the woolen textiles are produced, dyed and colored. Lunch will be served at Bumthang Hotel. After our lunch, we will visit Jambay Lhakhang, the oldest monastery in Bhutan, Kurjey Lhakhang and Tamshing Lhakhang.
After this, we will visit the Farm House for Bhutanese Dinner, local alcohol and hot stone bath. Overnight stay at Bumthang Hotel.
Day 07: BUMTHANG – LHUENTSHI
The drive to Lhuentshi will take about 6 hours 30minutes. Lunch will be served. On the way I will stop at certain places for taking photographs. You will enjoy the scenic beauty of eastern Bhutan.Lhuentshi, specially Khoma Village, is famous for Kushuthara textile production.
Kushuthara is the most prestigious kira for every woman in Bhutan. Kushuthara has a white field pattern with dozens of different distinctive motifs, shaped like diamond or half diamonds at the edges of the field Dinner and overnight stay at Camp at Lhuentshi.
Day 08. LHUENTSHI HALT
Today we will experience the dying and the weaving of textile. Dinner and overnight stay in camp, Lhuentshi.
Day 09. LHUENTSHI – TRASHIGANG
We will drive to Trashigang. The drive will be about 6hours. Lunch will be served at Mongar. On reaching Trashigang, we will stroll around the small Trashigang town and then we will drive to Rangjung for dinner and overnight stay in the hotel.
Day 10. TRASHIGANG – RADHI VILLAGE (Day Excursion)
Today we will visit the Radhi Village and see the raw silk textile and also the dying and coloring of raw silk. Lunch will be picnic lunch. Towards the late afternoon, we will drive back to the hotel for dinner and overnight stay. (Here we can also camp if our guest would like to stay in the camp).
Day 11. TRASHIGANG – KHALING (Day Excursion)
Today we will make a day excursion to Khaling Handloom Development center. Here will be an opportunity to see how the handloom is playing an important role in promoting the weaving activities in the Kingdom. To promote the age-old tradition of weaving. Develop designs and color combination; to uphold age old tradition of weaving and vegetable dyeing process. Lunch will be picnic lunch. Dinner and overnight stay in a hotel or Camp.
Day 12. TRASHIGANG – BUMTHANG
Today will be a long drive from Trashigang to Bumthang. The drive will take about 7hours 30 minutes.Lunch will be picnic pack lunch. Dinner and overnight stay in Bumthang Hotel.
Day 13. BUMTHANG –PUNAKHA
Drive to Punakha. On reaching Trongsa, visit the Trongsa Dzong. Lunch will be served at Chendebji Restaurant. Continue our journey to Punakha. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.
Day 14. PUNAKHA – PARO
Today we will visit the most beautiful dzong in Bhutan (Punakha Dzong) at Lobesa, we will hike to Chhimi Lhakhang, the temple of fertility. The temple is located at a hilltop and we have to walk about 30minutes from the road end. Our lunch will be served at Dochula cafeteria. Then we will continue our journey to Paro. Evening walk around Paro town. Dinner and overnight stay in Paro Hotel.
Day 15. PARO-PARO INTERNATIONALAIPORT
After our breakfast drive to Paro International Airport for your onward flight. We wish a very safe and pleasant journey back to your country. We hope to see you again in Bhutan in the future.
Start planning your tailor-made Dream Holiday to Bhutan – The Land of happiness!
In order to experience the best and rewarding fulfillment clients must plan in advance the different logistics that you have in your minds before actually venturing into the world of trips. You might have wishes and hopes for which you need to plan.
The following information will help you to plan your dream trip to Bhutan.
1. When and how to visit Bhutan?
Choose your traveling date like Arrival/Departure date. You also need to choose entry/depart Bhutan via AIR or LAND.
By Air: Druk Air, the national carriers is the only service operator in the kingdom and operates several flights per week from Bangkok (Thailand), Delhi & Kolkata (India) and Kathmandu (Nepal) to Paro (Bhutan). The Paro International Airport is located about an hour and a half drive from Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan.
Paro airport is daylight restricted, and the flights are totally dependent on the weather. As a result, sometimes flights are delayed. It is therefore a good idea to keep at least 24 hours of transit time for connecting flights out of Paro. You might also want to consider traveling on a non-restricted ticket so that if you miss a connecting flight, you can be rerouted or seated on the first available carrier.
Sometimes flights into Paro are disrupted because of unfavorable weather conditions. If this occurs, the flight will stop for the night at the transit airport. To be prepared, you may want to carry your essential personal items in your carry-on luggage.
By Land: Phuentsholing, a Bhutanese town in the southwest has road access to India. It is located about 170 km from the Indian domestic airport at Bagdogra, West Bengal. Phuentsholing is about 172 km from Thimphu the capital city of Bhutan and is about 6hours drive distance.
2. What are your itineraries?
All the tours can be customized and extended as per our valued client’s requirements. There are sample itineraries for your kind reference and it will give you some general idea of the likely trip scheduled.
Complete the tour request form and submit it to us. Send us correct name list. We will send you the flight reservation status via email.
After confirming your reservation, we need the scanned copy of member’s passport.
Please remit us full payments and send us the copy of remittance paper via email. Visa will not be accepted without full payment.
We will send you the flight ticket copy and Visa Clearance Copy prior to your departure to Bhutan via email. You need to print out and carry along with you.
Start packing and looking forward to have a memorable trip in the LandThunder Dragon, DrukYul.
Hot stone bath (Dhotsho) is a traditional bath of Bhutan, where a tradition of heating up stones and then soaking in the water that is in turn heated by the stones. This is also a curative method and is used throughout the country We Bhutanese belief that this bath has so much of medicinal benefits. Some diseases are curable-like joint pains, hypertension, stomach disorder, arthritis and many other minor
diseases. Especially for the old age, where we have lots of body pains, joints pains helps a lot by this Hot Stone Bath (Dhotsho).
I think, the minerals in the rocks have certain chemicals, which can cure certain disease of our body. Hot stone bath has no side effects. It is in its pure natural form. We can organize the hot stone bath during your stay in Bhutan.
The cost for experiencing this will be USD 20 per person.
The Bhutanese textiles are rich, vibrant, and colorful and are a complex art form as well as an integral part of the Bhutanese culture. This Bhutan weaving experiences will give you an insight about the rich textiles in Bhutan. You can sit one of the handlooms of Bhutan and weave your self practically. We promise that you will really enjoy this with great satisfaction in your life.
We will also see or learn the natural coloring and dyeing. You can bring your own materials like handkerchief to dye and color. So visit Bhutan and experience it practically by yourself.
So to arrange this you need to pay extra payment of USD 50 per person.
Folk Performing Arts & Music in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. We have Cultural Program Performing groups, which they will perform like Traditional folk songs, dances and keeps original tunes and dances alive. Moreover, new choreography for some traditional and regional songs is sometimes developed.
The troupe also performs mask dances that have historical and spiritual significance.
The program will be about 1hr program and the cost will be USD 100/program. Usually we organize this in the evening before your dinner. But any time of the day can be organized.
Tiger’s Nest is most visited spot in Bhutan and it is much awaited by every tourist who visits Bhutan to climb to Tiger’s Nest.
It takes about 2 hrs 30mins up steep climb through the forest of pine, oak and Rhododendron. However you can ride the horse and climb till the Taktshang cafeteria.
The price will be approximately USD 12-15. So we can arrange the horses and let us know.
2 Comments
Dear Gillian Travis,
Warmest greetings from Authentic Bhutan Tours – For Your Bhutan Experience!
We are so happy to receive your kind inquiry and it will be our great pleasure to organize your textile tour in Bhutan.
Your brief itinerary will be as follows:-
Day 1. Arrival at Paro Airport – Thimphu.
Day 2. Thimphu Stay.
Day 3. Thimphu – Phibjikha
Day 4. Phobjikha – Bumthang.
Day 5. Bumthang -Stay.
Day 6. Bumthang – Punakha.
Day 7. Punakha – Paro.
Day 8. Paro – Airport.
I will send you the email with invoice.
With best regards,
Ten Dorji
My friend and I will be in Kathmandu in February next year and we are interested in visiting Bhutan
We are textiles artists and are particularly interested in textiles and visiting authentic markets etc
We only have 8 days
We don’t need 4 star hotels and are very active
Can you suggest an itinerary for us, and give us a rough idea of the costs