Bumdrak Trekking Adventure
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A Brief Description
05 Nights/06 days in Bhutan
In this Trek, we will be blessed by visiting the two most revered Buddhist Pilgrimage spot in Bhutan, Bumdrak and Taktshang Monastery, besides enjoying the scenic beauty and Himalayan Mountains. Bumdrak means ‘Rock of One Hundred Thousand Foot Prints’. The legend tells us that a hundred thousand dakinis (angels) descended here and left their footprints on the rock 800 years ago.Bumdrak is about 3800m above sea level and the Taktshang Monastery is 3100m above sea level.
- Trekking provides the best opportunity to experience and explore the real heart of Bhutan.
- Discover a unique insight into the rural culture of the Kingdom of Bhutan.
- Close contact with the people living in the remote areas of Bhutan.
- Explore and appreciate the pristine environment of Bhutan.
- Enjoy with the wilderness experiences in Bhutan.
- Explore the adventure tours of Bhutan.
- Enjoy with majestic views of the country’s virgin landscapes and unclimbed mountains.
- Explore the routes taken by our ancestral.
- Trekking through the beautiful lakes of Bhutan.
Day 1. Arrive to Paro International Airport
On arrival, received by the representative of Authentic Bhutan Tours. Then drive to Thimphu, the capital City of Bhutan. The drive will take about 1hr 15minutes. On reaching Thimphu, your lunch will be served at one of the restaurants in Thimphu.
PM: We will do some sightseeing in Thimphu like visiting Memorial Chhorten, Motithang Mini-zoo, to see the National Animal of Bhutan, Takin and the Nunnery or Drupthop Lhakhang. Then stroll around Thimphu town. In the evening, we will visit Thimphu Trashi Chhoe Dzong. Dinner and overnight stay at Thimphu Hotel.
Day 2. Thimphu – Punakha (day Excursion)
Today we will take a day excursion to Punakha via Dochula pass (3150m). The pass is adorned with 108 small stupas and many kinds of prayer flags. From the pass, we can see the Eastern Himalayan Mountain Ranges so beautifully on clear days.
Continue our journey to Puanakha and on reaching Punakha, we will visit the most beautiful dzongs in Bhutan, Punakha Dzong and at Lobesa, we will hike to Chhimi Lhakhang, the temple of fertility, which is located on a hilltop. The hike will take about 30minutes from the road end through paddy fields and farmhouses. Then we will have lunch at Lobesa.
PM: We will drive back to Thimphu. On reaching Thimphu, we will stroll around Thimohu town. Dinner and overnight stay at Thimphu Hotel.
Day 3. Thimphu – Paro – Bumdra (Trek)
After an early breakfast, we will drive to Paro, Sang Choekor, where our trekking crewmembers will be waiting for us. Our trek will start from here to Bumdra. Bumdra, which is blessed by 100,000 dakinies. Little above the place, we can also see a rock which is supposed to be Guru Rinpoche’s Hat and underneath the Hat, there is room where we can meditate and get the blessings from Guru Rinpoche.
At Sang Chhoekhor, we can also visit Sang Chhoekhor Lhakhang, which is a Buddhist College. The trek to Bumdra for about the first 1-2hrs walk will be ascent of a shady, forested ridge, bringing us to a clearing with prayer flags and views down into both the Paro and Do Chhu Valleys. Above and ahead the Chhoe Tse Lhakhang (temple) nestles on the mountainside a further one to two hour’s walk away.
The trail undulates before the last steep section up to the pretty temple, which offers commanding views south over Paro and northwards to the snowcapped Himalayas. After a final 20-minute climb through ruins and fluttering prayer flags, we plunge back into ancient forest, and, after traversing for about 40 minutes, we come out onto a high wide meadow dotted with sacred chortens and prayer flags.
Our home for the night is tucked away just under Bumdra Monastery (Cave of a Hundred Thousand Prayers) and offers unimpeded views of the Himalayan range. After lunch we can visit the monastery and meditate there for the whole afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay at Bumdra camp (3800m).
Day 04. Bumdra – Taktshang – Paro
After our breakfast, we will start our trek to Paro via Taktshang Monastery. After one to two hours of descent we catch glimpses of the golden roofs of temples below. The path snakes across the mountainside between these monasteries before reaching the gardens of Sangtopelri (Heaven on Earth) from which you can bravely peer over the edge and straight down onto the ornate rooftops of Taktsang Monastery perched against the cliff-face far below.
An hour later and we are at the gates of Taktsang looking across the gorge; a steep descent to a waterfall then up some steps and we are passing into Tiger’s Nest itself.
Lunch will be served as a picnic hot lunch. Retracing our steps we begin the final descent of about 1hr to reach our vehicle and drive back to Paro. Dinner and overnight stay at Paro Hotel.
Day 05. Paro – Airport (Departure)
Drive to Paro International Airport for your onward flight. We wish you a very safe and comfortable flight. Our guides and driver will bid you farewell here at the Airport. We will be looking forward to seeing you again in Bhutan- The Land of Happiness!
Thank You & Tashi Delek!
Day06. Thimphu – Paro International Airport
Drive to Paro International Airport for your onward flight. We wish you a very safe and comfortable flight. Our guide and driver will bid you farewell here at the Airport.
We will be looking forward to seeing you again in Bhutan- The Land of Happiness!
Our company will provide Trekking Equipment like Tents (Sleeping, Dinning, Toilet, Shower Tents), Mattress, Hot-Water bag, Cooking Utensils, Sleeping Bags. But we advise our clients to bring their own sleeping bags, if they can. However our guests have to bring some trekking gear by themselves. Therefore, everything mentioned below on the list is useful, and most of the things are important on a trek.
Equipment for all the trekkers
FootWear
- trekking or running shoes.
- camp shoes or thongs.
- socks – polypropylene.
Above 4000 m.
- mountain trekking boots.
- socks, wool, to wear with boots.
- socks, light cotton, for under wool socks.
Other Equipments
- rucksack.
- sleeping bag.
- water bottle, Tourch
Clothing
- down or fiber-filled jacket.
- jumper or pile jacket.
- hiking shorts (men) or skirt (opt).
- waterproof jacket, poncho or umbrella.
- hiking pants
- T- shirts or blouses.
- underwear, sun hat
- swimwear (opt.)
- insulated paints.
- nylon wind breaker.
- long underwear.
- woolen hat.
- gloves, long gaiters
Photography
Equipments
( Optional )
- camera and lenses.
- lenses cleaning equipments.
- film.
- compass
- thermometer
- binoculars.
- books for reading while waiting for plane
Miscellaneous Items
- toilet articles.
- toilet paper and cigarette lighter.
- small knife.
- sun block.
- towel
- laundry soap.
- medical and frist aid kit.
- pre-moistened towelettes.
- sewing kit.
- sunglasses.
- sun block for lips.
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.
