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Alpine Bhutan Travel
Post Box 1382
Thimphu Bhutan
tel. +975 1761 2210
fax. +975 2 334911
alpinebhutan@yahoo.com
Bhutan Tour Packages
Tours to Bhutan cannot be better than in small groups and
tailor-made itineraries. In the comfort and convenience of a small
car, touring Bhutan can be an intimate, meaningful and fun
experience. It is one
of the best ways to see a country like Bhutan with rugged terrain, but stunning
scenery. When we say a car, you might be getting ideas about zooming from
one sightseeing spot to another. No! No, the winding roads in
Bhutan would allow a car a top speed of about 30 mph only. So, it
is a slow and leisurely drive on the winding road, with plenty of
picture takings and roadside stops as you wish.
Bhutan tours listed here are expertly designed cultural tour itineraries keeping in mind the winding and undulating roads of Bhutan, travel time and key attractions. Meticulous planning has gone into each of these tour itineraries. Each tour itinerary is different from the other in the sense that each offers a unique experience of Bhutan - be it travelling from South Bhutan by road or meeting a weaver in Eastern Bhutan. There is flexibility built into the tour itinerary so that just in case you come across a stunning scenery around the corner, you can stop there and make the most of it.
We can customize a tour for you at no extra cost. These Bhutan tours can be used to give you an idea about travelling
within Bhutan, and with
it we can assemble a tour for you that is exactly as per your
wishes. Some of the short tours here can be combined with short treks in
Bhutan to truly give you a close-up picture of life in rural Bhutan.
Bhutan
by Road (5Nights/6Days) US$ 1000
Bhutan is accessible by road.
There
is only one airport in Bhutan, and most tourists with limited time on
their hand would fly in and out of Bhutan. However,
for those tourists with time on hand and some adventure on their mind can drive
into Bhutan from neighbouring Indian towns. Driving
through the endless tea gardens in the Indian plains to the subtropical
forests of Bhutan. Observe the plains of Ganges rising suddenly into
Himalayan foothills and mountains, as the winding road climbs into the
misty mountains and disappear...
Bhutan By Road Itinerary Click here
The
Rice Bowl Valleys (6Nights/7Days) US$ 1200
The rice bowl valleys of Bhutan... Paro, Thimphu and Punakha-Wangdue grow the famed Bhutanese red rice. Be it in during the planting season or harvesting season, you will encounter the farmers in their fields, whistling a song as they go about their business. You will be taken back to the bygone innocence of time when each family grew their own food!!
Rice Bowl Valleys Itinerary Click Here
Old
Trade Route South (6Nights/ 7Nights) US $ 1200
Just
about 50 years ago, Bhutanese economy was a self-sufficient one, growing
whatever they needed on their farms from cereals to spices, from fruits to
nuts. However, as in other mountainous countries, one commodity had to be
bought all the way from the sea...the salt.
Salt was so scarce and so important in those days that it was accepted as a form of currency, and bartered widely in the country. Salt came mostly from India. After the harvesting season, in winter, able-bodied men from the valleys would make a trip to India. They would take produce from Bhutan like corn flakes, dried cheese and yak hair to barter with salt in India. They would bring back salt on their back and mules to last a year for the whole valley.
Old Trade Route South
Itinerary Click Here
Historic
Central Bhutan Valleys (10 Nights/11 Days) US$ 2000
This
tour package is designed to cover all the historic valleys of Bhutan. You
would be moving from one historic valley to another in the heartland of
the Drupka people. Some of the temples in these valleys date back to the
7th century when Guru Padmasambava first introduced Buddhism in Bhutan. A
stream of Buddhist lamas coming to Bhutan over the centuries established
monasteries and temples in various parts of these valleys.
Historic Central Valley Itinerary Click Here
Valley
of the Cranes (7Nights/8Days) US$ 1400
Black
Necked Cranes, one of the highly endangered birds, winter here in this
high and beautiful alpine valley of Phobjikha in Central Bhutan. Cranes
arrive
by the end of October from Siberia and parts of China. They would stay
here browsing in the marshes and the fields left fallow. Since the
villagers here are gentle and respect the cranes as some celestial
creatures, the cranes also seem to mingle comfortably with the
villagers. You would be surprised to learn that the cranes seem to feel
uneasy with outsiders, and won't allow people to get as close to them as
the locals. However, you will get enough opportunity to take close up
pictures and watch the graceful dances of the crane to court their mates.
Valley of the Cranes Itinerary Click Here
Journey
Across the Kingdom (15Nights/16Days) US$ 2900
This tour package would take you across the kingdom
- from broad western valleys to central alpine valleys and then to the
warmer Eastern parts of Bhutan. As you would climb from one mountain pass
into another and drop down into valleys, you would be astonished to learn
that people of one valley speaks an entirely different language from the
next.
Journey Across Kingdom Itinerary Click Here
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