Bumdra Trek including Paro, Thimphu, Punakha touring is one of the best and easy tours around the main cities of Bhutan and Bumdra region. We end our tour exploring the - Taktsang Monastery also recognized as Tiger's Nest monastery. Accommodation during the trek will be a homestay in the village of Punakha where you get ample time to explore their culture, traditions & their lifestyle. Beginning of this trek to Bumdra, you need to ascend for a bit longer and after that our trek will be relatively easy with stunning views of snowcapped mountains.
Touring Bhutan city, we will be visiting spiritual and historical heritage landmarks like TashiDzong, ParoRinpung Dzong, and national memorial chortens, etc. This tour is for those passionate travelers who desire to explore Bhutan's rich cultural and religious aspects and go for little hours of trek witnessing magnificent vista of the snowcapped mountains.
Bhutan city with Bhumdra trek begins from a scenic flight to Paro and heading to the hotel. Then we start our tour visiting several landmarks and heritage spots of Paro like Rinpungdzong, Kichulhangkhang, Drugyaldzong. From the high point of Drugyaldzong, we get to spot beautiful Mount Jomolhari or Chomolhari (7326 m & the second highest mountain of Bhutan). Next, we will be exploring Punakha city, where we will be visiting Chimilhangkhang and Punakha Dzong. Next, we head to Thimpu and will be visiting KuensalPhodrang which is the main religious Buddha center which holds the biggest Buddha statue in the world at around 51 m.
Next, we will be sightseeing Thimpu and stopover to visit some of the landmarks like memorial chorten, zoo, museums, Thimpudzong. Then we will be hiking to Bhumdra region - where on the trails - we will spot colorful prayer flags with views of striking snowcapped peaks. And on the way, we visit Chhoetshelangkhang and lastly, we hike to Taktsang monastery (Tiger Nest monastery).
This tour & trek can be done in every season year around as being one the easiest and even novice trekkers can attempt this which completes within 7 days. For any other information about this tour, please do get us by email or contact.
Outline Itinerary
Day 01: Arrival and sightseeing Paro (2,250m/7,382ft)
Day 02: Paro to Punakha (1300m / 4265 ft.): 4 hours
Day 03: Punakha to Thimphu (2,320m/7,610ft): 3 hours
Day 04: Sightseeing Thimphu
Day 05: Drive to Sang Choekor Buddhist University, then hike to Bumdra (3500m/11482ft): 4 hours walk
Day 06: Hike Bumdra to Paro via Tiger's Nest Monastery (3180m/10433ft): 6 hours
Day 07: Final departure
Our detailed day to day brief itinerary for Bhutan City Tour with Bumdra Trek is listed below: