Bumthang Festival Dates: 2008
Ura Tshechu: 16-20 Apr, 2008
Nimalung Tshechu: 10-12 Jul, 2008
Kurjey Tshechu: 12 Jul, 2008
Tamshing Phala: 08-10 Oct, 2008
Tangbi Mani : 13-15 Oct, 2008
Jambay Lakhang Drup: 12-16 Nov, 2008
NgalaKang Tshechu: 12-14 Dec, 2008
Trongsa Tshechu: 05-07 Jan, 2009

Tour Grade: Easy Vehicle based touring with involving some walking and one optional day-hike to Takshang Monasery.

TOUR OVERVIEW:
Join the Bumthang Festival Tour. Visit Bhutan at the time of Jambey Lakhang, Nalakhar and Jakar Festivals - some of the grandest festivals in Bhutan. The Bumthang Festivals are religious festivals where masked dances are performed to instruct the onlookers in the ways of Buddhist Dharma. These are also occasions where Bhutanese people dress in their finest ethnic costumes. During the Bumthang Fesitval  Tour   you   can   witness   various religious masked dances performed in the courtyards of the Dzongs of the area. The special Bumthang festival tours visit Bhutan during the famous and colourful festival in the picturesque valleys of Bumthang.

URA TSHECHU Festival Tour: 16-25 April, 2008
KURJEY TSHECHU Festival Tour: 07-16 Jul, 2008
NIMALUNG TSHECHU Festival Tour: 07-16 Jul, 2008
TAMSHING PHALA Festival Tour: 06-15 Oct, 2008
TANGBI MANI Festival Tour: 09-18 Oct, 2008
JAMBAY LAKHANG Festival Tour: 10-19 Nov, 2008
NGALAKHANG Festival Tour: 08-17 Dec, 2008
TRONGSA Festival Tour: 02-11 Jan, 2009

> Tours start and end with flights ex Bangkok or Kolkata.
> Private Bumthang Festival Tours are available.
> Flights to Bhutan are also available from Kathmandu and Delhi.
> This tour can be combined with the Bumthang Cultural Trek

WANGDI - THIMPHU
Return drive to Punakha valley and then on to Thimpu. Hotels.