Festival Dates:
Paro Tsechu Festival: 19-21 Mar, 2008

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

PARO FESTIVAL TOUR OVERVIEW:
Be a part of only a few westerners who have enjoyed the fascinating Tsechu festivals of Bhutan. The Tsechus are Buddhist religious festivals where masked dances depicting the events from the life of Padmasambhava, the eighth century Nyingmapa Buddhist teacher, are staged. The dances are performed by trained monks wearing ornate costumes and impressive masks. At the Paro Festival, a large   and  beautifully  appliquéd  'Thanka'

Paro Festival Dancers           

scroll known as a Tongdrol is exhibited for a few hours, at day break of the final day of the festival,  enabling  the people  to  obtain  its blessing, as this  holy  scroll 'confers liberation by the mere sight of it' (tongdrol in Bhutanese). Join our Paro Festival Tour to visit Bhutan during the Buddhist Festival at Paro valley.

Besides the Paro valley and the festival this Paro Festival tour will also visit Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan and the Punakha and Wangdu valleys driving over the Dochu la pass.

Following Tour Dates are also possible.
8-Day Tour: 16-23 Mar, 2008 (ex Bangkok or Kolkata)
7-Day Tour: 16-22 Mar, 2008 (ex Bangkok or Kolkata)
4-Day Tour: 20-23 Mar, 2008 (ex Delhi or Kathmandu)

> Customized private Paro Festival tours are available on request.
> Flights to Bhutan are from Bangkok, Kolkata, Kathmandu and New Delhi.

THIMPU and WANGDI SIGHTSEEING
Guided tours around Thimpu valley, the capital of Bhutan. Next day drive over the Dochula pass to Wangdi and Punakha Valleys.
Hotel in Thimpu.