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Tibet Tour -10 Days

Tibet Tour takes you to the region, governed as an autonomous region of China, Tibet is primarily a Buddhist territory. The Tibetan language is its primary language. It is popularly known as the roof of the world. It is geographically stunning, but at the mention of its name one’s brain is flooded with the ideas and images of Buddhism, and it is justifiably appropriate. Buddhism reached Tibet in the 7th century.

Though tourism brings in considerable revenue, its economy hugely depends on agriculture.
With an average elevation of 5,000 m, it is the highest region on Earth, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and one-fourth of China’s territory. Lhasa is the Capital of Tibet.

The Potala Palace and the Norbulingka, once the residences of the Dalai Lama, are the world heritage sites in Lhasa. Jokhang and Ramoche Temple are important monasteries there.

Tibetan art, which you will find awe-inspiring, is deeply influenced by Tibetan Buddhism. Appealingly vibrant thangka paintings and mandalas mainly depict various forms of Buddha. Likewise, the architecture too is molded by Buddhism. There you will see the Buddhist wheel with two dragons on almost every Gompa. The Chortens vary from roundish to squarish. You will be amazed by their distinctly built houses to conserve heat and let enough sunlight in. With over one thousand rooms, the 13-storied Potala Palace is an architectural exemplary. It will leave you in absolute in awe.

You would certainly love to have their cuisine. Barley being the most important crop, momos and tsampas is a staple food. Meat dishes are exclusively from yak and goat. You will relish yak yogurt, butter, and cheese. In fact, butter tea is unmissable.

Tibet Tour gives you a great opportunity for you to explore the cultural and natural riches of Tibet. Fine arts of the monasteries in Lhasa will amaze you. You will learn a lot about Tibetan Buddhism. The people in ancient villages, some of which you will be driven across, seem to have a nomadic lifestyle. All in all, it will be a terrific experience!

Classic Tibet Tour – 9 Days

Classic Tibet Tour leads you to the highest region on the Earth covering much of the Tibetan Plateau. Though the economy is dominated by agriculture, tourism has become an emerging industry, for it has exotic arts and architecture, and crafts, and culture that lures travelers around the globe. Admittedly, it has a distinctly glorious history for how it has come to be. Even Buddhism is practiced differently—it is distinctly known as Tibetan Buddhism which has greatly influenced art and music. Once you get here, you can experience all this in person. It is worth it.

Your Classic Tibet tour starts the tour with the visit of The Potala Palace—14-storeyed with 1,000 rooms—has become almost synonymous with Tibet when it comes to tourism. Located in Lhasa, the Palace used to have living quarters for the Dalai Lamas. It was the religious and political center of Tibet. Now it also contains a copious amount of rare cultural relics, hand-written Buddhist scriptures, gifts, and antiques. In fact, it is a treasure trove arts, crafts, and history; also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It will be your great learning experience and wonderment. Lhasa— ‘Land of Gods’—is the Capital of Tibet which has a lot to offer you. Your visit to the Jokhang Temple will leave you in awe—the most sacred and venerated religious artifact, the original statue of Jowo Sakyamuni Buddha resides here. Likewise, you will be equally mesmerized by the grandeur of the Norbulingka Summer Palace which hosts a small zoo, botanical garden, and a mansion. In addition, there are some famous monasteries—the Drepung Monastery is the head monastery that has its governing role, while the Sera Monastery is known for its tantric teachings. These sites will spiritually rejuvenate you. On top of that, the Tibet Museum will help you with the history of Tibet. You still have stupendous to explore!

Your journey to Shigatse via Gyantse will be quite an adventure—you will have to ascend the Khamba La pass at 4794 m from where you will have a stunning view of the snowy summit the Nazin Kang Sa and the splendid lake Yamdro-to. You will further ascend the Kora La at 5045 m to descend into Gyantse where you will visit the Khumbu Monastery and the Pelkhor Chode Temple. Then you will get to the second-largest city in Tibet, Shigatse. You will be impressed be yet another artistically rich monastery, the Tashilhunpo Monastery.

Bhutan Classic Tour – 10 Days

Bhutan Classic tour package covers some of the most admired and popular cultural, historical, religious, and traditional sites. When based on this, the Taktsang Palphung Monastery becomes the top priority. Besides, you will be touring the country across hills and passes amid the spectacular landscapes. However, it will be particularly focused on exploring the classic aspects of the country, and hence comes the Paro Dzong, the humungous buttressed walls overlooking the valley. It is a must-visit for its architectural excellence. The aforementioned Paro Taktsang, also popular as the Tiger’s Nest, is a prominent Himalayan Buddhist sacred site. It is located on a precarious precipice at 3,120 meters and about 900 meters above the valley. This tiny Himalayan Kingdom, surrounded by India and Tibet, China has several classic dzongs (forts) and Lhakhang (temples). Dumtse Lhakhang, Rinpung Dzong, Dungtse Lhakhang, and Kichu Lhakhang are some in Paro that you will be visiting.

Dzong is a distinctive type of fortress. The architecture is stupendous in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, and monks’ accommodation. Undoubtedly it will be quite overwhelming and awe-inspiring to get close to it. These forts have many unique features.

Lhakhang is a Buddhist Monastery, and it too has a distinctive feature in terms of architecture and operation. Bumthang, considered the religious heartland of the country and home to some of the oldest monasteries, has some magnificent Lhakhangs like Jambey Lhakhang and Tamshing Lhakhang.

Your Bhutan Classic Tour also gives you opportunity to explore Thimpu, the capital city, which has much more to offer to you besides Dzongs and Lhakhang. Zilukha Nunnery and the National Memorial Chorten are also worth your visit. The city has several historical and religious sites. Moreover, you wouldn’t want to miss the Tashichho Dzong during the Bhutan tour package. It is a Buddhist Monastery and fortress on the northern edge of Thimpu. The two-storied building with three-storied towers at each of the four corners topped by triple-tiered golden roofs is an aesthetic sight to behold. It is a pure marvel. It is pure awe.

Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim Tour – 13 Days

Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim Tour of  two-weeks which covers must-see places of Bhutan, and Darjeeling, a city and Sikkim, a state of India is remarkably stupendous. The beautiful small kingdom of Bhutan, surrounded by India and Tibet, China, will reveal to you its wonders of Paro, Thimpu, and Punakha.

These three cities can vehemently display its arts and architecture, and culture and history. Paro is one of the most beautiful valleys with terraced fields, farmhouses, and willow trees along roadsides. As Paro has the only International Airport in the country, it is the gateway to Bhutan, and gateway obviously has to have something extraordinary. In fact, Bhutan is well-known for the Taktshang Pelphung Monastery which is in Paro. It, located at a cliff 900 meters above the valley ground, is one of the most venerated pilgrim sites. It is also known as the Tiger’s Nest. However, Thimpu easily stands out in terms of its size, grandeur, and how much it has to offer you.

Tashichho Dzong, Heritage museum, Takin Sanctuary, Painting School, Paper Factory, National Library, and Changangkha Lhakhang are some of the top attractions of Thimpu that you will visit. Punakha won’t fall short to astound you. Chimi Lhakhang built-in 1499 is unmissable.

Bhutan, Darjeeling and Sikkim tour will later leads you to two Indian cities giving you a great opportunity to experience the different culture and life style of two countries.

Visit Darjeeling Tea Garden will be a pleasant and refreshing start to further explore the marvels of Darjeeling and Sikkim. And hence you will get atop the Tiger Hill at 2,573 meters. The panoramic view of Mount Everest and Mount Kanchenjunga together will be amazing.

Moreover, the view of the peaks at the sunrise will be immensely captivating. Yoga Choeling, popularly known as the Ghoom Monastery, architecturally is majestic and is known for its 4.6-meter high statue of the Maitreya Buddha.

Touring the Sikkimese village will be quite a cheerful experience. Your experience will get further intensified with a visit to the Rumtek Monastery, also called the Dharmachakra Centre. It is a gompa located near the capital Gangtok. Some of the other important sites you will be visiting are Enchey Monastery, Flower Exhibition center, Hanuman Temple, Dro-Dul Chorten, and Tibetan Museum.

Glimpse of Bhutan Tour – 5 Days

The Tour to Bhutan is like turning the next chapter for undiscovered content in the world, Officially the Kingdom of Bhutan is a landlocked South Asian country located on the eastern ridges of the Himalayas. As a result, by its location alone, you can imagine how amazing it might be geographically. In fact, the country geographically is divided into three regions from north to south, namely, the Great Himalayas, the Lesser Himalayas, and the Duars Plain. The snowcapped peaks within the Great Himalayas are staggeringly soaring, reaching an elevation of more than 7,300 meters. High valleys, glaciers, and alpine pastures constitute a great view. The Glimpse of Bhutan tour will leads you to some of the well known places of the beautiful and mysterious country.

The Great Himalayas gradually forms the ranges of the Lesser Himalayas southward. The region has dense forest on the rain-swept windward slopes to alpine vegetation at higher altitudes. Various important valleys, notably the Paro, Punakha, Thimpu, and Ha lie here between the elevations of 1,500 to 2,700 meters. These are rich and fertile valleys. Interestingly, Paro is the gateway to Bhutan, and the same gateway you will be using to have a glimpse of this small beautiful country. Here is the only international airport.

This short tour is designed in such a way that you will have a Glimpse of Bhutan without missing quintessential Bhutan and its major sites and monuments. To accomplish this, you will leave Paro for Thimpu followed by Punakha. These are three very important valleys in the Lesser Himalayas. They have plenty of wonders.

The country’s art, architecture, and culture are greatly shaped by religion. More than 75% of the population follows Buddhism of the Tibetan variety. Formerly it was the official state religion whereas now described as the ‘spiritual heritage’. Nyingma and Kagyu are two out of four branches of Tibetan Buddhism practiced here. Thus, monasteries are huge in number throughout the country. Strikingly so is the Taktsang Monastery as a consequence.

The monastery, in the Paro Valley, is perched on a rocky ledge at 3,000 feet. It is the most venerated pilgrim site. It will surely fill you with awe and wonder. Other valued sites of Paro include National Museum, Kichu Lhakhang, and Drugyel Dzong. Likewise, Punakha and the capital city Thimpu hold a cornucopia of wonders for you.

Bhutan Grand Circle Tour – 21 Days

The Bhutan Grand Circle Tour of Bhutan offers you to see and learn many things. The remarkable thing about Bhutan is—it is small in its size (38,394 km sq.), but its geographical and cultural abundance is unparalleled. What makes it so are primarily its geography and Buddhism. The country is located on the southern slopes of the eastern Himalayas, sandwiched between Tibet, China and India. Obviously, it is landlocked and provided its location, you can easily expect the land to consist mostly of steep and high mountains, laced with swift-flowing rivers. Its geographical diversity is mind-blowing that you will experience and appreciate during your 21-day grand tour. It’s grand which is further accentuated by the resulting outstanding range of biodiversity and ecosystems. Its climate is equally diverse. The land rises from 200 meters to more than 7,000 meters. Thus, in terms of natural beauty, you cannot ask for more.

And, next distinctive elements you will be showered during Bhutan Grand Circle Tour are its culture and traditions. It will be one of the main attractions for you. Its culture, tradition, and day-to-day way of life are predominantly shaped by Buddhism, though the Hinduism is the second most dominant religion in the country, but mostly in the southern region. Its cultural heritage and environment are nearly unspoiled and unaltered, which has it a status as THE LAST SHANGRI-LA. Its arts and crafts are hugely and positively influenced by Buddhism. Moreover, the architecture here is distinctively traditional with intricate woodwork around windows and roofs. Strikingly, no nails or iron bars are used in construction. Dzong is a characteristic castle fortress based on such architecture. You will be visiting a lot of magnificent dzongs. Rammed earth and wattle and daub construction methods are employed.

All the impressive monuments and mountains, and cultures and traditions that you will be enjoying are directly or indirectly based on its geography, climate, and religion which are fortunately rich and diverse. The elements will be revealed to you right from your getting to Tashigang where you will visit Zangto Pelri Lhakhang and a historic battlefield Khaling. It is quite a lovely and lively town where you will be doing enough sightseeing. Further ahead, in one of the most rural and isolated districts, Lhuntse, you will be dowered with the views of spectacular cliffs and gorges, conifer and pine forests, and remote villages with rice, millet, and cornfields. With this, you can easily guess your upcoming grand days.