BHUTAN - RECCE EXPEDITION
PBT Himalaya Odyssey continues!
Our inaugural expedition, we invite seven riders who are up for the challenge and the opportunity to lay the foundations for future adventures.
There’s no place in the world quite like Bhutan. Protected from 21st century influences, only a few are privileged to witness a unique way of life. It’s been said that this last remaining Himalayan Kingdom is a bastion of pristine Tibetan-influenced culture that few other travellers will ever experience.
Known locally as Druk-Yul, Bhutan nestling in the Himalayas is mystical as well as enchanting, is surrounded by India to the East, West and South and is boarded by Tibet in the North, Also known as the “Land of the Thunder Dragon”, will leave you fascinated with its beauty and cherished lifestyle. In 1923 the Earl of Ronaldshay wrote of this little Kingdom
| “With our passage through the bridge, behold a curious transformation. For just as Alice, when she walked through the looking-glass, found herself in a new and whimsical world, so we, when we crossed the Pachhu, found ourselves, as though caught up on some magic time machine fitted fantastically with a reverse, flung back across the centuries into the feudalism of a medieval age” |
Expedition details in brief:
Day 1 Arrive New Delhi – rest and late afternoon departure for Agra
Day 2 Agra and Taj Mahal – returning to Delhi afternoon
Day 3 Flight to Bagdogra – transfer to Mirik
Day 4 Mirik to Darjeeling
Day 5 Darjeeling to Kalimpong
Day 6 Kalimpong to Phuntsholing, Bhutan
Day 7 Phuntsholing to Paro
Day 8 Paro to Thimphu
Day 9 Thimphu to Punakha/wangdi
Day 10 Punakha/wangdi to Trongsa
Day 11 Morning at the festival and afternoon ride to Bumthang
Day 12 Rest day in Bumthang (beautiful valley and sightseeing if requested by car)
Day 13 Bumthang to Mongar
Day 14 Mongar to Tashigang
Day 15 Tashigaang to Samdrupjongkhar (Bhutan on border to Assam)
Day 16 Samdrupjongkhar to Guwahati and flight to Delhi or Kolkota
Day 17 Flight Home
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