Top Thimphu Outdoor Activities

If you're short on time but want to get the most out of your trip to Bhutan, book this guided 3-night excursion from Paro. It's packed with visits to medieval fortresses, museums, and marketplaces as well as Buddhist monasteries in Bhutan's western valleys and temples in the Himalayas. Hike to the clifftop Taktsang Monastery and upgrade to include options like a cooking class or mediation session guided by a local monk.

This four day Bhutan tour is an ideal introduction to the country for first-time visitors. You’ll see many of the country’s cultural and natural highlights, including the iconic Tiger’s Nest Monastery, the high Dochula Pass, and more. As this is a fully guided and all-inclusive trip, you can just sit back and relax while enjoying your surroundings.

This six-day tour from Paro is an ideal introduction to the small Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. It focuses on the cultural highlights of the Western region, so you will get the chance to tour temples, monasteries, palaces, and museums, as well as admire the natural beauty of the landscape. This is a fully escorted tour with a local guide, so you can sit back and enjoy the journey while others take care of the logistics.

Discover Bhutan’s rich cultural heritage and traditions on a 4-day tour from Paro and benefit from the personal touch of a private guide. Hike to the sacred Tiger's Nest Monastery, visit the capital of Thimphu, tuck into delicious Bhutanese cuisine, and learn about traditional medicine, papermaking, and handicrafts. Private transportation, some meals and 3-nights accommodation included.

Let a local guide demystify Bhutan's culture and history on an 11-day immersive tour of the country. Don't miss any of the highlights with this carefully planned itinerary that includes visits to local villages and markets, ancient fortresses and farmhouses, temples and monasteries, and a variety of museums in Paro, Thimphu, and Punakha. Nature lovers will especially enjoy time spent in Phobjikha Valley, winter home of the rare black-necked crane.

Travel in Bhutan is a unique and memorable experience--the small Himalayan kingdom has restricted the number of visitors and therefore preserved many of their old traditions and ways of life. On this comprehensive tour you can enjoy a mix of cultural and natural attractions, from medieval monasteries to high mountain passes. You’ll learn all about Bhutan from your personal guide, who will ensure that your needs are met.

Paro, Thimphu & Punakha Circuit Tour is the round trip starting and ending in Paro and all about getting acquainted with some amazing places in Bhutan has to offer. Get enthralled by the spectacular and divine ancient architecture, monasteries, temples that go back to as early as 10th century. The tour visits Paro located in deep valley, get a glimpse of modern city -Thimphu and visit the old capital -Punakha. Punakha is great place to explore being the residence of monastic bodies and dig more into Buddhism as it’s the place to inquire about ancient Buddhist relics. The tour gives full insight of the Bhutanese culture mingled with literature, religion, beautiful landscape, great mountain views. The tour is thoughtfully designed covering the important sites of Bhutan and to get maximum value of the traveling time in a short stay in the Dragon Kingdom.

This tour has as much focus on cultural sites as it does on natural wonders, but with plenty of hiking thrown into the mix. By walking to some of the country’s most spectacular monasteries, we endeavor to help you gain an insight into Bhutan’s Buddhist culture in the most profound way possible. During the week, we cover the three valleys of Thimphu, Punakha and Paro, all varied in terms of ecosystems and landscapes. One of the highlights of this walking holiday is our trek to Bumdra Monastery where we camp overnight in the Himalayan wilderness way up in the clouds, our final destination being the iconic Taktsang Goemba or Tiger’s Nest Monastery. We hike along ancient mountain paths, following in the footsteps of pilgrims going back over the centuries, but where today’s tourists hardly ever go. All of your camping equipment will be provided for the overnight adventure, and we will also provide a camp dinner, breakfast and two lunches.

In this tour we have variance kind of cycling offer If you want to cycle through the forest of pines the best one would be to take the trail from Buddha Dordenma to Changangkha Lhakhang, the activity level would be medium. From this trail you can get the good view of Thimphu valley. If you want something adventurous then you can choose to cycle from Sangaygang to Wanditse and come out from Dechenphodrang. The cycling trail from Wangditse to Dechenphodrang is pretty rugged and tough. Even this trail will be taking you through the forest of pine and Juniper. If you are lucky you may spot wild pheasant, macpie and some other variance of rare birds. If you want to make easy and nice cycling trip then you can choose to ride to the north to Dodina village (30 km round trip) along the sluggish Wangchhu river. As per your interest we can any of the above cycling tour.

This one day trip will take you on a photography tour through the valleys of Thimphu, Punakha and Wangdue. You just might be a click away from your masterpiece or masterpieces!

This tour is guided by a master botanist. The tour is kept broadly and depending on the season there could be changes to this itinerary. An astonishing array of plants grow in Bhutan: over 5,400 species, including 500 species of medicinal plants, some hardy species thriving even at 3,700m above. It has also 82 unique orchids and 48 unique rhododendrons species. The tropical vegetation below 800m has forests of oak, birch, maple, magnolia and laurel. Above 2,400m altitude home to spruce, yew, and weeping cypress. Higher still grows the east Himalayan fir. At about 5,500m are low shrubs, rhododendrons, Himalayan grasses and flowering herbs.

This tour is guided by a master botanist. The tour is kept broadly and depending on the season there could be changes to this itinerary. An astonishing array of plants grow in Bhutan: over 5,400 species, including 500 species of medicinal plants, some hardy species thriving even at 3,700m above. It has also 82 unique orchids and 48 unique rhododendrons species. The tropical vegetation below 800m has forests of oak, birch, maple, magnolia and laurel. Above 2,400m altitude home to spruce, yew, and weeping cypress. Higher still grows the east Himalayan fir. At about 5,500m are low shrubs, rhododendrons, Himalayan grasses and flowering herbs.