Plan to Bhutan

24/08/2023

Bhutan

16/07/2023

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1. Thimphu Tshechu(Festival)Tshechu, or the Mask Dance Festival, is the most important religious festival in Bhutan. It is held annually in various monasteri...

05/01/2023

"Morning is an important time of day, because how you spend your morning can often tell you what kind of day you are going to have." "Every morning is a beautiful morning."

04/01/2023

Ritual cakes !

17/12/2022

115 years of peace, prosperity and unity!

08/12/2022

Tiger's Nest/Taktsang monastery trail

A day of introspection and exertion.

06:56 - Anticipation
07:37 - Galvanisation
07:56 - Elevation
08:33 - Susurration
08:44 - Elation
10:15 - Connection

04/11/2022

04/11/2022

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Her Majesty The GyaltsuenAddressed the Bhutan ClimateAction Conclave 2022.The Bhutan Climate Action Conclave was held today to mark the conclusion of the fir...

04/11/2022

Regular Visitors at Phobjikha valley by this time of the year!!

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻

Phobjikha witnessed the first arrival of four Black-necked Crane birds for 2022-2023 winter migration to Bhutan. The four individuals includes two adults and two juveniles. They arrived at five minutes past two o’clock today.

This year’s arrival has followed similar pattern to previous year winter migration period 2021-2022 where three cranes arrived on 4th November.

Flocks of this species will gradually increase in the coming days with the beautiful calls echoing the valley of Phobjikha. The species will spend around four months in Bhutan with most species returning by February to their summer breeding ground. For 2021-2022 migration period, the Royal Society for Protection of Nature has counted 599 Black-Necked Cranes in the country.

Places like Phobjikha, Khotokha, Bumdeling and Bumthang are important habitat areas in Bhutan for the Black-necked Cranes. Phobjikha is located at 3,000 metres above sea level with wide wetland coverage valley.

RSPN Bhutan

02/11/2022

May Peace ✌️ Prevail on Earth 🌍

02/11/2022

31/10/2022

14th CORONATION Anniversary!
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༄དཔལ་མི་དབང་བདག་རིན་པོ་ཆེ་འཇིགས་མད་གེ་སར་རྣམ་རྒྱལ་དབང་ཕྱུག་མཆོག་འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོའི་གསེར་ཁྲིར་མངའ་གསོལ་མཛད་དེ་མི་ལོ་ ༡༤ འཁོར་བའི་དུས་སྟོན་ལུ་མི་དབང་མཆོག་ལུ་བཀའ་དྲིན་དགའ་ཚོར་དང་མི་དབང་མཆོག་སྐུ་ཚེ་ཞབས་པད་བརྟན་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་དང་མཛད་པ་འཕྲིན་ལས་དར་ཤིང་རྒྱས་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་ཕུལཝ་ཨིན།།།

07/10/2022

Glimpse Of Thimphu Tshechu 2022
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01/10/2022

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐮 𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲

Thimphu Dromchoe commences from today for three days with conclusion of the 11-day annual Lhamoi Drubchhen, a rite performed to appease Pelden Lhamo (the Goddess Mahakali), one of the three main spiritual protectors of the Drukpa Kargyu school of Buddhism.

This sacred Drubchhen was instituted between 1705 and 1709 by Kuenga Gyaltshen, the first reincarnation of Jampel Dorji, the son of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal.

The Lham Tsom dance, a highlight of the Thimphu Domchoe festival, is performed in the courtyard of the Tashichhodzong.

Everyone is encouraged to witness the sacred masked dances and receive blessings at the Tashichhodzong.

Zhung Dratshang གཞུང་གྲྭ་ཚང་། Central Monastic Body of Bhutan

30/09/2022

Day Hike to Dodedra Shedra
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25/09/2022

It takes over two hours’ drive to reach Wangdue from the capital city of Thimphu. If you are fond of serene lakes, Luetshokha lake, commonly known as Samtengang lake, is waiting to be discovered. It is located about 10 kms from the main highway (Chuzomsa). The size of the lake is around 2 kms in c...

25/09/2022

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In this latest stop of William and Kate, you can shop for local wares, hike up a sacred fortress, or just simply be in this last Shangri-la.

23/09/2022

16/09/2022

The Longtey Hike
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LONGTEY HIKE is one of the most pitureque hike in Gangtey if you are looking for one. The breathtaking Longtey begins with the scenic drive over PELE LA Pass to the Charming Little village of Longtey. LONGTEY VILLAGE is an ancient village located in Sephu Gewog Wangduephodrangat Altitude ranging from 2600m – 3500m. the village is situated en route to Trongsa.

The trail initially takes you through a small village of Longtey where the yak herders put up their camps in the early winter before they move to LAWALA Pass. And up wards through mystifying old-growth rhododendron forest. The Path continues take straight upwards towards village and through the enchanting old-growth of Rhododendron forest for the next two hours. In the winter the valley is splendidly covered by snow. The last part through the forest is slightly steeper up hill until you reach “KAYCHE LA” Pass at 3700 m. Marked by some Prayer flags with impressive view of Gangtey Monastery, Shaedra(Buddhist University) and Phobjikha Valley.

07/09/2022

His Majesty The King, accompanied by Her Majesty The Gyaltsuen and Their Royal Highnesses Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel and Gyalsey Ugyen Wangchuck, are in Phuentsholing on a Royal Tour of the southern dzongkhags.

Their Majesties visited Gedu College of Business Studies yesterday enroute to Phuentsholing. This morning, His Majesty visited the College of Science and Technology.

In Audiences to the students and faculty of the colleges, His Majesty said that the way forward for our colleges is to make the students world-ready- that they are competitive in the global market, for a more prosperous future. While work is ongoing to create opportunities and a conducive environment in which our students can excel, His Majesty emphasized that they too must work hard to enhance and diversify their own skills and credentials.

In Phuentsholing, His Majesty granted an Audience to the Dzongkhag and Thromde officials, and visited parts of Phuentsholing, including the Allay checkpost at Pasakha.

His Majesty also visited the Pedestrian Terminal at the Phuentsholing gate, which is scheduled to open on September 23rd. The Terminal, managed by the Department of Immigration, will serve to ensure a safe, well-organized and comfortable passage into and out of Bhutan.

In the evening, Their Majesties and His Royal Highness Gyalsey Jigme Namgyel visited Phuentsholing town and met with the people, who had gathered to meet Their Majesties.

The Prime Minister is accompanying Their Majesties on the Royal Tour.

His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

28/08/2022

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25/08/2022

𝗕𝗵𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱'𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿

An ordinary person would take 20 days to reach Bumthang from Gasa on foot, according to the Tourism Council of Bhutan. But thirty runners are looking forward to complete it in five days during the Snowman race scheduled on October 13. Snowman race is a high altitude ultra-marathon, challenging the world’s fittest and most elite runners to help raise awareness on the impacts of climate change.
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24/08/2022

Talo is famous for being one of the cleanest and pictorial villages in Punakha, situated atop the plateau above Punakha Valley Perched at an altitude of 9186 ft The monastery is one of the prominent monastery in the country as it is directly connected to the mind manifestation of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel as well as an essential Drukpa Kagyu Monastery. It is commonly known as Talo Geompa or Talo Sangacholing Monastery.

24/08/2022

Gangteng Sangngak Choling : Situated atop a hill at an altitude of 2800 m, Gangtey Monastery (also known as Gangtey Sanga Choeling Goemba) offers a stunning view of Phobjikha valley, winter home to the rare Black Necked Cranes.
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