Wangdue Phodrang · 2,900 m Elevation
Wide U-shaped glacial marshland below Gangtey Monastery where black-necked cranes spend every winter.
Phobjikha opens suddenly below dwarf bamboo ridges into a broad treeless bowl with buried power lines to protect wintering cranes. Woodstoves warm farmhouses each evening after walks along the Gangtey Nature Trail.
Phobjikha & Gangtey Guide Field Tip
Pack a fleece hat and gloves for early dawn marsh observation hides from late October through February.
Best months: October to April (Black-Necked Cranes roost Nov to Feb)
Road access: 5 hours via Dochula and Lawa La pass
Festival & TshechuFull 8 day itineraryView journeyEight October days pairing Trashichho Dzong dances with red-rice harvest walks in Punakha and Gangtey
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FromUSD $3,250
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Photography & WildlifeFull 8 day itineraryView journeyEight days timed for early light on dzong walls, crane roosts and high passes
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FromUSD $3,290
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Photography & WildlifeFull 7 day itineraryView journeySeven days tracking takin, monal and musk deer from Thimphu to Phobjikha
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FromUSD $3,000
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Cultural ImmersionFull 10 day itineraryView journeyTen days across five valleys to the buckwheat fields and ancient temples of Jakar and Tang
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FromUSD $3,900
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Luxury & SignatureFull 11 day itineraryView journeyEleven days from Paro to Bumthang with lodge nights, a private cook and the long eastern road
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FromUSD $10,850
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Wellness & Slow TravelFull 8 day itineraryView journeyEight slow days strictly built on two-night valley stays across Thimphu, Phobjikha, Punakha, and Paro
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FromUSD $3,110
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Photography & WildlifeFull 9 day itineraryView journeyNine days down empty southern gorges into Tingtibi and Berti for hornbills, golden langurs, and white-bellied herons
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FromUSD $3,580
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Festival & TshechuFull 9 day itineraryView journeyNine days to witness Bumthang intimate stone-courtyard dances and midnight juniper fire arch
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FromUSD $3,650
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Wellness & Slow TravelFull 7 day itineraryView journeySeven unhurried days of hot stone baths, monastery courtyards and glacial valley air
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FromUSD $2,880
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Regional / Indian MarketFull 9 day itineraryView journeyNine days by road from the Bengal plains to the buckwheat valleys of central Bhutan
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FromINR 1,20,000
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Photography & WildlifeFull 8 day itineraryView journeyEight crisp winter days timed for dawn crane roosts in Phobjikha, haze-free snow peaks, and golden dzong light
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FromUSD $3,090
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