Eight days of long soaks, buckwheat lunches and a single valley road
Bumthang has three hot spring sites within half an hour of each other, and the water is hottest in the cold months when the valley is quiet. We build the week so nobody sits in a vehicle for more than ninety minutes on any day, and we book the baths late in the afternoon when the local families have finished. Two mornings are left completely empty on purpose.
Guests recovering from a long year, parents travelling without children, and cold weather travellers
Meet the guide at Paro and take the river road over Dochula into Punakha, with a stop at the one hundred and eight chortens if the light is good. Dinner is early at the hotel beside the Mo Chhu.
Visit the dzong in the morning while the courtyard is still cool, then return to the hotel for a long lunch and nothing scheduled until dinner.
A long but scenic drive past Chendebji Chorten and Trongsa Dzong, arriving in Jakar in time for tea. The evening is for settling into the lodge before the first bath tomorrow.
Walk the riverside path between Jambay Lhakhang and Kurjey in the morning, then soak at the hot springs in the late afternoon, which is when the water sits at its warmest.
Drive up to Tang for lunch cooked with buckwheat from the fields around Ogyen Choling, then return for a second evening soak or a quiet hour by the stove.
Nothing is scheduled before noon. In the afternoon visit Tamzhing Lhakhang for the Pema Lingpa frescoes, and finish with the third soak of the week at the springs above the valley.
Retrace the road over Pele La with a stop at Trongsa for a short dzong walk and another at Chendebji for tea. The evening is warm and low, which helps the body after a week at altitude.
Cross Dochula in the morning and reach Paro airport well before your flight, with your guide staying until check in closes.
Travel insurance strongly recommended: cover mountain medical care, altitude evacuation, and Paro weather flight delays. Read the travel insurance note
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