Five camp nights along ancient trading ridges from Paro to Thimphu via Jimilang Tsho and Phajoding
Druk Path remains our favourite short Himalayan trek because every camp earns huge mountain horizons without a two-week expedition slog. You warm up with a hike to Taktsang on day two before setting off above Ta Dzong with pack ponies, our camp cook, and proper thick sleeping mats. Walking between rhododendron forests and crystal trout lakes at Jimilang Tsho and Simkotra Tsho gives you sunrise views of Gangkhar Puensum before dropping straight down through pine woods into Thimphu.
Fit regular hikers wanting a true 4,000-metre Bhutanese camp trek inside one week off work
Arrive in Paro, inspect sleeping bags and camp boots with trek leader Sonam Tobgay, and walk gentle lanes around Rinpung Dzong and Kyichu Lhakhang.
Climb steady pine switchbacks to Tiger Nest Monastery to wake up hiking legs and lungs before sleeping in a comfortable Paro bed.
Meet pack ponies above Ta Dzong and climb steadily through blue pine and fir forest to camp below ridge-top Jele Dzong overlooking Jomolhari.
Follow dwarf rhododendron ridges with snow peaks flanking the trail to yak herder pastures at Jangchulakha.
Cross a 4,180 m spur before descending beside clear waters of Jimilang Tsho, famed for giant rainbow trout stocked in the 1970s.
Wind past glacial tarns and juniper scrub over Labana Pass (4,210 m) for wide Gangkhar Puensum views before camping near Simkotra or Phajoding.
Drop through blue pine past historic Phajoding retreats to Motithang above Thimphu, enjoy a long hot bath, town lunch, and drive back to Paro.
Breakfast and transfer to Paro Airport.
Travel insurance strongly recommended: cover mountain medical care, altitude evacuation, and Paro weather flight delays. Read the travel insurance note
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