Eight days at Paro Tshechu with lodge nights, a private guide and seats arranged early
Festival week is when Paro is at its fullest, which makes the room and the timing matter more than usual. We book the lodge a year ahead, send the guide into the courtyard early to hold a good line of sight, and bring you back to the lodge for lunch rather than leaving you standing in the crowd for eight hours. Two days in Punakha at the end give the week a quiet finish.
Festival travellers who want the courtyard in the morning and a deep bath in the afternoon
Meet and assist at the airport and settle into a suite above the valley. Dinner is at the lodge, with an early night before the first festival morning.
Your guide holds a place in the courtyard before the first cham. You watch the morning dances, return to the lodge for lunch, and go back for the closing procession if you want it.
A second morning in the courtyard for the dances you missed, then a slow afternoon through Paro town and the national museum at Ta Dzong.
A break from the crowds with an early Taktsang climb, then the hot stone bath in the afternoon. Dinner is a set menu at the lodge.
Butter lamps at Kyichu Lhakhang, then the drive over Dochula to a river lodge for two quieter nights.
The dzong in the morning and a private farmhouse lunch afterwards. The afternoon is free, with the river terrace open all day.
Return over the pass and spend the afternoon at leisure. A farewell dinner is arranged at the lodge.
Breakfast, then the short transfer to the terminal.
Travel insurance strongly recommended: cover mountain medical care, altitude evacuation, and Paro weather flight delays. Read the travel insurance note
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