Nine days to witness Bumthang intimate stone-courtyard dances and midnight juniper fire arch
While Paro and Thimphu draw large crowds, Jambay Lhakhang Drup unfolds in a small seventh-century stone courtyard surrounded by Bumthang buckwheat fields. At midnight neighbours run beneath a blazing arch of dry juniper branches during Mevawong to wash away the old year misfortune, standing shoulder to shoulder under freezing stars. Our guide Dechen grew up in Jakar, so you share evening buckwheat pancakes in a family kitchen ten minutes from the temple gate.
Guests seeking an intimate rural festival far east of the main western valleys
Arrive in Paro and head straight across Dochula Pass to sleep low and warm at 1,250 m in Punakha.
Morning visit inside Punakha Dzong, crossing Pele La into central Bhutan.
Tour Trongsa Dzong, cross Yotong La to Jakar, rest before dinner, and join Bumthang families around midnight for the Mevawong flaming juniper arch at Jambay Lhakhang.
Late morning start after midnight ceremony; attend daytime cham dances at Jambay Lhakhang and stroll along the river to Kurjey and Tamzhing.
Morning visit to Mebar Tsho before crossing back over Pele La into Phobjikha.
Walk the Gangtey trail at sunrise before driving to Thimphu for craft shopping and café time.
Short morning transfer back to Paro for Rinpung Dzong, traditional archery lesson, and farmhouse dinner.
Unhurried hike up to Tiger Nest Monastery.
Transfer to Paro Airport for onward flight.
Travel insurance strongly recommended: cover mountain medical care, altitude evacuation, and Paro weather flight delays. Read the travel insurance note
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