Bhutan Tours and Treks

BHUTAN FESTIVAL 2009 Thimpu Tsechu is held in October and the date varies based on the lunar calendar, this system has only 30 days a month. This year the festival starts on September 28-30. Tsechu’s are held to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Guru Padmasambhava also known as the second Buddha in Bhutan. He was born on the 10th day of the Bhutanese month. The festival is held at the new courtyard outside the Dzong (fortress).

Day1: Well come to Paro airport, a Bhutanese idea of an international airport. The company team will receive you at the airport and usher you to the Rinchen-ling lodge, a sister concern of the travel company. Typical Bhutanese meal will be served for sampling. After lunch visit down town Paro and take a stroll along the streets. Read the rest of this entry »

The Bhutanese delegation arrived in Colombo in Sri Lanka for the 15th SAARC Summit early yesterday morning. The delegation is led by the Prime Minister Lyonchen Jigmi Y. Thinley.
Upon arrival at the airport, they were received by the Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka Rohitha Bogollogama and other ministers from the host country. Read the rest of this entry »

Wild elephants continue to ravage crops, damage homes and threaten human lives in villages in Samtse.
last week, an elephant damaged a house in Shivalaya village under Sipsu geog.
The owner of the house, Aap Sonam Tshering said at around 3 am on July 23 an elephant attacked his house.
He said the elephant literally thrust its head through the wall of his house. The elephant then ate his maize that was stored in the room.
His four children were in the house when the elephant attacked. Two of them were sleeping in the room that the elephant broke into. They were woken up by the noise and when broken parts of the wall fell a few feet from where they were sleeping. All managed to escape unhurt. Read the rest of this entry »