Paro Tshechu Festival Tour
Bhutan's Most Iconic Sacred Festival
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$2,100 /pax (~$420/day)
Tour Overview
Experience Bhutan's most spectacular annual festival — the Paro Tshechu. Held at Rinpung Dzong, this multi-day religious celebration is a kaleidoscope of colour, devotion, and sacred performance that has barely changed in centuries.
The crown jewel: a pre-dawn gathering for the unveiling of the massive Thongdrel — a 7-storey silk scroll depicting Guru Rinpoche — believed to grant liberation upon sight. This is Bhutan at its most vibrant and alive, exactly as locals experience it.
Highlights
- Full 3-day Paro Tshechu festival at Rinpung Dzong
- Sacred Cham mask dance performances by monks in elaborate costumes
- Pre-dawn Thongdrel unveiling — a 7-storey silk scroll depicting Guru Rinpoche
- Atsara clown performances and comic sacred rituals
- Bhutanese in traditional Gho and Kira at their finest
- Tiger's Nest Monastery hike on final day
Places You'll Visit
Paro
Gateway to Bhutan at 2,200m. Home to Tiger's Nest Monastery, Rinpung Dzong, and picturesque rice-paddy valleys lined with traditional farmhouses. Paro International Airport is one of the world's most dramatic landings.
Thimphu
Bhutan's vibrant capital — a city without a single traffic light. Home to the 169-ft gilded Buddha Dordenma statue, Tashichho Dzong (the Royal seat of government), and the country's finest cultural museums.
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What Our Guests Say
See all reviews on Google“Highly recommended. I book 2 nights & 3 days tour with Arise Bhutan. I had Kuenzang Wangchuk as my guide & Ugyen Wangdi as my driver. I had an enjoyable & fun tour with both gentlemen. Highlights of the tour; flexibility...Wangchuk & Ogyen are very well versed on the attractions in Paro and even suggested better ones along the way. 10 km total hike to Taktsang or the famous Tiger's Nest...memorable & very picturesque all the way up. Restaurants selection were all neat & delicious with a restaurant that has my own local dish being recommended. I told them that i want to experience how local lives and their culture, so they took me to have high tea in one of his friend's house coinciding with first rice harvest in the village..plus the archery & town tour...awesome. More importantly, both gentlemen were a lovely, kind, attentive & have a great sense of humour. Bhutan is already a beautiful country, and adding Arise, Wangchuk & Ugyen to it, making my trip near perfection...”
Budi Nasron
“Best tour guide in whole bhutan and he will arrange for your all needs taxis hotels and guide all will be taken care of”
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