Day 1: Upon arrival in Kathmandu you will be greeted by our representative
and transferred to hotel. Afternoon: Tour of Kathmandu Durbar Square and Swayambunath (monkey temple). Stay overnight at hotel on B.B basis. 

Day 2: Fly to Paro. Our Bhutanese guide will come to receive us. Then we take a one-and-a-half- hours drive to Thimphu the capital city of Bhutan, through the beautiful Paro Valley / Hotel.

Day 3: First day sightseeing on bike. We bike to Tangu and Cheri monasteries, Tashichoe Dzong, which houses the office of the King Jigme Singe Wangchuk and the Jey-Kenpo (Chief Abbot). We also visit Dechencholing Palace. From Dechenphodrang, a Buddhist College, you can see the Royal Palace of the present king. We visit the Memorial Chorten, which was built in the memory of late King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. We stop along the way for refreshments and after lunch we bike to the painting school and National Library. Evening back to Hotel.

Day 4: Leave Thimphu and bike to Dochula, 22km from Thimphu, then on to the Punakha Valley where we will camp close to a river.

Day 5: Today we head off along dirt track to Wangdi, where we stop for lunch at the Wangdi Guest House. If time permits we will bike as far as Garzikha Zam then drive to Pelayla and back on our bikes for the descent into Chendbji Chorten. Here we camp at the confluence of two streams.

Day 6: We have the option of driving or cycling to Tongsa to visit the Ta Dzong. After lunch we drive on to Yotungla and then down into the Chumey Valley. From here we ascend to Kikela and another descent in to the Jakar Valley, the largest valley in Bhutan.

Day 7: Explore the Jakar Valley. First we stop on the way to Kujee Lhakhang to visit Jakar Lhakhang. From Kujee Lhakhang we head towards Tamshing Lhakhang via Jampay Lhakhang, one of the oldest Lhakhangs in the kingdom.

Day 8: We leave Jakar Valley to enter Tang Valley the ancestral home of the King of Bhutan. We have an option to camp near the Ugyencholing Palace or bike back to Jakar. We have time to visit the Membartsho (flaming lake).

Day 9: Drive to Nobding and bike uphill to the ridge and then have a screamer of a downhill through the beautiful glacial Phobjikha Valley. We visit the Gangtey Monastery, the largest Nyingmapa Monastery in Bhutan. Overnight in a lodge.

Day 10: We bike or drive as far as the ridge and bike to Wangdi. After lunch at the Wangdi Guest House we bike to Mendaygang where we stay overnight at Dechhen Cottage.

Day 11: Today we drive as far as Dochula from where there is the option of driving or continuing by bikes into Thimphu. In the afternoon we visit handicraft emporiums and other textile centres.

Day 12: We have a lovely 57km bike ride ahead of us today on pothole free tarmac roads. We stop for lunch at Sonam Trofel, the best restaurant in Paro town.

Day 13: We spend the whole day sightseeing, visiting the Kyichu Monastery, one of the oldest monasteries in Bhutan then bike to Drugyel Dzong built in 1647-49 to commemorate the Bhutanese victory over the Tibetan invaders. We go on to visit the National Museum and after 5pm we are able to visit the Ripgung Dzong.

Day 14: Today's biking is the most difficult. The road meanders uphill to Chalayla, the highest motorable pass in Bhutan, at 3988m. We stop for lunch at Sonam Trofel then bike or drive back to Paro.

Day 15: Our last day in Bhutan. Today we hike up to Taksang (Tiger's lair), which clings to a cliff face 1,000m above the valley. Taksang is one of the most beautiful temples in Bhutan, built by the temporal ruler Tenzin Rabgye in 1684.

Day 16: Paro-Departure
Morning transfer to airport for departure to Kathmandu / transfer hotel.

Day 17: Departure Transfer to airport flight onward or additional tour in Nepal.

Price Includes:
- Hotel/lodge/camp accommodation
- Full board for entire trip
- Guide and support vehicle
- Flight to and from Paro from KTM
- All entry fees for sightseeing
- Airport transfers

Price Excludes:
- Airport taxes
- Emergency evacuation if needed
- Soft/alcoholic drinks
- International flight to & from Kathmandu
- Bar bills and laundry
- Travel insurance
- Optional trips and sightseeing tours
- Tips
- Excess baggage charges
- Bhutan & Nepali visa
- Mt. Bike