Help:Bhutan by walk,mountain bike and suv.

santos_g15

Hi everyone,
this is my itenary
5 dec : arrival at Paro airport and transfer to hotel.Hike to tigers nest and paro sight seeing.
6 dec :. Start of druk path trek .will continue fornext 5 days. PARO / JILI DZONG (4-5 hours)
7 dec : JILI DZONG / JANGCHUP LAKHA (4-5 hours)
8 dec : JANGCHUP LAKHA / JIMILANG TSHO (4-5 hours)
9 Dec : JIMILANGTSHO / SIMKOTA TSHO (4-5 hours)
10 Dec : SIMKOTA /THIMPHU (5-6 hours).end of trek.
11 Dec : Thimphu
12 dec : Thimphu/Punakha (03hours)
13 dec : Punakha/Gangtey (03hours)
14 dec : Hike over Kayche La
15 dec : Gangtey/Tongsa (02hours)
16 dec : Tongsa
17 dec : Tongsa/Jakar (03hours)
18 dec : bhutan cultural trek
19 dec : bhutan cultural trek
20 dec : Jakar
21 dec : Jakar/Mongar (08hours)
22 dec : Day excursion to Lhuntse
23 dec : Mongar/Tashigang (04hours)
24 dec : Tashigang/Samdrupjongkhar (08hours)
25 dec : Samdrupjongkhar/Gauhati (02hours)
26 -? : add mounatin biking somewhere in between ?.or tour to trashiyangtse.?
27 - : need to be in guwahati around 11 noon.

My only concern is DOES BHUTAN WARRANT SUCH A TOUR(worth spending hard earned money ).should i go for east to west or wrap it up with paro and thimpu.i have been reading a lot about the country but havent been able to make up my mind.I love taking photographs but the country doesnt allow taking photos inside monasteries.sad but i respect the feelings.what it has done is i have no real photos to judge the beauty of the country.I know many of fellow travellers might have visited bhutan.please let know your opinion.

hvkumar

Bhutan is a lovely country to travel to, but when it comes to trekking, etc, also expensive. I got the feeling that treks are regimented and "made-to-order". I found the East-West drive attractive withe varied terrain. Facilities for tourists are faitly limited outside the large towns.

Does the Snowman/Yeti trek look attractive - that appears to be the iconic trek that is talked about a lot, but I personally have no experience.

Monasteries - you have to take a special permit to visit most of the monasteries in the interior. Photography restrictions are mostly limited to the sanctum sanctorums, but otherwise open.

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H V Kumar

santos_g15

thanks man.I read the blog you have mentioned in the other thread.simply great.

yes bhutan is great country.snow /yeti is rated as one of the most difficult treks .ummm my travel guide told me photos arent allowed in monasteries.thnaks for all the info.