From Nu. 180,000/person
Includes guide, transport, hotels and the daily SDF
An 18-day journey to Bhutan's far east, ending with a trek to the semi-nomadic Brokpa villages of Merak and Sakteng.
Merak and Sakteng are home to the Brokpa, a semi-nomadic yak-herding people with their own distinct dress and dialect, in a valley long associated with local yeti folklore. Getting there means crossing the country first — a full central-and-eastern-Bhutan tour precedes the trek itself.
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Start / end Thimphu to Paro
What each day looks like. Timings shift with the weather and the festival calendar — your guide will tell you the night before.
Arrive in Paro and drive to the capital.
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A day through the capital's dzong, museums, and monuments.
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Cross the pass into central Bhutan.
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Bhutan's glacial crane valley and its hillside monastery.
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The ancestral seat of Bhutan's royal family.
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A day among the valley's founding-era temples.
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A dramatic mountain-pass crossing into eastern Bhutan.
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Leave the road behind for high grazing grounds.
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Cross a 3,273m pass into the first of the Brokpa villages.
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The trek's high point at 4,140m, into the second Brokpa village.
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A day among Brokpa herding communities inside the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Descend over a lower pass toward the roadhead.
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A short final walking day back to the road.
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Retrace the mountain road west.
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A long transfer day toward western Bhutan.
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Punakha Dzong and the fertility temple.
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Bhutan's signature hike to close out the trip.
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Transfer to the airport for your flight home.
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