The fall tourist season in Bhutan is winding down and it’s time to start looking toward the spring. Few people opt to visit Bhutan in December and January on account of short days and snow. But February is a great month to visit.
One of the most interesting festivals is coming up in February, the Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu festivals. Their dates are set back to back, Punakha Drubchen, February 18 to 22, and Punakha Tshechu , February 23-25. If you prefer not having to pay the mandatory Surcharge, join a Punakha Festival Group Tour, many operators offer set tour dates are around middle of February.
Springtime in the Himalayas is genuinely a splendid period to travel inn Bhutan and in March there is the famous Paro Festival Group Tour 2011 is on for March 14 – 29. Remember to book early for this festivals as Paro Tsechu is one of the most visited occasions in Bhutan and all seats on Druk Airways, whether coming from Kathmandu, Delhi, Kolkata or Bangkok, often sell out.
Besides seats on the incoming flights, all of the greatest hotel rooms in Paro get booked as well. As it’s well known, all overseas travelers have to arrive on pre-arranged trips to Bhutan and with the planned 2012 increase in rates, both of the above festivals are expected to draw lots of visitors in 2011.
With the nature awakened after lengthy winter, flowers blooming, and fresh air, bicycling Bhutan has become a great option how to tour Bhutan. February and March is also ideal time to book a tour traversing Bhutan West to East and exit to Assam in India. Most prefer to complete this itinerary by driving and each and every year travelers add a side trip to the exceptional Kaziranga National Park in Assam after exiting Bhutan.
The south-eastern Bhutan exit at Samdrup Jongkhar option permits for convenient flight connections back to Delhi or to Bangkok by way of Kolkata. But if for now you can’t spend the extra time to see all of Bhutan, Punakha festival tour and Paro festival tour can be customized to take no more than a week out ofyour busy schedule, taking you never too far from Paro airport, the main enter and exit point to Bhutan.
