Three days of quiet temples — Taktsang, the Kyichu Lhakhang of the 7th century and the farm temples above the valley.
Highlights
Taktsang at dawn
Kyichu Lhakhang, one of the oldest temples in Bhutan
Dobji Lhakhang in the pine forest
Family lhakhangs above the valley
What is included
Scholar-guide fluent in temple history and ritual
Two nights in a Paro valley heritage lodge
All meals and local tea-house lunches
All temple fees, permits and SDF
Private vehicle with driver
Chorten blessing ceremony arranged at the Tashi Chodangling
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — The temples of the valley floor Arrival in Paro, and an afternoon at the bottom of the valley, where the oldest temples are. The Kyichu Lhakhang is the anchor: built in the 7th century, one of only four buildings in Bhutan to survive the deliberate destruction of the old religion in the 8th century, and still the valley's most im…
Day 2 — Taktsang, and the temples above the orchards The morning is Taktsang, walked up in the usual two hours with the monastery appearing above the waterfall on the last stretch. The afternoon is a different kind of Bhutanese temple entirely: the farm temples above the orchards and above Khuruthang — the Tagye Dorje Lhakhang, rebuilt in the 12th ce…
Day 3 — Damchok and the Chhukha edge The quietest day available in this valley, at the far western end of the road. Damchok Lhakhang, an 11th-century Kadampa foundation, sits on a bluff above a village with a view straight down into the Chhukha valley and, beyond it, the plain. After that the river walk from Khuruthang toward Chhuzom,…