A gentler four-day cycle through the western valley — riverside paths, farm roads and the apple orchards of Paro.
Highlights
Thimphu riverside morning ride
Weekend archery and the market
Paro valley orchards and farm roads
Rest day for the Tiger's Nest
What is included
Licensed cycling guide
Bikes, helmets and panniers
Three nights in city and valley hotels
All breakfasts and lunches
All permits, SDF and transfers
Support vehicle on request
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Thimphu, and getting on the bike Paro to Thimphu, two hours, and a morning on the machines: sizing, gearing against the day's profile, and a shakedown ride on the riverside path below the capital. This is an easy ride on good surface — the western valley has the flattest and best-conditioned tarmac in the country — and the day is…
Day 2 — Thimphu to Paro Out along the Changlimithang valley and over the Chhuzom pass to the Paro valley, thirty-five kilometres on rolling tarmac with the river on one side most of the way. The climb over Chhuzom is short and sharp and everyone manages it. Stops at the Chhuzom viewpoint where the road divides into three,…
Day 3 — The Paro orchards and farm roads A whole day in the Paro valley, which is the best cycling in Bhutan and nowhere near as hilly as it looks on the map. Twenty-five kilometres on a loop through the apple orchards and the farm roads above Khuruthang, with the Taktsang massif on one side of the valley and the river on the other. Rolli…
Day 4 — Western valley, then departure A final short ride out toward the Chhukha valley edge and back, twenty kilometres, before the bikes are returned and you are transferred to the airport. The monsoon months are excluded because the western road network is the part of Bhutan's that closes first in heavy rain — everything else about t…