Traditional Bhutanese Wedding Tours, 8 days

The ‘Traditional Bhutanese Wedding’ feature tour provides an opportunity to renew your vows or experience a local wedding ceremony featuring a number of religious rites performed by Buddhist monks and lamas representing the importance of the bond between a husband and wife. Traditional wedding and vow renewal blessing ceremonies can be easily customized to include western elements such as ring exchange, or more elaborate local features such as masked dances, archery, offering of butterlamps and special fertility blessings. This tour also explores the highlights of Bhutan’s culturally rich western valleys of Paro, Punakha and Thimphu visiting ancient fortresses, temples, monasteries, farm houses and meeting with the hospitable locals.

Please note that this is only a suggested itinerary and there are a range of ideal locations throughout Bhutan that are ideal for experiencing a traditional Bhutanese wedding.

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRADITIONAL BHUTANESE WEDDING TOUR

A traditional Bhutanese wedding includes a number of religious rites performed by Buddhist monks and lamas as well as a range of optional elaborate local features such as fertility blessing and masked dances. It can also include western elements such as ring exchange. This Feature Tour also visits significant historical and sacred sites throughout the western valleys of Paro, Thimphu and Punakha.
1- Visit a rural village to enjoy traditional Losar food, singing, dancing.
2- Experience traditional Losar games dha (archery), khuru (darts) and degoer (flat stone throwing).
3- Discover some of the most sacred Buddhist monasteries and temples in the Himalaya.
4- Explore cultural attractions including medieval fortresses (Dzongs), markets and museums.
5- Hike up to the famous Taktsang Monastery, perched on a cliff 900m above the valley floor.
6- Marvel at the elaborate and ancient wall paintings and carvings in Dzongs and temples.
7- Traverse beautiful landscapes from lush valleys to dense forests.
8- Incorporate a Value-Added Option such as a cooking lesson or meditation session with a monk.