After sightseeing and 2 nights stay in Kathmandu valley we fly to Paro. Upon arrival, we are picked up by Bhutanese guide and transfer to hotel. From here we start our biking trip with a day sightseeing on bike around Paro. We will then ride towards Thinpu and visit the beautiful Punakha valley on the way. We visit Wangdi, Tongsa, Chumey valley, Jakar valley, Gangtey Monastery and finally get to Thimpu. It is beautiful combination. We will bike along routes with low traffic density, a variety of terrain - ridgeline and valley bottom trails, mostly moderate gradients, with some challenging sections, good tarmac surfaces combined with rough stony trails.

There are lovely forests, scenic river valleys, grand views of the panorama of snows, Buddhist Gompas, tribal homesteads and interaction with a lovely and friendly people. Whether it is on the trail, or at halts, we provide hospitality in the Bhutanese traditions, at selected hotels, lodges and well-managed camps. We offer you Nature in Comfort and Adventure in Style.

Day 01    Arrival in Kathmandu/welcome dinner/hotel

Day 02    Sightseeing in Kathmandu on bike/hotel

Day 03    Fly to Paro. Our Bhutanese guide will come to receive us. Then we take a one-and-a-half- hours drive to Thimphu the capital city of Bhutan, through the beautiful Paro Valley/Hotel.

Day 04    First day sightseeing on bike. We bike to Tangu and Cheri monasteries, Tashichoe Dzong, which  houses the office of the King Jigme Singe Wangchuk and the Jey-Kenpo (Chief Abbot). We also  visit Dechencholing Palace. From Dechenphodrang, a Buddhist College, you can see the Royal  Palace of the present king. We visit the Memorial Chorten, which was built in the memory of late  King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk. We stop along the way for refreshments and after lunch we bike to  the painting school and National Library. Evening back to Hotel.

Day 05    Leave Thimphu and bike to Dochula, 22km from Thimphu, then on to the Punakha Valley where  we will camp close to a river.

Day 06    Today we head off along dirt track to Wangdi, where we stop for lunch at the Wangdi Guest  House. If time permits we will bike as far as Garzikha Zam then drive to Pelayla and back on our  bikes for the descent into Chendbji Chorten. Here we camp at the confluence of two streams.

Day 07    We have the option of driving or cycling to Tongsa to visit the Ta Dzong. After lunch we drive on  to Yotungla and then down into the Chumey Valley. From here we ascend to Kikela and another  descent in to the Jakar Valley, the largest valley in Bhutan.

Day 08    Explore the Jakar Valley. First we stop on the way to Kujee Lhakhang to visit Jakar Lhakhang.  From Kujee Lhakhang we head towards Tamshing Lhakhang via Jampay Lhakhang, one of the  oldest Lhakhangs in the kingdom.

Day 09    We leave Jakar Valley to enter Tang Valley the ancestral home of the King of Bhutan. We have an  option to camp near the Ugyencholing Palace or bike back to Jakar. We have time to visit the  Membartsho (flaming lake).

Day 10    Drive to Nobding and bike uphill to the ridge and then have a screamer of a downhill through the  beautiful glacial Phobjikha Valley. We visit the Gangtey Monastery, the largest Nyingmapa  Monastery in Bhutan. Overnight in a lodge.

Day 11    We bike or drive as far as the ridge and bike to Wangdi. After lunch at the Wangdi Guest House  we bike to Mendaygang where we stay overnight at Dechhen Cottage.

Day 12    Today we drive as far as Dochula from where there is the option of driving or continuing by bikes  into Thimphu. In the afternoon we visit handicraft emporiums and other textile centres.

Day 13    We have a lovely 57km bike ride ahead of us today on pothole free tarmac roads. We stop for  lunch at Sonam Trofel, the best restaurant in Paro town.

Day 14    We spend the whole day sightseeing, visiting the Kyichu Monastery, one of the oldest  monasteries in Bhutan then bike to Drugyel Dzong built in 1647-49 to commemorate the  Bhutanese victory over the Tibetan invaders. We go on to visit the National Museum and after  5pm we are able to visit the Ripgung Dzong.

Day 15    Today's biking is the most difficult. The road meanders uphill to Chalayla, the highest motorable  pass in Bhutan, at 3988m. We stop for lunch at Sonam Trofel then bike or drive back to Paro.

Day 16    Our last day in Bhutan. Today we hike up to Taksang (Tiger's lair), which clings to a cliff face  1,000m above the valley. Taksang is one of the most beautiful temples in Bhutan, built by the  temporal ruler Tenzin Rabgye in 1684.

Day 17    Fly to Kathmandu/hotel

Day 18   Day at leisure/evening farewell dinner/hotel

Day 19   Fly back home

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