Trip Facts
Trip Highlight: Festival/cultural tour/ gentle hikes and nature tours
Trip Duration: 15 days/ 14 nights
Festival date: 8 March and 22 March
Festival Venue: Chorten Kora, Trashitangtse
Trip Style: classic
Service Level: Standard
Physical demand: *
Summary
Located in the far eastern Bhutan, Trashiyangtse, Chorten Kora is a home to the famous eastern curcumbulation festival held in the early spring annually. Historically, the present stature of the Nepali type stature of stupa was built as a substitution to cut short the Bhutanese pilgrims from venturing a very long pilgrimage to Boudhanath in Nepal. The famous religious curcumbulation event called Drakpa Kora is organized every year following the immersion of living Dhakini Tawang inside the present stupa. During the event group of Drakpa folks from Arunachal Pradesh show up to attend this occasion.
Drakpa Khorlo for the year 2012 is tentatively scheduled on 8th March and 22nd March and travel enthusiast wising to attend could make up on any of these two dates.
Itinerary at a glance
Day 1 Arrival Paro
Day 2 Paro/Thimphu
Day 3 Thimphu sightseeing
Day 4 Thimphu/Bumthang
Day 5 Bumthang sightseeing
Day 6 Bumthang/Mongar
Day 7 Mongar/Trashiyangtse
Day 8 Chorten Kora festival
Day 9 Trashiyangtse/Trashigang
Day 10 Trashigang
Day 11 Trashigang/Bumthang
Day 12 Bumthang/Punakha
Day 13 Punakha/Paro
Day 14 Tiger nest hike
Day 15 Exit
