Farm House Visit in Bhutan.

The farmhouse visit brings an opportunity to learn and experience the true culture, the living style of Bhutanese people in a Bhutanese way, why & how the Bhutanese people are ‘happy’. Authentic Bhutan Tours can organize a personalized stay in a Bhutanese family in a traditional Bhutanese Farm House to have a truly authentic experience in the Kingdom of Bhutan. We usually visit the farm house towards the late afternoon. The following are some of the activities that we can experience during our visit to farm house.
• There will be a welcome drink at the farm house – Bhutanese butter tea and Ara – local alcohol.
• Walk around the Farm House for photographs and to learn the surroundings.
• See and take the photographs of the preparation of dinner. The clients can also take part or help the cooking.
• See and take the photographs of the preparation of Dhotsho (hot stone bath).
• We will take the Dhotsho (hot stone bath)
• After the Dhotsho, we will have a again ‘Ara’ (local alcohol) making hot with eggs.
• The dinner.
• If our clients like alcohol, we will serve alcohol after dinner also till we go to bed.
• We can take photographs of the morning scene in the farm house.
• We can see the milking of the cows-if the farm house has the milking cows. The guest can try also.
• If we are lucky, we can also see how the butter and cheese are made in the farm house in Bhutanese way.
• Breakfast at Farm House
• Take photography with the whole family.
• Depart from the farm house.

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Druk Wangyel Chhorten (Stupas) at Dochulas.

Docehula is a pass, which is 45minutes drive from Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. From here we can see the Eastern Himalayan Mountain ranges beautifully on clear days.There are 108 chortens (stupas) and a temple. For more information contact us at authenticbhutan@druknet.bt or visit us at www.authenticbhutan.com.bt

Phallus

Graphic phallus adorn Bhutanese houses warding off evils and ensuring the fertility. For more information contact us at authenticbhutan@druknet.bt or visit us at www..authenticbhutancom.bt

Bhutan Mountains

Mountaineering in Bhutan is not permitted. We belief mountains are the home to god and goddess. They are scared place in Bhutan. So we have many peaks in Bhutan which are not climbed by any people.For more information contact us at authenticbhutan@druknet.bt or visit us at www.authenticbhutan.com.bt

Eco-Tourism in Bhutan

Eco-Tourism is also known as Ecological Tourism. Bhutan’s peacefulness, unpolluted and rich in natural habitat area, indigenous cultural heritages is extremely well suited for Eco-tourism. When tourism was initially started in 1974, it was started based on Eco-Tourism. Through our Eco-tourism, we try to protect and make aware of the importance of our natural habitat, indigenous culture, at the same providing to our visitors an unique opportunities to learn about the community they visit and they can also contribute their small way to protect the local communities. Although they are contributing a lot just by visiting Bhutan through us. Not only this, we can develop the sense of greater appreciations of our environment, local communities and also responsibilities of their protections and respecting the local cultures of this world.
We also learn importance of conservation of biological diversity and cultural diversity through ecosystem protection. Thus, our Eco-tourism contributes to the long term benefits to both the environment and local communities. Hence we always design our trip to be environmentally, culturally and socially friendly. Authentic Bhutan Tours will be the best tour agency in Bhutan, with whom you can explore and experience the Eco-Tourism in Bhutan.

Sceneries & Bhutanese Paintings Tours

The scenery and landscape in Bhutan are so fascinating, attracting and appealing for the painting. Each place has its own beauty and appealing. So why don’t you come and try yourself before it is too late.
We can also arrange to paint a smile Bhutanese painting. Here we will be visiting Choki Traditional Art School. It is a private non profit institute which supports the disadvantaged and under privileged youth of Bhutan through self sustaining program on skills development in the Traditional arts and crafts of Bhutan. We will have a one day program in the school, painting simple Bhutanese arts. There will be one teacher for you to guide your painting and the lunch will be served there in the school.

Come and visit Bhutan for this tour with Authentic Bhutan Tours- You will have great experience in painting.

Bird watching in Bhutan

Bhutan, a small kingdom hidden in the Himalayas has its total land cover 38394square kilometer. Bhutan’s forest cover is close is close to 72%. Out of which 26% is declared as national parks, nature reserves and wildlife sanctuaries, and another 9% as biological corridor. This provides a diverse eco-system in Bhutan. We have around 5400 species of plants, 200 kinds of mammals and around 770 species of Birds, of which some are endangered and endemic.
Most widely known as the Black-necked Cranes, a rare and endangered species. The come to Bhutan in winter and they fly to Tibetan Plateau in summer. The valley call ’Phobjikha valley’ is protected specially for this bird. This bird holds a special place in Bhutanese Folklore.
Bhutan is truly a birding paradise and so it is the ultimate destination for the bird watchers and bird lovers around the world. Bhutan is also considered us the best birding spot in South Asia. Please come and see the birds of Bhutan with Authentic Bhutan Tours-For Your Bhutan Experience!

Bhutan Tours & Travels

Welcome to Bhutan, the last Himalayan Mahayana Buddhist kingdom. Bhutan has been never colonized by any other country in its entire history.

Our Bhutan Tours & Travels offers an interesting blend of the traditional and modern. The Royal Government Bhutan including its people is conscious of preserving their age old traditions and customs, while modernization is still taking place. We try to have the balance development in the country. Our development philosophy is ‘Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product’. This philosophy plays a very important role for our development, development which has brought immense benefit to the people, with still preserving their ‘past in the present’

The first tourist came to Bhutan in 1974. All the visitors to Bhutan have to travel through a travel agency, which is reorganized by the Tourism Council of Bhutan. The tourism policy of Bhutan ‘High Value, Low Volume’ ensures the regulated growth of tourism sector in Bhutan.

Come visit to Bhutan and experience the thrilling moments in Bhutan, with Bhutanese people, culture, and their hospitality of Bhutan Tours & Bhutan Travels with Authentic Bhutan Tours – For Your Bhutan Experience!
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Bhutan Adventure Holiday Tours

Welcome to Bhutan, the land of scenic beauty. We are specialized in Bhutan Adventure Holiday Tours within Bhutan. The pristine natural environment of Bhutan is extremely well suited for wide rage of Adventure Activities in Bhutan. Our Bhutan Adventure Holiday Tours includes:
• Mountain Biking
• Mountain Bicycle
• Rock Climbing
• Adventurous Treks
• Days Hikes and many more within Bhutan.
We can always combine the Bhutan Adventure Holiday Tours with cultural sightseeing tours and other exotic tours in Bhutan. Visit to Bhutan and experience the unforgettable adventure holiday tour with Authentic Bhutan Tours, in the kingdom of Bhutan.

Filming In Bhutan

The rules and rates for filming in Bhutan differ from that of the normal treks and tours. Tourists or professionals’ intent on doing filming in Bhutan must abide by the Bhutan Filming Rules & Regulations, Royal Government of Bhutan. They also have to pay the filming Royalty and Security Deposit, besides the tourist tariff.
Authentic Bhutan Tours have coordinated many international agencies like NHK, Japan, India, Bangkok, ARD German TV and many more - who have come to do documentary filming in Bhutan. We do research and location hunt and other necessary works as per the subject of your film before your arrival so that you can have a fantastic filming experience in Bhutan.
The following documents are needed to obtain the filming permit from Bhutan InfoComm and Media Authority. The documents must reach to our office at least a month prior to your visit to Bhutan.

1. Application from your company.
2. Certification from the company (To Whom It May Concern) or a letter of recommendation/endorsements from sponsoring agency/company, if any
3. Personal CV of filming crew & their passport copy.
4. Company Profile
5. Synopsis/treatment of the propose film stating the background (purpose), the objectives, the theme of the film.
6. List of equipments, accessories and consumables required to be imported into Bhutan.
7. Dully filled the Film Permit Clearance Application Form (Download from our website).

Filming Royalty
Filming Royalty - US$ 3,000.
Security Deposit– US$ 2,000.
This deposit will be refunded upon completion of the film to the satisfaction of the Bhutan InfoComm & Media Authority.

If the filming narrations are not done in English than you have to send English Transcript along with the CD for submission to the Bhutan InfoCom & Media Authority for their verification and release of our security deposit.

Journey to Merak Sakteng

There are two fascinating villages in north eastern Bhutan, which were closed to tourist until 2009. It was closed for the tourist out of the concern for their unique culture and traditions of the people living there. The culture and tradition of the people living there are different in many ways and respects from rest of the Bhutanese people. They have a very rich culture heritage. They live on animals like yaks, sheep, cows and horses. They move from place to place with animals with the change of seasons. They are known as ‘Brogpas’, which means ‘herdsmen’ or they are semi-nomadic tribesmen. Apart from the ‘Brokpas’, we belief it is also the home to the Yetis, which is known as ‘migoi’ in our language. There is a wildlife sanctuary called ‘Sakteng Wild Life Sanctuary’. These two villages are called ‘Merak & Sakteng’.

The origin of these two villages or people in these villages is from Tibet. Surprisingly ‘Brokpas’ possess a written document which reveals us their true origin. This document is called ‘ Ama Jomo’s Namther’. Which basically accounts the lives of two people who founded these two fascinating villages: Ama Jomo and Lama Jarapa.

In the ‘Brokpa’ society the polygamy and polyandry is acceptable. Fraternal polyandry, in which several brothers share one wife, is common and generally preferred to monogamy. The reason for sharing one wife is to preserve family property intact. And also it is very convenient to their way of life-while the women works at home looking after the house hold chores, husbands can do different things – like while one husband looks after the Yaks, the other can do the trade and so on. In olden days, even in the lower regions, people belief that ‘lager the family, richer the family is’. With large family, we have sufficient man power to do what ever the family needs and there is no need to hire the outsiders which is an extra expense to the family.

People of these two villages wear distinctive clothing and head gear and it is the unique aspect of their culture. Their dresses are made from the animal products-like Yak hair, skin and so on. We will not find such distinctive dress worn by the people other than them in Bhutan. We can easily recognize them by their animal skin and yak hair clothing and unusual hats called ‘shamo’-which has hang spider-like legs that act as rainspouts.

‘Brokpas’ migrate to the lower region during the winter with their animals. They move with their animals and the whole family. They live in huts or open space or tents. This is the season where they do the battering with the people of lower regions-which known as ‘Sharchop’. Products such as butter, dried cheese (Zoetoe), homespun blankets and so on are battered with rice, corn, chillis and other items. Now the trend is slowly changing. They sell their products to the shops and with the money they buy from the shops what ever they need. They even go to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh to sell their products.

Generally people in these villages are very friendly like other Bhutanese. They like to drink a lot and they always give a good hospitality to any guest. They also like singing and dancing. They are very happy people on this Earth. But as the country develops and changes they are also subject to change and it is slowly changing now-their culture, traditions and their way of life!

In doing this trek, we will be able to explore ourselves their indigenous culture of this tribesmen, not only having seen them personally. Come and visit before it is too late to see their indigenous culture and traditions and fascinating people on this earth.

Authentic Bhutan Tours - For Your Bhutan Experience!

Authentic Bhutan Tours provides the leading tour service for Bhutan. If you are interested in touring our beautiful country, simply contact us and we will begin creating your dream tour of Bhutan, our paradise. Bhutan's unspoiled beauty provides a unique glimpse into a lifestyle that chose to pursue the simple life. Come! Meet our people. See our culture. Experience a country whose happiness is measured not by income but by our experiences and personal connections. All of us at Authentic Bhutan Tours are excited to meet you!

Whether you want to see our countryside, meet our people; see our fabrics, experience an adventurous trek, or seek spiritual goals, Authentic Tours of Bhutan works with you to help you craft your Bhutan tour experience for your thrilling and memorable visit to this magical kingdom hidden in the Himalayas.

“Authentic Bhutan Tours” is a Government Licensed Tour Operator in Bhutan, base in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Our licensed number is 102246. We are member of the Association of Bhutan Tour Operators and certified by Tourism, Council of Bhutan Royal Government of Bhutan. We have a group of committed people and will make every endeavor to ensure that your stay in Bhutan is made as special and as wonderful as possible. We assure of the finest service in the country and promise to make your trip a truly enjoyable and a memorable one and which will make you come back to this country, Bhutan again.

Welcome to Bhutan- The Land of Harmony Between Haven & Earth! For more information contact us at authenticbhutan@druknet.bt or visit us at www.authenticbhutan.com.bt

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