How to go to Bhutan tour (7 days, 8 nights) for bachelors.
The desire to go to Bhutan is quite old. Although there was a plan for Eid last Ramadan, the two friends did not go because they did not get their passports. I plan to go with two friends before Eid-ul-Adha.
I applied for an India transit visa and got my passport back with the visa the day before the departure.
On the night of the 23rd I started my journey for Burimari. Non AC 650, Eco Class AC 750 and Business Class AC cost 1200 rupees.
There are several more operators including Manik, Shah Ali, Pinky.
We submitted Manik Eco Class AC tickets for visa.
Day 1:
Arriving at Burimari at 8 am, I had breakfast and left for the Immigration Building. I do all the work myself without giving a passport to anyone on the bus. I went to Mymensingh Sonali Bank before the travel tax. It is 10 o’clock to finish all the work on both sides. Luckily I went to the border and got 5 big brothers as tourmets. I broke the money and fixed an 8-seater AC jeep up to Jaigaon Barra. I had to pay Rs 2,500 for Eid pressure. It should be done in 2000-2200, and the fare for a 4 seater taxi is around 1500. Non-AC is a little less. If you want, you can also go by bus to Mainaguri, in that case it will cost 100 rupees. Arriving there at noon, a Muslim hotel does not have lunch with agar meat. Then I entered Bhutan with India’s exit seal. Surprisingly, there is no checking at the border between the two countries.
Within half an hour from the Fuente Shillong immigration building, the on-arrival visa seal fell on everyone’s passport.
Now I am looking for a jeep to go to Paro. At first the plan was to take the jeep to each place in a different way, but later I saw that if you reserve it for 7 days, the fare will be less.
Rent an AC car with 6 seats (looks a lot like a Toyota Avenger) for 7 days, the fare is just Rs 15,000. The condition is that the car will be with us wherever we go that day. 4-seater cars will cost less. It will be like 13000.
Damadami will take because they want double the rent.
The driver of our car was Kamra Sherpa.
Very friendly people.
Then we started our journey towards Airport City Paro. You can reach after 5 hours, the clock strikes 10 o’clock at night. On the way to a hotel, there is no dinner with an item like Paratar. Karmaji had already booked a hotel for us. The name of the hotel was Hotel Dragon, Maine City. The condition of the hotel was good enough.
I took two rooms, each room was 1200.
First day cost:
Dhaka – Burimari (Eco Class AC) – 750 rupees
Tax-500 rupees
Breakfast – 30 rupees
Changrabandha-Jayagaon – (2500/6) Rs
Lunch – 100 rupees
Dinner – 50 rupees
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You can wake up in the morning and see the beauty of the city. I walked and saw the whole city in two hours. The hotel had breakfast this morning. After breakfast I went out to see a museum, I don’t remember the name.
Karmaji took e. There is a beautiful view of the airport from the side of the museum.
After that the purpose of Runa Dei Chelala Pass. Sometimes I was at the airport view point for a while. I went to Chelala and saw the severe winter, where it was hot in the city. Anyway Chelala is a place where
The mind will not want to come even if it is all day. After lunch we back from Chelala.
On the way, I visit an apple orchard. You will find a floating shop on a good street, where you will find other fresh fruits including apples, even at very cheap prices.
After the evening, it is 9 o’clock to visit Paro River and the city’s market. Their party night on Saturday. You can visit their night part centers. Stay away from any harassment, if you don’t want to take dricks.
And the Bhutanese girls dance in fairly modest dresses.
The hotel also eats this at night. Because of the high price, there are a couple of Indian food hotels in Paro, one of which is Hotel Dragon. And yes, the hotel manager is Bengali.
Cost of the second day:
Museum entry fee – Rs
Lunch + Dinner + Breakfast + Snacks = Rs
Day 3:
After breakfast from the hotel in the morning, we set off on the way to Tiger Nest (a Buddhist shrine located on a high hill). Arrive in half an hour from where the trek should start. The views are amazing when you get up. On the way, it took us 3 hours to chat with different foreigners and take rest in different places. Note that 3 of us go to the top, the rest get up a little and back. Horses cost 400-500 rupees and can go up to half way. One thing to keep in mind is that if you want to go inside Tiger Nest (no entry after half pants), you can buy a ticket from the bottom with 500 rupees. And if you just want to trek to the top, then there is no point in spending this 500 rupees.
We also did not enter the temple.
On our way back, it was 4 o’clock. The rest of the group was extremely annoyed by the delay. Lunch was not done for this. I ate apples and passed, what else to do. We left Thimphu from Tiger Nest. Sometimes I took pictures standing at different view points. Thus it takes 6.30 hours to reach Thimphu.
Hotel Karmaji e was fixed. 1000 to 2000 rupees per day in two rooms.
Managed 6 beds for 6 people, all of them including Eve Giza. Name Hotel Decheng, Highly Recommended as a Budget Hotel.
Don’t have dinner fresh. Looking at all the Bhutanese food I order egg fried rice with vegetable curry, but the same situation. Somehow I even ate to survive!
Third day cost:
Breakfast – 90 rupees
Two day hotel rent 4800/8 = 75 rupees
Lunch was not done
Apple – 200 / 7 = 30 rupees
Dinner – 140 rupees
Day 4:
Breakfast from the hotel
Let’s go for Punakha’s permission for the next day. After submitting the permission paper, we left for Thimphu Buddhi’s Temple. On the way I stopped at different view points. After staying for over two hours, no one was taking pictures there.
Karma wanted to take us to another museum called Memorial Charten, but we didn’t go at that time. Karma took us to an Indian hotel (AB Hotel) after seeing that we were having problems eating at the Bhutanese hotel. We ate our fill two days after arriving here. We eat khichuri and khashi meat at noon, the price is very low here. Full plate meat at 130 rupees, which we did not think of in a place like Bhutan. For the remaining two days after that we came here by car and ate.
In the afternoon we got out of the car again and went to see the king’s house. I was surprised to see no checking in front of the house, no protection. Although it is forbidden to stop the car and take pictures. In the evening we visit Times Square, football stadium and various spots in the city. After eating at AB Hotel again at night, return to the room at 10 o’clock.
Cost of the fourth day:
Breakfast-60
Lunch – 150
Dinner – 110 rupees
Day-5 6
On this day we go out for the purpose of Punakha. Dochala pass at the beginning of the way. We were there for about 1 hour. The whole time it was cloudy Dochala Pass. On the way we reached all the view points at 1 o’clock to reach our desired suspension bridge. From there we go back to lunch at an Indian hotel. I don’t remember the name.
Where after eating pulses, 1 plate of rice and fried eggs, 6 of us get a bill of Rs. 1500.
Anyway back to Thimphu we didn’t do some shopping. Then go back to the hotel and go to dinner again at AB Hotel. On this day we eat Kashmiri biryani, I would say it is a must try item if you go to Thimphu.
Cost of the fifth day:
Breakfast-60
Lunch – 200
Dinner – 160 rupees
Day 6:
We left at 8 in the morning and reached Fuentshilong in the middle of 12. After finishing the immigration work on both sides, I had lunch at that Muslim hotel. Then I go to the bus stand after some shopping. On the way I saw a taxi waiting to go to Changrabandha. Jaigaon is backing down passengers. 300 rupees each agreed. I calculated that even if it costs more than 200 rupees, the hardship will be reduced a lot. I reached the border around 4 o’clock.
The only way to cross the border is to return.
Cost of the sixth day
3 day hotel rent – 6000 / ৭ = 658 rupees
7 days car rental – 15000 + 1400 rupees / 6 = 2330 rupees
Fuente Shillong – Changrabandha – Rs
Dinner – 60 rupees
Burimari-Dhaka – 750 Taka (AC Bus)
Total cost of 7 days
Bangladeshi Taka – 2310 Taka
Rs-7200 = Rs 7500 (I got Rs 72 for Rs 100)
Total: 6500 + 2300 = 9600 rupees
Note:
1) Bhutan is a very clean and tidy country. The only country where smoking is prohibited. You will understand how clear it is with your feet in Bhutan, when you look back at the Indian part, you will understand the difference. So try to throw garbage there in a certain place.
2) If the pressure of tourists is high, the car rental may be a little more or less. So don’t panic when they hear the rent they want.
All the cars from us for 7 days wanted 20,000-25,000 rupees. We fix it at Rs 15,000 by bargaining.
If you have 5 days, it will be a little less.
One thing to keep in mind is that no matter how much the pressure is, the maximum rent of 15,000 will be more than 18,000. The same goes for hotel rentals.
Note that the video was made on August 26 (rainy season) on the way back from Paro to Fuente Shillong. No one should be mistaken for fog.