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Gangtey in the late afternoon. After some time from a shepherd family, and enjoy a stroll
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Bhutan. Afterward, we’ll drive to Khewang
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Meet monks at Gangtey Goenpa
and hist students and join them for a
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NZXX`YT_d SZ^_PO W`YNS ?SPY _Z _Z[ Zʬ
Nature Trail, enjoying the scenery and
our discoveries, we’ll visit a local hospital in
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our camp.
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Valley. Here, we’ll get to meet and interact
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Nyingmapa school of Buddhism. Bhutan’s
Day 11 Gangtey • Overland to Punakha •
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Visit Chimi Lhakhang
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plateau and three times when they return SZ`]^ _Z ;`YLVSL bSTNS ^P]aPO L^ -S`_LYɪ^
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is also a center of the huge phalluses that are
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local life.
After lunch at a local restaurant just
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
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Day 10 Explore a Bhutanese village
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• Community-Hosted Lunch at a
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Buddhist temple who is still considered one of Bhutan’s
,Q_P] M]PLVQL^_ bPɪWW OP[L]_ Z`] SZ_PW _Z favorite saints. Kunley, who is also credited
spend our day in Taphu, a small agricultural bT_S M]TYRTYR -`OOST^X _Z -S`_LY ^[]PLO
village located in a southern stretch of the PYWTRS_PYXPY_ _S]Z`RS LY LN_TaP ^Pc WTQP LYO
;SZMUTVSL ALWWPd @[ZY L]]TaLW bPɪWW XPP_ T^ ]P^[ZY^TMWP QZ] _SP [SLWWTN TXLRP]d QZ`YO
with the young students of the village school, here and throughout the country. After a
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