Wedding Tour

Traditional Bhutanese Wedding tour provides an occasion to make your vows and experience a local wedding ceremony with a number of religious rites performed by Buddhist monks and lamas in lieu of the importance of the bond between a husband and wife. Traditional wedding and vow renewal blessing ceremonies can be elaborated with local features such as masked dances, archery, offering of butter lamps and special fertility blessings and it can also be easily customized with western elements like ring exchange ceremony.

Note: Please let us know how you want your wedding to be and then after sharing our ideas we will suggests you for better options.

Wedding Tour (5 nights / 6 Days)

Day 01. Arrive at Paro (2400 meters) – Thimphu (Altitude 2320 m, 54 km):

 You will be received by the Representative from Ola Tours and Trek at the airport and drive to Thimphu.

  • Visit Tamchog Monastery on the way and get blessing.

After lunch,

  • Memorial Chorten
  • Changangkha Monastery
  • Takin Preserve centre
  • The Largest and tallest statue of Buddha in the world
  • Tashichho Dzong.

Optional activities you can choose:

  • Hike to Phajoding/ Tango/Cheri  Monastery.
  • Village walk to Kabisa
  • Mountain biking around Thimphu valley.

Day 02. Thimphu – Punakha (1310 meters): (72 Km, 3.5 hrs drive). 

After breakfast, drive to Punakha via Dochula Pass (3116 m)

  • Dochula – You can see the higher Himalayas, if the weather permits
  • Royal Botanical Park at Lam Pelri.
  • Punakha Dzong – Built in 1637, by Shabdrung Ngawang.

Optional activities you can choose:

  • Drive to Nalanda Bhuddist Monastery
  • Khamsum Yulley Lhakhang
  • Rafting in Mo Chhu/ Pho Chhu

Day 03. Punakha – Wangdiphodrang – Thimphu: (Altitude 1310 m, 90 km, 3 ½ hrs

After breakfast, visit

  • Chimi Lhakhang
  • Wangdiphodrang Dzong razed by fire in 2012 and now under construction.
  • Walk to Rinchengang Village.

After lunch, drive to Thimphu.  Free for shopping in the evening. Dinner and overnight in Hotel Migmar or similar.

Day 04. Thimphu – Paro:  (Altitude 2320 m, Distance 58 km, Drive Time 1 hour): 

After breakfast, visit

  • National Library.
  • Painting School.
  • Folk Heritage Museum.

After lunch, visit

  • Handicrafts Emporium.

Optional activities you can choose:

  • Hike to Phajoding/ Tango/Cheri Monastery.
  • Village walk to Kabisa
  • Mountain biking around Thimphu valley.

 Day 05. Paro. Wedding Day

After breakfast,

  • The day will be fully a wedding day for you either in the hotel, temple or at a monastery as you prefer. The arrangements would be done by Ola Tours and Trek as promised. (Please let Ola Tours and Trek know how you want it. We will also suggests with better options for you)

 Night Options

  • Night out for your pleasure
  • Romantic Hot Stone Bath
  • Night Clubs (Karaoke, Party, Drayangs Etc)

If the wedding is short and if you still want to visit places, you have options.

  • Hike to Dzongdrakha Monastery.
  • Hike to Nunnery (Kila Goenpa).
  • Village walk.
  • Mountain biking around Paro valley.

Day 06. Departure (Altitude 2400 m): 
Early morning, drive to the Airport and Farewell.