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The Royal Highlander Festival is a festival of its own kind. The festival introduces you to the way of nomadic people living at an altitude of 3,800 meters. The Royal Highland Festival showcases highlander’s cultural display and exhibits the highlands as a pride of Bhutan. The various interesting competitions on highland animals including the Yaks, horses and Mastiffs will be held.
The festival was started by the fifth Bhutanese King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck to show appreciation for a small number of indigenous people inhabiting the high mountains of north west Bhutan. The celebration is held at Laya , a small beautiful town where life ticks to a different time. However you may need to trek for two days to reach this place. Laya-Gasa trekking route offers the most pristine and unspoiled landscape of Bhutan.
The Royal Highland Festival Tour is crafted in such a way that you get the best of Bhutan. Not only will you be treated by the unique Festival but you will also be travelling to some of the most beautiful valleys of Bhutan with cultural sightseeing.
Package Details :
Duration : 8 Nights/ 9 Days
Destination Covered : Thimphu - Punakha - Gasa- Laya - Paro.
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5.0 / 3 Reviews
Parth
Bangalore
We couldn’t have been more happy with the trip this tour company planned for us! Every driver, tour guide, resort, and experience far surpassed our expectations!!
John
Austria
I was a solo traveler and wanted to visit Bhutan manily to watch Royal Highland Festival.
Royal Highland Festival is a festival of its kind. Very rich in cultural heritage, they perform games which cannot be seen anywhere in the world . It was much more than what I expected
The highland women are beautiful , they were lot of ornaments , conical hat and their dress is also unique.
The trek was pretty difficult for me as I am not really a trekking person but the view of himalayas and landscape the trek offers is incomparable.
Other than Trek , did lot of cultural sightseeing which was also equally Fantastic.
Highly Recommend Bhutan Best Inbound Tour
James & Michelle
New York City, USA
The Royal Highland Festival is celebrated at one of the most beautiful and unique destinations of Bhutan. Our top highlights of the trip in addition to the awesome Tiger's Nest Monstery was the Highland Festival which is held at the beautiful village of Laya located at an altitude of 3,800 meters above the sea level. After two days of trekking from Gasa, we reached beautiful village of Laya surrounded by soaring high mountains which looked so sacred and magical, the view was just breathtaking.
The Layaps or the people of Laya have their own unique clothes which made us feel as if we were in a completely different world even inside of the distinctive kingdom of Bhutan. The atmosphere of the festival was joyous and vibrant. We spent two nights at Laya so we randomly visited local homes there and the people there were so welcoming and hospitable which was really touching.
We would highly recommend anyone visitng Bhutan to experience this UNIQUE PLACE (LAYA) and the Royal Highland Festival.
James & Michelle
Kristiina
Easygoing trip with wonderful guide
We trusted eachother from the first moment and they were very flexible even if we wanted to have changes in our program. Our guide Tenzin was really nice and openminded person. We travelled together 8 days and he had always great mood and sense of humor. We also asked to makse some changes during our trip, the company was very flexible. Madhu was helping us to reorganise everything.
Highlights
Festival Date
Tour Highlights
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Venture to the mesmerizing and secluded village of Laya surrounded by stunning Himalayan peaks.
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Trek to one of the kingdom’s remotest village at 3,800 meters above sea level.
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Enjoy the different landscapes and spectacular views of the Himalayan Mountains up close.
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Experience the richness of the distinct culture and the semi-nomadic way of life of the Layaps.
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Celebrate and be a part of the unparalleled annual Royal Highland Festival.
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Visit local homes and try their rice brewed wine and experience authentic Bhutanese hospitality.
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Visit Punakha Dzong, the incredible architectural gem of Bhutan.
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Heal yourself in Natural hot spring
- Visit the only capital in world with no traffic lights
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The Best for Last - Visit the iconic Tiger’s Nest Monastery
