Transfer to hotel. Lunch at hotel and visit the National Museum and the down town Paro.

Today is the day for you to get acclimatize to the altitude before you finally start your trek. Day hike to the famous Taktsang (Tiger's nest) monastery which clings to the cliff 800m above the valley. Overnight Hotel.

Drive from Hotel to Drugyel Dzong - Your trek begins here following gently uphill through a narrowing agricultural valley. The trail leads through few villages and you will have the opportunity to see the way of life of these Bhutanese people. Overnight camp.

Continue gently uphill through the river valley. The trail winds up and down along the drainage. Overnight camp.

Continue uphill and pass a small army post where the valley begins to widen again. Now views of high ridges and the snow-capped peaks can be seen all around. You will see Yak herders and their winter homes. Overnight camp at the base of Mt. Jumolhari. (Alt. 4040m).

Wide Yak pastures on the way up and down the pass, possibly encounter some nomads in their Yak tents depending on the time of the year you are there. Great views of Lingshi Dzong (District Administration Headquarter for Lingshi) as you come down into Lingshi basin. Mt. Tserim gang and its descending glaciers at the north end of the valley. Overnight camp. (Alt. 4150m).

Today, you take it easy to reach your camp. On arrival you can walk around the village. Overnight camp.

The trail gradually climbs to the Shingela Pass (Alt. 4900m) and descends to the valley. The camp site is below Mt. Gangchenta. Overnight camp. (Alt. 3890m).

Today the trek is all the way down hill along a winding river and then you arrive in Laya. The people of Laya wear their own traditional costumes and you will begin to see the ladies in their beautiful hats. Overnight camp. Alt. 3890m.

The trail winds up and down the narrow valley avoiding natural obstacles and affording breath taking views of the rushing river, feeder streams and water falls. Overnight camp. Alt. 3853m.

Crossing the Bolwla Pass (Alt. 3739m) you hike down hill till you reach your camp at the Hot spring. Today is the day every trekkers on this track look forward for the Hot spring bath after eleven rough nights in ents without proper shower facilities. Overnight camp. Alt. 2820m.

After the climb from the hot spring, the trail winds through rolling hill sides, fields, villages, oak and pine forest. Gasa Dzong will still be visible behind you seeming to float in space. Overnight camp. Alt. 2280m.

The trail now descends from the high agricultural benches above the Mo-chu river into a lush semi-tropical zone. You will be picked up by car at Tashithang and transferred to the hotel. Overnight hotel in Punakha.

Drive to Paro enroute stop at Thimphu for lunch and further proceed to Paro for night halt for your departure the next morning to Bangkok.

Departure to Bangkok by Druk-Air flight.