Druk Path Trek & Culture

Meet your guide at Paro airport and keep the first day deliberately light. Settle into your hotel, check your trekking equipment, and take an easy walk through town while your body adjusts to the altitude.

Hike to Tiger's Nest at a steady pace, usually 4–6 hours return. It is both a cultural highlight and a useful fitness and acclimatisation day before the higher trail begins.

Begin with a sustained climb through blue-pine forest to the ridge near Jele Dzong. Expect around 4–5 hours of walking before your first supported camp at roughly 3,500 metres.

Follow the ridge through rhododendron and high pasture, with broad views when the cloud lifts. The day's walk is usually 4–5 hours, ending at a camp in yak-herding country.

Cross rolling high ground and descend to Jimilang Tsho, one of the trail's alpine lakes. Allow around 5–6 hours and plenty of pauses; the thinner air matters more than the distance.

Walk past smaller lakes and over a succession of ridges toward Simkotra Tsho. This is normally the longest trekking day at 6–7 hours, and weather can change the timing or campsite.

Climb to the route's highest ground, about 4,200 metres, then descend past Phajoding toward the Thimphu road head. Meet the vehicle and finish at a comfortable hotel in the capital.

Drive from Thimphu to Paro for your onward flight. We schedule the road transfer around your departure time; an extra night can be added when flight timing makes the final day too tight.