The Royal Highland Festival

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 Detail.

Duration: 12 Nights/ 13 Days.

Destination Covered: Thimphu – Punakha - Gasa- Koina- Laya - Phobjikha- Trongsa- Bumthang - Paro.