Special and Unique Travel Adventures and Experiences in Bhutan: Nightlife in Bhutan

Your travel to Bhutan would be incomplete without a visit to Thimphu’s most sought after watering hole – Mojo Park – before heading out to one of the many clubs that is.

Mojo Park, located bang in the heart of the city, is a live music venue and is a popular weekend hangout for locals, expats and travelers alike. 

Ask around and you’ll be told that the vibe there is excellent, the seating cozy, the service impeccable, the staff friendly, and the music – great. 

Actually, why listen to us us when you can take it from Rap Artist Dizareli. This is what he had to say during his visit: “When it comes to nightlife in Thimphu, the live music venue that is Mojo Park is just about perfect.”

Note: All of our specials and unique travel adventures \s are not mentioned here on the website. Do get in touch with us and we’ll let you know of all the unique things that you can do while in Bhutan. 

SPECIAL AND UNIQUE ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES

Not all activities are mentioned here. Some are better as a surprise
Do you want to kick start some mindfulness and wellness activity in your life? There is no better place to get it started in Bhutan. Or do you want...

Meditation & Yoga Class In Bhutan

If you are interested in Buddhist Astrology and would like to consult an astrologer while you are in Bhutan, let us know and we will fix you an appointment...

Consult A Buddhist Astrologer

Helicopter tours in Bhutan offer a unique way to experience the country’s breathtaking beauty, with flights ranging from 30 to 120 minutes. Popular sights include the iconic Tiger’s Nest...

Bhutan Helicopter Rides And Tours

Yeshey Nidup Tenzi is one of the best tattoo artist in Bhutan and we can arrange an appointment with him if you wish you get yourself a permanent souvenir...

Get A Buddhist Tattoo In Bhutan

The practice of traditional medicine in Bhutan dates back to the eighth century and still forms a significant part of basic health care, blending culture and healing tradition, in which...

Consult A Traditional Medicine Doctor

Would you like to try your hands at fly fishing in Bhutan's exotics rivers? We work with one of the most passionate Bhutanese fly fishing enthusiast and he will...

Fly Fishing in Bhutan

Life in rural Bhutan still reflects the way Bhutan used to live back in the 60ies when Bhutan was isolated from the rest of the world.

Experience Rural Life in Bhutan

Breathe Bhutan can organize a weaving class for you. The class will be offered by local women whose livelihoods depend solely on weaving traditional Bhutanese textiles.

Weaving Class On Traditional Textiles

Breathe Bhutan offers you with the opportunity to meet with popular Bhutanese personalities your choice and interests.

Meet & Interact With Bhutanese Personalities

Breathe Bhutan is the only agency in Bhutan who offers travel service for beloved dolls and plushies. The package includes

Travel Package For Dolls & Plushies

Archery is the national game. Though people in the villages still use the bamboo bows, in the urban areas most people use the compound bow.

Archery With Locals

There are very few things in life that are as satisfactory as a hot stone bath to help you unwind after a long day.

Hot Roasted Stone Bath

Breathe Bhutan can arrange you to spend a night or two at a monastery in Bhutan and have the monks host you in their monastery.

Night At A Monastery

The class will be conducted by the renowned, talented and versatile Bhutanese artist- Rajesh Gurung. Rajesh is one of the founders VAST.

Basic Painting/Art Class

POPULAR ATTRACTIONS

These are the most popular ones there plenty more to discover, hidden places

Chorten Kora stupa in Trashiyangtse is a significant sacred pilgrimage site in eastern Bhutan. Built over a period of 12 years around 1740 by Lama Ngawang Loday, it is said to be modeled after the Boudhanath stupa in Nepal. It is also believed that a Dakini girl was sealed alive of her own free will inside the stupa as an offering from the Dakpa people of Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh.

Chorten Kora

Crossing the Chele La Pass at an elevation of 3, 988 meters above sea level (from where we get to enjoy excellent views of Mount.

Haa Excursion

At Tachog Lhakhang you will be crossing a six hundred year old bridge built by the renowned iron bridge builder Drubthob (or the Realized and Accomplished One) Thangtong Gyelpo, a fourteenth century saint who built over fifty eight iron bridges throughout Tibet and Bhutan, mainly with the intent of helping pilgrims get to holy places.

Tachog Lhakhang

Haa, one of the most beautiful valleys in Bhutan, was only opened to tourists as late as 2001. The sacred worth of the valley is complemented by the two sacred temples – Lhakhang Karpo and the Lhakhang Nagpo.

Lhakhang Karpo and Lhakhang Nagpo

Kila Nunnery, popularly referred to as Chele La Gompa straddles the cliff facing Paro, with great views of Paro valley and Jele Dzong.

Kila Gompa Nunnery

Gangtey is one of the most beautiful destinations in Bhutan. It is a wide glacial valley with a central stream meandering through the open grassland and thickets of dwarf bamboo.

Gangtey Valley

Tashichho Dzong has been the seat of the government since 1952 and presently houses the throne room and offices of the King, the Secretariat and the Ministries of Home Affairs and Finance. Other government departments are housed in buildings nearby.

TashiChhodzong

Behind the Punakha Dzong stretches the Punakha Suspension Bridge, the second longest of its kind in Bhutan. Connecting the Punakha Dzong with the Punakha town, the suspension bridge spans over 350 meters and dangles above the meandering Pho Chhu river.

Suspension Bridge

The bazaar was initiated in 2011 to provide Bhutanese artisans a platform to display and sell their products. It showcases a wide range of authentic made-in-Bhutan arts and craft products.

Crafts Bazaar

Weaving is an integral component of the culture and tradition of Bhutan. With the aim to preserve and promote this living art, the Royal Textile Academy of Bhutan was instituted in May 2005 under the patronage of Her Majesty Gyalyum (Queen Mother) Sangay Choden Wangchuck as a non-government, non-profit organization.

Textile Museum

We Bhutanese treasure our traditional art forms and deem it crucial to preserve them as part of our cultural and religious heritage. It is what gives us our unique identity.

National Institute for Zorig Chusum

The Takin, which the locals refer to as ‘Drong Gyemtsi’ is the National Animal of Bhutan. It has the face of a goat and the body of a cow. The unique looking animal is associated with Drukpa Kunley, a fifteenth century saint, commonly referred to by Westerners as the ‘Divine Madman,’ and sometimes even as ‘The Original Gangsta of Tantra’ due to his unorthodox ways of teaching.

Takin Preserve

Crossing a small cantilever bridge over the Wang Chhu it is a steady climb up hill. People maintain that Zhabdrung spent upto three years in retreat at Cheri.

Cheri Monastery

This nice offbeat hike will take about two hours, depending on your stamina. There is a well-laid path and the climb isn’t very steep as well. The pathway to the monastery is lined with pine and rhododendron trees, colorful prayer-flags, cute resting spots, prayer wheels, Chortens and meditation huts.

Tango Monastery

There are very few things in life that are as satisfactory as a hot stone bath to help you unwind after a long day.

Hot Roasted Stone Bath

Built sometime in the seventh century by the Tibetan Buddhist King SongstenGyempo, KyichuLhakhang is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan and is of prime interest for art connoisseurs, historians, pilgrims and visitors alike.

Kyichu Lhakhang

Originally, the Dzong was referred to as ‘Rinche Pung Dzong,’ or ‘Rinpung Dzong,’ which translates as ‘Fortress on a Heap of Jewels.’ Over time it came to be known as Paro Dzong.

Paro Dzong

Though it originally used to be called Jakar Yugyal Dzong, over time, it has come to be known as Jakar Dzong, which translates as ‘White Bird Dzong,’ and owes its origins to the legend of how a white bird dramatically perched on that very spot where the Dzong was built and how it came to be interpreted as a good omen.

Jakar Dzong

The micro-brewery as well as the Swiss Farm was started in 1996 Fritz Maurer, a Swiss national who got married to a Bhutanese and went on to set up a brewery, and a Swiss Farm.

Bumthang Brewery

Jampey Lhakhang is said to be one of the 108 temples built by the Tibetan King Songsten Gampo in 659 AD. This temple is believed to have been built in a single day in order to pin down a giant female ogress obstructing the spread of Buddhism.

Jambay Lhakhang

The museum was established with artifacts found in the manor that had been handed down from generation to generation through the ages.

Ogyen Chholing

It is one of the most important sites related to Pema Lingpa the renowned Terton (Treasure Discoverer) who is attributed to have founded the monastery.

Kunzang Dra Monastery

Though the valley of Tang is the most remote of Bumthang’s valleys, the Arcadian scenes are truly picture perfect. It is the most off-the-beaten track destinations around Bumthang, and is known for its sheep and buckwheat.

Tang

Perched on a small hillock that rises from the valley floor, Gangtey Monastery is a very important monastery of the Nyingmapa school of Buddhism – the main seat of the Pema Lingpa tradition.

Gangtey Monastery

The village of Gaselo is an ideal location for day excursions and picnics. The region is primarily agrarian and the entire landscape is characterized by the most beautiful rice fields.

Gaselo Village

Adjacent to the 108 Chortens is a memorial in honor of His Majesty the Fourth Druk Gyalpo, Jigme Singye Wangchuck and in commemoration of the hundred years of monarchy in Bhutan.

Druk Wangyal Lhakhang

While on this trek, besides the scenic beauty of Himalayan ranges you will be visiting the two most revered Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Bhutan, Bumdra and Taktshang Monastery. Bumdra means ‘Rock of One Hundred Thousand Foot Prints’. The legends say that a hundred thousand Dakinis (angels) descended here and left their footprints on the rock […]

Bumdra Trek

The king of Bumthang region in the 8th century fell terribly ill after falling out with the local guardian deity. Desperate to recover from the curse, he invited Guru Rinpoche to Bumthang to help the King regain his health.

Kurje Lhakhang

Taktsang translates to The Tiger’s Nest. The monastery is situated 900 meters above the Paro valley precariously perched on a cliff. It has an equally fascinating history.

Paro Taktsang Monastery

Taktsang translates to The Tiger’s Nest. The monastery is situated 900 meters above the Paro valley precariously perched on a cliff. It has an equally fascinating history.

Paro Ta Dzong National Museum

The memorial chorten in Thimphu was built in the honor of the Third King of Bhutan. The Tibetan style white washed stupa is crowned with a golden crescent moon and the sun.

Memorial Chorten

The 51 meter statue of Buddha Shakyamuni sits atop a hill overlooking the Thimphu valley. Buddha Dordenma statue is one of the most prominent landmarks of Thimphu city.

Buddha Dordenma Statue