Culture & Cuisine Moderate
Bhutan: Kingdom of the Dragon
Dzongs in the clouds, red-robed monks, and rice terraces carved from Himalayan slopes.
8 days
Max 4–8
Mar–May, Sep–Nov
From
$4,200 pp
Bhutan · Nepal · Sri Lanka
South Asia
Himalayan kingdoms, ancient temples, and cultures that measure happiness differently.
South Asia's mountain kingdoms operate on a different calculus: Bhutan measures Gross National Happiness; Nepal guards the world's highest peaks as sacred; Sri Lanka has been civilised longer than most countries have existed. We travel these places with historian-guides who can read a temple inscription and know a spice by touch. The Himalayas are the backdrop, but the foreground is always human: a monk's morning chant, a grandmother's cooking fire, a dzong silhouetted against a glaciated peak.
Why travel here
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Tiger's Nest Monastery: Bhutan's defining image, earned by the climb
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Annapurna Circuit: the classic Himalayan trek, reachable in days
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Sigiriya rock fortress: Lion's Rock rising from Sri Lanka's Cultural Triangle
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Teahouse trails of Nepal: walking from village to village through vertical landscape