Overall, the trip was fantastic and I am truly grateful that you suggested India before Bhutan. However, the hotel in Delhi was superb. They upgraded us to a fabulous room the the 2nd and 3rd times that we were there which was lovely. Our guides in India were fine. I do have a couple of suggestions….I think we could have done with 1 night in Rathombore. We saw 1 tiger on all our safaris, although others saw many more…just lucky. We really liked Jaipur and maybe should have had 2 nights there instead. Darjeeling. Bhutan was really spectacular…we loved it. But there are some suggestions…It was a long drive to the Probjika Valley and we were not excited about it. The hotel was pretty bad and after we hiked a bit and saw Karma the crane, we were ready to leave. We thus stayed only 1 night and went back to Thimphu and stopped for a long hike en route. This was fine. We enjoyed trekking around Paro. However, our trip to Tigernest on May 29 was the same day as a major Buddhist holiday. Could not stand the idea of hiking in the crowds so we convinced out guide to substitute another trek
We went to Tiger nest about 3PM and started walking up as hordes of Indians were descending. Our guide tried to convince us to stop…turned out he and driver did not have a hotel to stay in and I think they were mostly worried about where they would be. The previous night they had to stay in Thimphu and I think they were anxious about getting back….Not clear to me why they had not booked their own rooms when they new the schedule. They did try to be accommodating to us and were very concerned that we were “happy,” although there is no question that they would have preferred we just look at the Tigernest from the highway rather than climbing up. I had a difficult time separating what was convenient for them from what was in our interest. As an example, they left us at Paro airport at 7AM for the 9:30 flight. I realize that it is important to be early but that was really very early…we were the first to check in.
Customised Trip of Golden Triangle (India), Darjeeling & Bhutan Tour
- Person Name Carole Cox Cox
- From USA
- Trip Name Customised Trip of Golden Triangle, Darjeeling & Bhutan
- Travelled Date 13 - 31 May, 2018
- Destination Bhutan
- Guide Gaurav Goyal
- Hotels New Delhi - Vivanta by Taj - Ambassador
Agra - Courtyard by Marricott, Agra
Ranthambhore - The Pugmark (A Wildlife Resort)
Jaipur - ITC Rajputana
New Delhi - Vivanta by Taj - Ambassador
Darjeeling - New Elgin Darjeeling
Phuentsholing - Druk Hotel
Thimphu - Hotel Druk
Punakha - Zhingkham Resort
Gangtey - Hotel Dewachen
Punakha - Meri Phuensum Resort
Paro - Hotel Gangtey Palace
New Delhi - Vivanta by Taj - Ambassador
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