The inner adventurer will then be awakened as guests are taken to Punakha, an enclave inthe Bhutanese Himalayas, overlooking the river and mountains. Over the next few days, guests will lunch with monks, hike the King’s Lake route, visit the ancestral home of the four Queens in Talo Village. Stay at Pemako Punakha, the newest hotel in the region, before enjoying a warm welcome at Ama Om’s Homestay for a third night- the family home to Asha Kuma, one of Bhutan’s pre-eminent artists. Guests will also white-water raft the whole way to the Palace of Great Happiness.
There will be a race to see who can get dressed up in the national costume (gho for men and kira for women) the fastest. The best and quickest dressed earns a string of wish fulfilling prayer flags to hang at a high mountain pass (or take home with them).
Try to earn a cocktails / mocktail from the Five Nectars Bar at Pemako, by learning and then reciting various Bhutanese (Dzongkha) phrases.
Whoever can best perform the traditional Bhutanese archery song and dance in celebration of a bullseye will win an audience with a Buddhist Astrologer.