Track Bhutan’s wonderfully odd national animal, watch langurs move through the canopy, and learn how one small kingdom keeps tigers, red pandas, and snow leopards on the same map.
DAY BY DAY ──
1
Arrive Paro, drive to Thimphu. Takin preserve at Motithang.
2
Upper Thimphu valley: Dodena and Cheri forests, home to langurs and Himalayan birdlife.
3
To Punakha through subtropical forest bands.
4
Phobjikha Valley: black-necked cranes in winter, valley wildlife year-round.