List of top 5 things to do in Bhutan

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Here are we have discussed about top 5 things to do in Bhutan below:

Accommodation

Accommodation is provided in comfortable international standard hotels, cottages and guest houses, many of them constructed for the present king's coronation in 1974.Booking for Tourism Department operated accommodations should be made well in advance through local travel agencies or through the offices of the Tourism Commercial Organization of Bhutan.

Private hotels and guest houses are also available in Thimphu for those tourists from the neighbouring countries. In Phuntsholing there are a welcome group Druk Motel and a few small Private Hotels. The rates of tou-rism run hotels and that of Druk Motel range from Nu. 150 to Nu. 250 per day while the smaller private hotels and guest houses may even be available for a nominal sum of Nu. 9 to Nu. 24.

Sports

Archery is the national sport and the Sunday practice session is well worth seeing. Soccer, volley-ball, golf, badminton, basketball, tennis and table tennis are other popular sports. The country offers abundance of wonderful trout 7--streams and, for the nature lover, a magnificent variety of flowers and birds. The Manes Game Sanctuary in the south is home to a magnificent array of wildlife, including rhinoceros, tigers, elephants, leopards, bears, buffalo, pythons, deer, golden languar (a small monkey native to Bhutan) and tropical and migratory birds. Visitors on wildlife tours are accommodated in a new tourist lodge built in the middle of the forest.

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Shopping

There are small bazars In the towns where some interesting local items can be found including antique silverware There is a small settlement of silver and gold smiths in Thimphu who will make to order with some advance notice. Handicrafts Emporium in Thimphu offers a wide range of Bhutanese handicrafts.

Thimphu (The Capital)

Thimphu, permanent capital of Bhutan since 1960, lies in a broad west-central river valley at an altitude of around 8,100 feet. The town, with around 20,000 inhabitants, is dominated by the newly rebuilt Tashichhodzong a beautiful fortress like monastery constructed on ancient traditional lines without the use of plans or nails. The dzong, which repla-ced an earlier one built by the country's first Shabdrung, Nga-wang Namgyal, in 1641 (the cen-tral "Uchi" portion is part of the original structure) not only hou-ses the national secretariat but is the headquarters of the monk body as well.

It also contains a chamber for the National Assembly and apartments for the King and distinguished visitors. Women are forbidden to remain inside the dzongs after 6 p. m. The "Uchi" contains a succession of temples, one above the other. In the monastery, rows of monks recite ancient Buddhist scriptures, often in gold print, on to oblong strips of paper which are bound between wooden boards.

National Dress

All the people, whether government officials or common people, wear the national dress—KOH (for men: a long robe tied at the waist and pouched over the belt to form a pocket). On ceremonial occasions a sword is worn by all senior officials. Women, who enjoy equal rights with men and play an active part in national affairs, wear an ankle-length robe called KIRA. The Kira is tied at the waist with a wide sash and fastened at the shoulders with silver brooches The Royal Cottage, residence of the King, is across the river from the dzong.

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