BUTTERFLY TOUR

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Bangkok/Kathmandu/New Delhi-Paro-Thimphu

Day 2: Thimphu

Day 3: Thimphu-Punakha

Day 4: Punakha-Trongsa

Day 5: Trongsa –Tingtibi

Day 6: Tingtibi

Day 7: Tingtibi-Gelephu

Day 8: Gelephu-Mendrelgang

Day 9: Mendrelgang

Day 10: Mendrelgang-Paro

Day 11: Paro

Day 12: Paro-Departure

Tour Description

Ranked in the top 10% of countries in terms of species richness per area unit, Bhutan is home to about 900 species of butterflies. The country has more butterfly species than the whole of North America (679 species) and the whole of Europe (440). Of these, 140 species have been catalogued with photographs. The most popular among these is the Bhutan Glory, the national butterfly.
The diversity of butterfly species can be attributed to the terrain with some flying as high as 5000m above the sea level. Butterflies are indicators of environmental health and diversity. When host plants disappear, butterflies thriving in that habitat also disappear. Therefore the number of species of butterflies in Bhutan makes the Himalayan kingdom an ecological hotspot.