Total Days: 11
Total Nights: 10
Entry Point: Paro
Exit Point: Paro
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Trip Grade: Easy
Trip Mode: Hotel/ Lodge
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This is a short trek, near Thimphu, to a large number of lovely highDagala Thousand Lakes Trekking altitude lakes. You pass through terraced paddy fields and through coniferous forests, to the settlements of Geynikha, 2,500 meters. The trail leads up the ridge and across meadows to a pass at 4,240 meters with a spectacular view of the whole Dagala range. You will pass through several yak herders camps en-route the broad Labatama valley at 4,050 meters. The lakes are flourished with brown trout. Near the lakes is a mass of wild alpine which flowers in September. The routes are not well marked; it is more of a cross-country traverse. The trail descends steeply through mixed forest of rhododendron.
Day 01: Arrival in Paro/transfer to Thimpu
Day 02: Sightseeing in Thimpu
Day 03: Drive to Khoma & Day 1 trek to Geynekha (2950m)
Day 04: Shana - Soi Thangthangkha
Day 05: Gur to Labatamba (4300m)
Day 06: Labatamba to Panka (4000m)
Day 07: Panka to Talakha (3080m)
Day 08: Trek to Simtokha & drive to Thimphu
Day 09: Thimphu - Paro
Day 10: Paro sightseeing
Day 11: Back to onward Destination