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Blue Poppy Tours and Treks
About Blue Poppy Tours and Treks
Blue Poppy Tours and Treks is a specialist tour operator with offices in London and Bhutan. They specialise in tailor-made itineraries for individuals and small groups. They can arrange culture tours, festival tours, treks and specialist tours such as bird watching, botanical tours, textile tours. As well as other activities such as biking, racing, archery and farmhouse visits.
Blue Poppy work closely with the luxury hotels in Bhutan and have experience with arranging high-end tours for those who want to upgrade. They will arrange flights in and out of Bhutan, visa applications and all the other arrangements to make your clients’ trip a success.
Blue poppy itineraries are tailored to match the interests of their clients. Some popular tours focus on arts and crafts, spiritual experiences, textiles, birdwatching, botany, day hikes or treks and so on. They also partner with other companies to design special offerings and started the first Paro marathon, now an annual event. They also partner with Marathon agent 2:09 Events to hold the annual Thunder Dragon Marathon, as well as working with Trail Run Adventures to offer an amazing trail run on the great trek routes of Bhutan!
To discover more about Blue Poppy Tours and Treks’s unique journeys and commitment to sustainable travel, visit their website.
Unique & Special Experiences
Playing Archery with Locals
📌 Bhutan
Archery is the national sport of Bhutan, traditionally played with bamboo bows and arrows (but latterly with high-performance fibre-glass bows imported from USA). It is played across the country on weekends and holidays, usually as a full day event, with plenty of feasting and singing and dancing as the competition hots up. We will arrange for you to try your hand on a local archery field with the traditional bamboo bow.
Try a Traditional Hot Stone Bath
📌 Bhutan
The traditional method of bathing in Bhutan before the arrival of modern plumbing – this can be done in a farmhouse or in many hotels. The bath is taken in a stone or wooden box with a separate section at the end where fire-heated rocks are placed to heat the water. Natural herbs are often added.
Meet a Lama (Head Monk)
📌 Bhutan
Listen to a talk on meditation, Buddhism or the Bhutanese philosophy of Gross National Happiness – elaborate – GNH (Gross National Happiness) is a philosophy enshrined in the constitution of Bhutan, amounting to a guiding set of principles that are used to ensure the collective happiness and well-being of the population.