World Peace Tour to Bhutan

New Delhi, June 18: International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT) announce its second World Peace Tour to Bhutan in collaboration with and organized by Sacred Himalaya Travel.

The tour comes at a time Bhutan is undergoing drastic change in its history.

The focus for this second IIPT World Peace as a Tour of Kindness 2008 began when Sacred Himalaya Travel’s Wendy Erd, met a primary school teacher last summer from Berkeley, California.

During the second, with a small group, maximum 10 guests, IIPT will spend 13 days and 12 nights in Bhutan.

Focused in the Bumthang area, with its gentle wide valleys and ancient spiritual sites, IIPT said it will take easy day hikes along a sparkling river and climb a gentle trail under tall pines to visit young nuns in a small nunnery.

There will be camp under stars for 2 nights nearby Tangbi village joined together with villagers to celebrate Tangbi Mani festival, share stories and songs with young students at a primary school in the high rural valley of Tang; meet with a Lama and listen to his insights and wisdom. Bhutan News Service