Unfortunately like most of my travels it was unplanned. We were in India then decided - why not see the land where Gross National Happiness is more important than GDP. Hmm if I can dig up my old photo I might blog about it. So - no festival just us satisfy our curiosity and not being able to wander around.
When you look into traveling there you will notice that it is a fixed price per day which comes with a driver and a guide. I do not think things have changed although my trip was 23 years ago.
Why oh why can't we all live like that.