A Bhutanese team, planning Bhutan
We're a local tour operator in Thimphu. You plan directly with our team, the same people who look after you once you land.
- Licensed tour operator
- Department of Tourism licence 50002428
- ABTO member
- Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators
- Office in Thimphu
- 1085 Gochukha Lam Southeast, Babesa
Why we started
Most trips to Bhutan are sold abroad and passed down a chain of agents before they reach the guide who walks with you. Each step adds cost, and a delay between your question and the answer.
We plan from our office in Thimphu instead, so you talk directly to the people running your trip. Since the 2022 rule change, you can also choose which parts we arrange, from a guide alone to the whole trip.
The team behind our travel guidance
Our travel guides are written by our team in Thimphu. They explain the routes, services and practical questions we help travellers plan.
Tshering Dema
Trip planner
Tshering plans trips with travellers from our office in Thimphu and writes our guides to visas, the SDF, flights and costs.
9 guides on our blog
Yeshi Dorji
Routes and itineraries
Yeshi writes our itineraries and hiking guides, from the Tiger's Nest climb to what to pack for the passes.
7 guides on our blog
Kinley Choden
Festivals and culture
Kinley writes about Bhutan's tshechus and traditions: festival dates, what happens on each day and how to watch respectfully.
10 guides on our blog
For visa rules, government fees and festival dates, our guides link to the Department of Tourism and other official sources, and its travel guidance is the final word. We mark planning estimates and provisional dates clearly, and confirm your guide, with their languages and route experience, as part of your trip arrangements.
How we work
Clear prices
Tour prices include the hotels, guide, transport, visa and SDF. Custom trips get a quote with each service on its own line.
One team, start to finish
The people who answer your first message plan the trip and look after you while you travel.
Your pace
Private tours move at your speed. Swap a day, linger at a dzong or add a rest day. Small groups suit set dates.
Local people doing the work
We work with licensed Bhutanese guides and drivers we know personally, and hotels run in Bhutan.
Where your money goes
Your price includes the government fees, and checkout shows them as their own lines.
- Sustainable Development Fee
- Government of Bhutan
- $100 per adult per night. It funds free healthcare, education and conservation.
- Visa
- Government of Bhutan
- A one-time $40 per person, filed with your trip.
- Guide and driver
- Bhutanese guides
- Licensed guides and drivers who live here.
- Hotels, meals and transport
- Local businesses
- Booked in Bhutan at the standard you choose.
Plan with us directly
Start from one of our tours or tell us what you have in mind. Nothing to pay until you book.