Individual private tour to Bhutan

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Overview

The small Buddhist kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayas is a fascinating travel destination with a lot of potential. If you go about it the right way, you can have a unique trip in Bhutan that is completely customized to your individual desires.

Who has not wanted to visit the country with the happiest people?

Bhutan offers incredibly intense insight into Buddhism, Buddhist culture and features an impressive untouched Himalayan landscape.

But a trip to Bhutan is not cheap. Daily tourists pay a $200 fee to travel through the Mountain State. Costs for accommodation, the mandatory guide and vehicle, as well as meals and entrance fees are additional.

It is therefore all the more important that the Bhutan trip corresponds exactly to the wishes of the travelers. We want to help with this and are happy to assist in the development of the travel program.

Because the good news: Whether you travel in a group with a fixed program, or completely individually and privately, makes little difference in price.

Always with you on the trip is a local guide who knows the area and a driver with vehicle.

There are many possibilities of a Bhutan trip:

as a short round trip with the highlights of Bhutan and possible combination with an India (trekking trip)
as a longer cultural tour across Bhutan
with entry or exit by air or land from and to India
as a bike or motorcycle trip
in combination with a trekking trip

Our recommendation: Combine the Bhutan trip with a stay in India. Because the only flight option is really only via India or Nepal anyway, or you travel across the land border with India.

It is especially recommended to combine the Bhutan trip with a Himalayan trekking tour in India, or with an active cultural tour through Assam in the North Eastern States. But also all other destinations of Nepal and India can be combined with Bhutan.

Update:

Update regarding the new change in SDF incentive for all US-Dollar SDF-paying tourists by the Royal Government of Bhutan which comes into effect from 1^st June 2023 till 31^st December 2024.

Depending on their planned itinerary, visitors can choose any of the following options with effect from June 01, 2023:

· 4 + 4: Pay the SDF of USD 200 per night, per person, for the first four nights, and receive up to four additional nights without the daily levy.

· 7 + 7: Pay the SDF of USD 200 per night, per person, for the first seven nights, and receive up to seven additional nights without the daily levy.

· 12 + 18: Pay the SDF USD 200 per night per person, for the first twelve nights, and receive up to eighteen additional nights without the daily levy.

Program

The following program points can be arranged in the Bhutan trip to make a nice travel program:

Sightseeing in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan
Hike to the Tiger’s Nest, also as a two-day hike via Bumdra
Visit of Punakha, Trongsa and Paro with their dzongs (forts), temples and stupas
Trip to central Bhutan in the Bumthang region with hiking, village visits and cultural sightseeing
Hike and visit to Phobjikha Valley
Journey Across Bhutan from East to West
Trekking tours
Cooking classes, archery, healing hot stone bath, thankga workshop, meditation classes.
Overnight stays in farmhouses
Participation in local festivities with mask dance
Visit Ha Valley

Included services

All accommodations
All grinding times
Water
all entrance fees
English-language guide
Transport in vehicle with driver
Daily fee of $200 for foreign guests
all activities as mentioned
Visa

~~Arrival and departure Paro~~
~~Tip~~

Highlights

Prices and dates

Travel to Bhutan is possible all year round. In the months of July and August there is a lot of rainfall because of the monsoon rains. The months from December to February are winter in Bhutan and therefore much colder.

Price:

approx. 385 € per person/day in double room

Single room supplement: 35 €

Update regarding the new change in SDF incentive for all US-Dollar SDF-paying tourists by the Royal Government of Bhutan which comes into effect from 1^st June 2023 till 31^st December 2024.

Depending on their planned itinerary, visitors can choose any of the following options with effect from June 01, 2023:

· 4 + 4: Pay the SDF of USD 200 per night, per person, for the first four nights, and receive up to four additional nights without the daily levy.

· 7 + 7: Pay the SDF of USD 200 per night, per person, for the first seven nights, and receive up to seven additional nights without the daily levy.

· 12 + 18: Pay the SDF USD 200 per night per person, for the first twelve nights, and receive up to eighteen additional nights without the daily levy.

Therefore trips from 5 nights onwards get less expensive.

Travel info

Requirements

Bhutan is an easy country to travel to. For possible hiking, biking or trekking tours, a certain level of physical fitness and enjoyment of movement is required.

Departure and arrival

You can only fly to Bhutan with the two Bhutanese airlines Bhutan Airlines or Drukair via Nepal (Kathmandu) or India (Delhi, Kolkata, Bagdogra). Therefore, shorter or longer stays are additionally offered on site in India or Bhutan.

In addition, it is possible to arrive or depart by land between India and Bhutan.

We will be happy to assist you in planning your arrival, departure or onward journey.