Bespoke · Luxury · Wellness

The Private Bhutan

Bespoke journeys at Bhutan's finest lodges

Sample itinerary · tailor-made to you
Duration
7–14 days
Best season
Year-round
Travel style
Private
Activity
Easy
Guide price
Price on request
Enquire
Overview

Some travellers want the whole of Bhutan built around them. This is that journey: no fixed route and no fixed dates, just your interests, your rhythm and Bhutan’s most remarkable places to stay – Amankora’s lodges, Six Senses, COMO Uma, Gangtey Lodge and others, each chosen for its setting.

Your days might begin with a private meditation in a seventh-century temple, continue with a picnic by a glacial river, and end in a hot-stone bath. Because Ugyen has guided in Bhutan for more than twenty years, he can open doors that a hotel concierge cannot: an introduction to a lama, a meal with a farming family, a quiet corner of a festival.

Guests taking tea on a terrace
A monk in saffron robes walking through a dzong corridor
A river winding through a green valley
The 108 chortens of Dochula pass
Clouds over the Punakha valley
Highlights

What makes this journey

For the culturally curious

Private visits to temples, dzongs and family homes, and the stories behind them.

For wellbeing

Meditation, yoga, forest walks and the traditional hot-stone bath.

For food lovers

Farmhouse cooking, farmers' markets and Bhutanese tasting menus.

For the active

Day hikes to high passes and monasteries, rafting on the Mo Chhu, mountain biking.

Exceptional stays

Bhutan's finest lodges and resorts, alongside characterful heritage houses.

This journey is designed entirely around you. Tell us your dates and interests and we will send a day-by-day proposal.
What's included

Taken care of

  • Private guide and driver for your whole stay
  • Accommodation of your choice
  • All meals
  • Experiences designed around your interests
  • Visa arrangement and Sustainable Development Fee (itemised in your proposal)

Not included

  • International flights to and from Paro (we can book these for you)
  • Travel insurance
  • Drinks other than water, tea and coffee with meals
  • Tips for your guide and driver, which are always your choice
  • Personal expenses and souvenirs
Pace. Entirely up to you.

As a travel writer, I work with guides (and photographers) on a monthly, often weekly basis. Ugyen Wangchuk, who I met on an extraordinary and constantly evolving journey for the Financial Times, immediately placed into my top three guides of all time. His range of knowledge, across nature, religion, myth, history and culture, runs very deep. It emerges naturally and gently.

Ruaridh NicollScotland