How we work

Tailor-made travel

Private journeys designed around you – your dates, your pace, your interests.

Almost every journey we run is designed from scratch around the people taking it. Our sample journeys are only starting points – most travellers change something, and many ask us to begin with a blank page.

Your own guide and driver

Licensed Bhutanese guides, chosen for you – and Ugyen himself on many journeys.

Your dates

Travel when you like. If you’d like to see a particular festival, we’ll plan around the lunar calendar.

Your pace

Early starts for photographers, slow mornings for others. Long hikes or none at all.

Your kind of stay

Farm stays and heritage houses, boutique lodges, or Bhutan’s finest resorts.

Always included

What every journey includes

  • Your own licensed Bhutanese guide and driver throughout
  • All accommodation, chosen for character and setting
  • All meals, from farmhouse lunches to picnics by the river
  • Entrance fees, permits and festival access
  • Your visa arrangement and the government Sustainable Development Fee, itemised in your proposal
  • A day-by-day plan and support from the moment you enquire
Ugyen and a group of guests on a hillside of prayer flags
Ugyen with guests after a morning walk.

Booking

Simple to book

When your plan feels right, a deposit of US$1,000 confirms your journey. The rest of the payment schedule is agreed with you and set out in your proposal, and we pay the Sustainable Development Fee and arrange your visa on your behalf.

Booking terms

Enquire

Begin planning your journey

Tell us a little about your plans and we’ll reply personally, usually within a day.