Private Journeys to Bhutan | Bespoke premium Bhutan tours

A premium Bhutan concierge

A bespoke five- to ten-night journey through Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gangtey, Trongsa and Bumthang — designed specially for you, led by a knowledgeable local guide.

Begin your proposal How it works

The approach

A quieter way to plan a week in Bhutan.

step 015 questions

Tell us, briefly.

Five questions: when, who, where you're flying from, the budget tier you'd like to talk in, and what you'd hope to come home with. No essay; a paragraph at most.

step 02A few hours

We respond substantively.

An experienced member of our team reads what you send within a few hours of receipt, and answers about your trip. No template reply, no autoresponder.

step 03≤ 10 nights

We draft, you read.

You receive a bespoke five- to ten-night plan: hotels, the guide we match you to, day-by-day shape, transparent pricing, and the cultural notes that matter. No templates, no forms.

step 0424 hours

Adjust, confirm, arrive.

Yes, confirm. Yes, but let's adjust. Or not now. Whichever you choose, the team is back to you within twenty-four hours. After that, your guide owns it.

step 05Visa · SDF

The rest runs underneath.

Visa and SDF, the flight desk, in-country support: arranged and carried without you having to ask. Everything else runs invisibly underneath.

The valleys · 6 chapters

Valley 01 — Paro

The valley you arrive in, and climb from.

The valley you arrive in, and the valley you climb to Taktsang from. The first and last lodge, chosen so you wake well on both ends of the week.

Best season: March–May · Sep–Nov
Where: Paro
Notes: TaktsangRinpung DzongArrival

Explore Paro

Taktsang, the Tiger's Nest, on the Paro cliff

Valley 02 — Thimphu

The capital, taken slowly.

The capital, taken slowly: National Memorial Chorten in early light, the textile museum at the right hour, dinner where the chef sources locally and explains how.

Best season: Year-round
Where: Thimphu
Notes: Memorial ChortenTextilesBuddha Dordenma

Explore Thimphu

Thimphu at first light, the National Memorial Chorten below the ridge

Valley 03 — Punakha

A dzong at the confluence of two rivers.

Across the 3,100-metre Dochu La pass; rice paddies, the long suspension bridge, and a dzong at the confluence of two rivers that earns its reputation in the late afternoon.

Best season: Oct–Apr
Where: Punakha
Notes: Dochu LaSuspension bridgePho & Mo Chhu

Explore Punakha

Monks walking beneath jacaranda in bloom beside the dzong wall at Punakha

Valley 04 — Gangtey

A glacial valley, cranes in season.

For journeys of seven nights and more. A glacial valley, black-necked cranes in season, and one of the quietest places to spend a night anywhere in the country.

Best season: Nov–Feb (cranes)
Where: Gangtey
Notes: PhobjikhaBlack-necked cranesSeven nights+

Explore Gangtey

A yak grazing among wildflowers in the Phobjikha valley

Valley 05 — Trongsa

The ancestral seat, strung along a ridge.

The ancestral seat of the Wangchuck royal dynasty. The longest dzong in Bhutan, strung along a ridge above the Mangde Chhu; the Ta Dzong museum where the kingdom's modern history began.

Best season: Mar–May · Sep–Nov
Where: Trongsa
Notes: Longest dzongTa DzongWangchuck dynasty

Explore Trongsa

Trongsa Dzong along the ridge, the town on the slope above

Valley 06 — Bumthang

Bhutan's spiritual heartland.

For journeys of nine nights and more. Bhutan's spiritual heartland: Kurjey Lhakhang, Tamshing's 15th-century murals, the apple orchards and buckwheat fields, and the four valleys most travellers never reach.

Best season: Sep–Nov
Where: Bumthang
Notes: Kurjey LhakhangFour valleysNine nights+

Explore Bumthang

Jakar Dzong above the Bumthang valley under low cloud

The guides

A small, hand-picked network.

Closed networkMatched, not listed

We work with a small, carefully curated network of Bhutanese guides, drawn from the country's most knowledgeable cultural translators, light-trek specialists, and master photographers. We do not run a marketplace. We do not list profiles. We match you, specially, to the one whose knowledge, pace, and temperament fit your week.

Knowledgeable. Energetic. Local. Picked one at a time.