Travel · Explore · Experience
Roam the kingdom at your own pace.
Private journeys planned in Thimphu — fortress-monasteries and festival courtyards, high camps and quiet farmhouse valleys, arranged around the way you like to travel.
27.47° N · 89.64° E — Thimphu
4 journeys
Culture & Dzongs
Fortress-monasteries, living temples and the stories behind them.
2 journeys
Festival Journeys
Masked dances, sacred fire and whole valleys in their best dress.
2 journeys
Treks & High Camps
Ridgelines, glacial lakes and nights under a sky full of stars.
2 journeys
Slow & Family
Unhurried valleys, farmhouse kitchens and trips for all ages.
Handpicked journeys
Six ways to begin
Every journey is private and can be reshaped around you. Each one ends in a personal quotation, never a price list.
Culture · 10 days
Thimphu · Punakha · Phobjikha · Bumthang · Paro
Culture · 13 days
Paro · Thimphu · Punakha · Bumthang · Mongar · Lhuentse · Trashigang · Samdrup Jongkhar
Welcome to Roam Bhutan
A kingdom best explored slowly — with someone who knows the way
Roaming is travelling with curiosity and time: taking the side road to a village temple, staying an extra night because the valley asked you to, learning the name of the woman who served your butter tea.
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We live here
Our office is in Babesa, Thimphu. We know which pass is clear this week and which village is celebrating.
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Every journey is private
No fixed departures and no strangers in the vehicle — your dates, your pace, your hotels.
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Honest quotations
The visa fee and Sustainable Development Fee always sit on their own lines.
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One team, start to finish
The people who answer your first message meet you at Paro and stay a phone call away.
Festivals through the year
Be there when the courtyard fills
Tshechus follow the lunar calendar, so their dates move every year. We time journeys around them — tell us your window and we will check what falls inside it.
March – May
Spring
- Paro Tshechu
- Gomphu Kora
June – August
Summer
- Kurjey Tshechu
September – November
Autumn
- Thimphu Tshechu
- Jambay Lhakhang Drup
- Black-necked Crane Festival
December – February
Winter
- Punakha Drubchen & Tshechu
- Trongsa Tshechu
Where we roam
Nine valleys, one kingdom
From the western valleys around Paro to the weaving villages of the far east.
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Paro
Paro Taktsang (Tiger's Nest) · Rinpung Dzong and Nyamai Zam
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Thimphu
Buddha Dordenma · Tashichho Dzong
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Punakha & Wangdue
Punakha Dzong · Chimi Lhakhang
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Phobjikha
Gangtey Goenpa · The Gangtey nature trail
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Trongsa
Trongsa Dzong · The Ta Dzong watchtower museum
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Bumthang
Jambay Lhakhang · Kurje Lhakhang
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Haa
The Chele La pass · Lhakhang Karpo and Lhakhang Nagpo
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Mongar & Lhuentse
Lhuentse Dzong · Khoma weaving village
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Trashigang & Trashi Yangtse
Trashigang Dzong · Chorten Kora
Guest reviews
In our travellers' words
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Our guide had a gift for timing: the dzong just as the monks came out, the pass before the cloud rolled in. Every hotel was spotless and warm, and nobody ever rushed us.
Hannah
Ireland · First Bearings: Thimphu, Punakha & Paro
The drive over the Black Mountains was long but beautiful, and the stops were perfectly judged. Bumthang felt like another century. We ate buckwheat pancakes every single morning.
Arjun & Kavya
Five days, one other group of trekkers, and more lakes than I could count. The crew were cheerful in rain and sun, and the cook made fresh bread in the middle of nowhere.
Lukas
Switzerland · Dagala Thousand Lakes Trek
Travel info
Everything practical
Visas, fees, flights, seasons, altitude and etiquette — explained plainly.
Visa & Entry Permits
Who needs a visa, what it costs, and how to apply — yourself or through us.
Sustainable Development Fee
The nightly fee that funds Bhutan's schools, hospitals and forests — rates and how it is paid.
Getting to Bhutan
Flights into Paro, the two national airlines, and the three land borders with India.
Best Time to Visit
Blossom, festivals, clear peaks or quiet winter valleys — what each month brings.
Health, Altitude & Safety
How high you will be, how to pace yourself, and staying healthy on the road.
Money, Phones & Internet
The ngultrum, cards and cash, local SIM cards, Wi-Fi and power sockets.
Culture & Etiquette
Dress in dzongs, walking clockwise, photography and festival manners.
What to Pack
Layers, shoes, temple clothing and trek kit — lists by season and trip type.
Where You Stay
Certified hotels from comfortable to luxury, farmhouse homestays and trek camps.
Licensed & recognised
Authorised by & affiliated with
Roam Bhutan operates under licence from the Department of Tourism, Royal Government of Bhutan, and is a member of the national associations for tour operators and guides.
Flights into Paro: Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines, and Bhutan Airlines.
Department of Tourism
ABTO
Guide Association of Bhutan
Plan your journey
Send Inquiry & Get a Quotation
Tell us when you would like to travel, who is coming and what draws you to Bhutan. We reply with a draft itinerary and a personal quotation, and shape it with you until it feels right.
- Private journeys, planned around you
- Visa, SDF, hotels, guide and transport arranged
- No obligation — ask anything
Your enquiry