All journeys Traveller Type
Groups
Travel with friends or like minded travellers, with a journey shaped around shared interests, good company and discovery.
The Idea
Groups
Travelling with friends or as a group does not have to mean following a generic route at someone else’s pace. We design group journeys that feel social, well-paced and genuinely interesting, whether you are travelling as old friends, a book club, a photography group or simply a collection of people who like doing things properly. The key is getting the balance right: shared experiences, good logistics and enough flexibility for different personalities within the group.
Journeys
Journeys to consider
A starting point — the crafted journeys our travellers return to, each an invitation we shape further around you.
Gatherings
Moments worth
travelling for.
Festivals, ceremonies and set-piece experiences we can weave into your days — chosen to suit the way you like to travel.
Masked festival Paro Tshechu
Spring · Mar–Apr
The valley gathers for days of masked cham dances in the courtyard of Rinpung Dzong — colour, drum and centuries of ritual, watched from seats we hold for you.
Shared table A farmhouse feast
Year-round
An evening in a family farmhouse — red rice, ema datshi and ara by the bukhari stove, with stories that turn hosts into friends.
Living tradition An afternoon of archery
Year-round
Bhutan's national sport, up close — the whistle of the arrow, the teasing songs between teams, and a bow placed in your own hands.
Slow luxury A riverside picnic
Spring & Autumn
A long table set on a river bend, lunch cooked over open flame, and an afternoon with nowhere to be but here.
Craft A weaving workshop
Year-round
Time at the loom with a master weaver in eastern Bhutan — the patience, the pattern and the meaning woven into every thread.
Historic pageant Punakha Drubchen
Winter · Feb–Mar
A dramatic re-enactment of a 17th-century victory, staged in the great dzong at the meeting of two rivers — one of Bhutan's most theatrical gatherings.
Where You'll Stay
Considered places
to rest.
A handful of the lodges, farmhouses and hideaways we return to — chosen for atmosphere, location and the way they let the journey breathe.
Mountain sanctuary
Six Senses Paro
Paro
Palace in the sky
Six Senses Thimphu
Thimphu
Valley hideaway
Six Senses Gangtey
Phobjikha
Flying farmhouse
Six Senses Punakha
Punakha
Forest within a forest
Six Senses Bumthang
Bumthang
Valley retreat
Taj Gangtey
Phobjikha
Mountain heritage
Taj Paro
Paro
Wellness sanctuary
Bhutan Spirit Sanctuary
Paro
Himalayan retreat
COMO Uma Paro
Paro
Riverside luxury
&Beyond Punakha
Punakha
City sanctuary
Pemako Thimphu
Thimphu
Riverside escape
Pemako Punakha
Punakha
Forest retreat
Amankora Paro
Paro
Capital hideaway
Amankora Thimphu
Thimphu
Forest retreat
Amankora Punakha
Punakha
Valley lodge
Amankora Gangtey
Phobjikha
Heritage retreat
Amankora Bumthang
Bumthang
Mindful retreat
Simtokha Wellness Resort
Thimphu
Heritage homestay
Mendegang Heritage Homestay
Punakha
Highland hideaway
Home Tale Laya
Laya
Urban heritage
Norkhil Hotel
Thimphu
Village homestay
Soednam Heritage Home
Haa
From the Journal
Reading for
the road.
Stories, field notes and reflections from Bhutan and beyond — a little context for the journey you're imagining.
It somehow managed to please ten opinionated people at once, which is no small thing.
The Thinking
Designed around people, not places.
This is not a fixed itinerary but a way of travelling — shaped around friends travelling together, special-interest groups, clubs, corporate friendship groups and reunion trips, and the pace and moments that suit them.
Every element on this page — the journeys, the gatherings, the places to stay — is a starting point. We build the final journey with you, in conversation.
A Conversation Begins
Ready to begin your journey?
Every great journey starts with a conversation. Tell us what you're drawn to, and we'll shape this one around you.
Begin your journey