Private, fully customisable Bhutan trips - 5-day Paro and Thimphu escapes to 11-day circuits with Sikkim and Darjeeling. By starting city: Bhutan packages from Hyderabad · Bhutan packages from Bengaluru · Bhutan packages from Chennai · Bhutan packages from Mumbai · Bhutan packages from Delhi · Bhutan packages from Pune
Bhutan is small and deliberate, and it is one of the few places where the pace of a trip is set by the country rather than by you. Almost every route runs through the same three valleys. Paro holds the airport and Taktsang, the Tiger's Nest monastery on its cliff, which is the walk everyone comes for. Thimphu is the capital and still has no traffic lights — a policeman directs the junction by hand — with the Buddha Dordenma looking down over the valley. Punakha is the warmest and, to a lot of people, the finest: its dzong sits on the tongue of land where the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers meet, and you reach it over the Dochula pass and its 108 chortens. Our Bhutan trips run five to eleven days, and one route carries on into Darjeeling and Gangtok rather than flying straight home. All are private and customisable. Bhutan also charges a government Sustainable Development Fee for every night you stay — we confirm the current rate with your quote, so it is never a surprise at the border.
8 days / 7 nightsPrivate tripThe full climb to the Tiger's Nest, with the valleys either side.
7 days / 6 nightsPrivate tripThe river dzong at Punakha and the long ridge of chortens.
6 days / 5 nightsPrivate tripThe permits and the daily fee handled, the passes and dzongs covered.
6 days / 5 nightsPrivate tripThe climb to the Tiger's Nest and the chortens at Dochula.
5 days / 4 nightsPrivate tripA short first look at the kingdom, with the Buddha above the capital.
6 days / 5 nightsPrivate tripOverland through Phuentsholing, then the passes and the cliff monastery.
6 days / 5 nightsPrivate tripThe same private route, slowed down for two - decor and a candlelight dinner built in.
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6 days / 5 nightsPrivate tripThe same private route, slowed down for two - decor and a candlelight dinner built in.
8 days / 7 nightsPrivate tripThe glacial valley at Gangtey, beyond where most itineraries stop.
11 days / 10 nightsPrivate tripThree Himalayan corners in one run, from the dzongs to Tiger Hill.
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Every Bhutan trip on this page can start from any Indian city. The city pages say how long the flight is from there and whether there is a non-stop. Package prices are for the land part of the trip; a planner quotes the flight separately on request, so you choose the airline and the dates.
Five days by air covers Thimphu, Paro and the Tiger's Nest hike; six days adds Punakha over the Dochula pass, or pays for the drive in and out when you enter by road from Siliguri; seven or eight days fits Punakha with the Gangtey valley or Chele La on the road route; eleven days crosses back into India for Gangtok and Darjeeling.
Stays are in Thimphu and Paro on every trip, Punakha in the warmer valley beyond Dochula, and one or two nights in Phuentsholing on the border when the trip goes in by road from Siliguri.
5 days / 4 nights, from ₹28,500 per person: 5 Days Bhutan Paro Thimphu Getaway (5D/4N, from ₹28,500).
6 days / 5 nights, from ₹28,500 per person: 6 Days Bhutan Paro Thimphu Escape (6D/5N, from ₹28,500); 6 Days Bhutan Escape from Siliguri (6D/5N, from ₹38,990); 6 Days Bhutan Sightseeing Getaway (6D/5N, from ₹39,290).
7 days / 6 nights, from ₹45,499 per person: 7 Days Bhutan Punakha Dochula Escape (7D/6N, from ₹45,499).
Eight days and longer, from ₹48,299 per person: 8 Days Bhutan Gangtey Valley Escape (8D/7N, from ₹48,299); 8 Days Bhutan Taktsang Trek Adventure (8D/7N, from ₹52,990); 11 Days Bhutan Sikkim Darjeeling Grand Escape (11D/10N, from ₹61,000).
Bhutan packages from India start at ₹28,500 per person: ₹28,500 for 5 days and ₹45,499 for 7 days. That is a land package: the hotels, airport transfers, the sightseeing and activities listed on each trip page, and a planner on WhatsApp through the trip. Flights from India are not included; they are quoted separately so you pick the airline and dates. Visa and entry fees are paid separately unless the trip page lists them. Our planner handles the entry permit for you.
Bhutan is a foreign trip Indians can take without a visa, even on a Voter ID card: the currency is pegged to the rupee, the nightly SDF for Indians is ₹1,200 (as of September 2026) rather than the US$100 most other nationalities pay, and the monasteries, forests and quiet mountain roads are about an hour's flight from Kolkata or a little over two hours from Delhi. The price moves with the hotel category, the month and the group size, so share those three and you get an exact quote rather than a starting figure.
Every Bhutan plan here comes at two stay levels. Standard is a handpicked 3-star hotel in each place and is the listed price. Deluxe is the best available 4-star at about ₹6,000 more per person, chosen on the trip page. Five-star stays, a pool villa or a named property are quoted on request at the day's rate.
Name the hotel you want - a chain you trust, one you found on a booking site, or the one a friend stayed in - and the planner rebuilds the quote around it. The private plans are yours to change: the number of nights in each place, the order of the days, a sightseeing swap or an extra day; the fixed-date group departures keep their own hotels and schedule.
The hotel names go on your quote and your voucher before you pay anything, with the room category and the meal plan, so what you compare is exactly what you get. Travloger plans and runs the trip from the first message to the last day: the quote, the stays, the visa or entry permit, which we apply for, the transfers and a planner on WhatsApp throughout.
Couples: 2 honeymoon plans, with the honeymoon touches each trip page lists, from ₹40,990: 6 Days Bhutan Escape from Siliguri Honeymoon (6D/5N, from ₹40,990); 6 Days Bhutan Sightseeing Honeymoon (6D/5N, from ₹41,290).
Families: 2 family plans, from ₹39,290: 6 Days Bhutan Sightseeing Getaway (6D/5N, from ₹39,290); 7 Days Bhutan Punakha Dochula Escape (7D/6N, from ₹45,499).
Friends and solo travellers take the standard plans and split rooms; every trip here is planned around your dates and group, and where a tour or day trip runs on a shared basis, the trip page says so.
Phuentsholing sits on the West Bengal border, so a road trip can leave Bhutan and continue to Gangtok, roughly 220 km and a long day's drive, for Tsomgo Lake and Nathu La, then on to Darjeeling, about 100 km from Gangtok.
1 trip on this page, from ₹61,000 per person: 11 Days Bhutan Sikkim Darjeeling Grand Escape (11D/10N, from ₹61,000).
Punakha is about 75 km from Thimphu, usually two and a half to three hours over the 3,100-metre Dochula pass and its 108 chortens; the dzong stands where the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers meet. Beyond it, the Phobjikha (Gangtey) valley is where black-necked cranes spend the winter, from the last week of October to mid-February.
2 trips on this page, from ₹45,499 per person: 7 Days Bhutan Punakha Dochula Escape (7D/6N, from ₹45,499); 8 Days Bhutan Gangtey Valley Escape (8D/7N, from ₹48,299).
Fly into Bagdogra, drive roughly 160 km (usually four to five hours) to Jaigaon and cross into Bhutan at Phuentsholing, where the permit is checked; Thimphu is about another 145 km, typically five to six hours on the mountain road with stops. It adds a travel day each way, but it avoids the Paro flight, and Bagdogra has non-stops from Hyderabad (two a day) and Bengaluru (one a day), quoted separately.
2 trips on this page, from ₹38,990 per person: 6 Days Bhutan Escape from Siliguri (6D/5N, from ₹38,990); 6 Days Bhutan Escape from Siliguri Honeymoon (6D/5N, from ₹40,990).
11 places most Bhutan trips are built around, in the order a first visit usually takes them. Five days by air covers Thimphu, Paro and the Tiger's Nest hike; six days adds Punakha over the Dochula pass, or pays for the drive in and out when you enter by road from Siliguri; seven or eight days fits Punakha with the Gangtey valley or Chele La on the road route; eleven days crosses back into India for Gangtok and Darjeeling.
Visa: Indian citizens do not need a visa for Bhutan: you get a free entry permit, applied for online before travel or issued on arrival at Paro airport or a land border such as Phuentsholing, where the wait can be long. Carry an Indian passport valid for at least six months from the day you leave Bhutan, or your original Voter ID card; children under 18 can use a passport or birth certificate and must travel with a legal guardian. Aadhaar, PAN and driving licences are not accepted as entry documents. As of September 2026 the Sustainable Development Fee (SDF) for Indians is ₹1,200 per adult per night, ₹600 for children aged 6 to 11 and nothing under 6, and a guide certified by Bhutan's Department of Tourism must accompany you. The SDF is paid on top of the package price unless the trip page lists it as included, and our planner handles the entry permit for you.
Flights: No Indian airline flies into Bhutan: Paro is served only by Drukair and Bhutan Airlines, which fly from Delhi and Kolkata every day, from Guwahati and Bagdogra on some days, and seasonally from Gaya. Kolkata to Paro takes about an hour and Delhi to Paro about 2 hours 20 minutes; Drukair also flies Kolkata to Gelephu in southern Bhutan twice a week. From Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai you connect in Delhi or Kolkata, or fly to Bagdogra (non-stop from Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Delhi) and drive four to five hours to the border at Phuentsholing. Timetables as of September 2026 and subject to change.
Best time: March to May and late September to November are the best months: rhododendrons and the Paro Tshechu in spring, and the clearest Himalayan views from October, which is also the busiest and dearest time. From late June to late September the monsoon hides the peaks in cloud and landslides can slow the road up from Phuentsholing. December to February is cold, with nights around or below freezing in Thimphu and Paro, but the days are mostly dry, clear and quiet.
Money: Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu), pegged one to one with the Indian rupee. Rupee cash is widely accepted, so most Indian travellers carry rupees, but the Embassy of India in Thimphu says notes above ₹100 (₹200 and ₹500) may be carried only up to ₹25,000 in total, with anything more in ₹100 notes or smaller. Visa and Mastercard work at ATMs and are widely used in the towns, much less so in the countryside. UPI payments through the BHIM app have been possible in Bhutan since July 2021, but not every shop takes them, so do not rely on UPI alone.
The longer answers, one page each: what the whole trip costs from India, the permit rules for Indian passports, the best months, a day-by-day itinerary and the comparison people ask about most.
