Evergreen Sojourn

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Ten journeys

Every trip we run, and what each one is actually for.

Private departures only. Ten published itineraries across culture, festivals, trekking, wildlife, wellness, adventure and the luxury circuit — each one a starting point we will redraw around your dates.

How to read this page

Pick the length first, the theme second.

The most common mistake people make planning Bhutan is choosing a theme — festival, trek, culture — and then discovering it does not fit the days they have. Start with the honest number of nights you can give the country, then look at what is possible inside it. Five days is Paro and Thimphu. Eight opens Punakha and Phobjikha. Eleven or more reaches Bumthang, or a base camp.

No prices appear on these pages. Every journey is individually quoted according to your travel dates, number of travellers, accommodation preference, itinerary and requested services — with the government fees shown as their own lines rather than folded into one number.

10
Published itineraries
5 – 12
Nights, shortest to longest
7
Themes covered
100%
Private, never grouped
Cultural journeys

Dzongs, valleys and the everyday life around them.

2 itineraries in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

015 Days · CulturalEasyMarch – May, Sept – Nov

The short trip that still gets you up to Taktsang. Two valleys, three full days, and no drive longer than ninety minutes — built for travellers arriving with a week or less to give Bhutan.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Tiger’s Nest monastery clinging to the cliff above Paro valley
Punakha Dzong framed by jacaranda trees in spring
028 Days · CulturalEasy to moderateMarch – May, Sept – Nov

The classic west, done at a pace that lets you stop. Four valleys, the Dochula pass at dawn, and two nights in Punakha rather than the usual hurried one.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Dochula
  • Punakha
  • Phobjikha
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Festival journeys

Timed to a tshechu, with the festival at the centre of the week.

2 itineraries in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

037 Days · FestivalEasyMarch – April (spring dates)

Bhutan’s largest spring festival, with the Guru Thongdrel unfurled before dawn on the final morning — and four days of quiet valley either side of it.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Paro
  • Haa
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Masked dancers in red silk costume at a Bhutanese tshechu
Cham dancers in motion at a Bhutanese festival
046 Days · FestivalEasyFebruary – March

Two festivals in one week, in the warmest valley in the country. The Drubchen re-enacts a seventeenth-century battle; the Tshechu that follows it is pure dance.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Punakha
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Trekking journeys

Camping at altitude with a full crew and pack horses.

2 itineraries in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

056 Days · TrekkingModerateApril – June, Sept – Nov

Four days on the old walking route between Paro and Thimphu, camping beside glacial lakes at four thousand metres. The best short trek in Bhutan, and the easiest to fit into a normal holiday.

Route
  • Paro
  • Jele Dzong
  • Jangchulakha
  • Jimilang Tsho
  • Simkotra
  • Thimphu
Individually quoted
Trekking tents pitched in a meadow in Bhutan
A chorten on a ridge on the Jomolhari trekking route
0611 Days · TrekkingDemandingApril – June, Sept – Oct

Seven walking days to a base camp beneath a sacred seven-thousander, returning over the Yeli La at 4,890 metres. The finest mountain scenery in the country, and the hardest walking we run.

Route
  • Paro
  • Sharna Zampa
  • Soi Thangthangkha
  • Jangothang
  • Lingshi
  • Shodu
  • Thimphu
Individually quoted
Nature journeys

Cranes, forests and the valleys they winter in.

1 itinerary in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

077 Days · NatureEasyLate Oct – mid Feb (crane season)

Two nights in the glacial valley where around five hundred black-necked cranes spend the winter, with the birds, the forest and the valley’s own festival built into the week.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Punakha
  • Phobjikha
  • Punakha
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Morning mist over the Gangtey and Phobjikha valley
Wellness journeys

Hot stone baths, slow mornings, long stays.

1 itinerary in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

A hilltop monastery looking out over a Bhutanese valley
086 Days · WellnessEasyAll year

Three valleys, long stays and mornings that begin with meditation rather than a departure time. Traditional hot stone baths, a monastery sitting, and no day with more than one thing in it.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Punakha
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Adventure journeys

On the water, on two wheels and on foot.

1 itinerary in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

098 Days · AdventureModerateMarch – May, Sept – Nov

Rafting the Mo Chhu beneath Punakha Dzong, riding down from the Dochula on a mountain bike, and a night camped high above Taktsang so you reach it from above, and early.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Dochula
  • Punakha
  • Paro
Individually quoted
The cantilever bridge below Punakha Dzong at dusk
Luxury journeys

The country’s finest certified hotels and lodges, at an unhurried pace.

1 itinerary in this group. Every one is private, and every one can be lengthened, shortened or merged with another.

Punakha Dzong in autumn light beside the river
1012 Days · LuxuryEasyMarch – May, Sept – Nov

West to centre across five valleys, in the best rooms in the country, with a private blessing at a family temple and a heritage farmhouse dinner arranged around it.

Route
  • Paro
  • Thimphu
  • Punakha
  • Phobjikha
  • Trongsa
  • Bumthang
  • Paro
Individually quoted
Money, plainly

How a quotation is put together.

Every journey is individually quoted according to your travel dates, number of travellers, accommodation preference, itinerary and requested services. Government fees are quoted as separate lines, so you can see exactly what goes to the government and what goes to us.

Quoted on
Your dates, party size, hotel grade and itinerary
Trip covers
Hotels, all meals, guide, driver, vehicle, entry fees, permits, visa processing
Sustainable Development Fee
A government fee, quoted as its own line — see the Visa & SDF page for the current rate
Visa application fee
US$40 per person, one-time and non-refundable
Not included
International flights, travel insurance, tips, drinks
Single room
Supplement quoted on request
Or build your own

None of these is quite right? Say so.

Nine out of ten trips we run started as one of these and ended up somewhere else — a day longer, a trek swapped for a festival, a valley added because of something you read. Tell us what you actually want.