Everything you need to know to plan your trip to Bhutan
10 min read • Sep 26, 2022
Here’s the lowdown on Bhutan's new travel rules and exactly how to arrange a trip to this unique and magical Himalayan country.
Travel Stories
Bhutan
- How to plan your dream trip to the Himalayas
5 min read • Jan 28, 2021
With suggested itineraries and ideas for alternative destinations, here's everything you need to plan your dream trip to the Himalayan region.
- Bhutan: adventure in the Land of the Thunder Dragon
4 min read • Oct 9, 2019
Enter the Land of the Thunder Dragon for a dizzying dose of precipitous adventure pursuits, whether on foot, bicycle or river raft.
- Escaping Thimphu: where to go to find Bhutan’s hidden treasures
9 min read • Nov 5, 2018
Bhutan may be a tiny dot on the map, but its topography is epic, even daunting, in scale. Measured in terms of altitude change rather than miles, this is…
- Getting the best out of your trip to Bhutan
6 min read • Oct 29, 2018
Mention Bhutan to savvy travellers and you normally get two reactions. First comes a wistful ‘aaahh’, as people summon up hazy images of a pristine…
- Know your gompas: a Lonely Planet guide to Tibetan Buddhist monasteries
6 min read • Sep 19, 2014
One of the most surprising things about the Himalaya is how this desolate, almost monochrome landscape has produced so much vivid colour. From Kathmandu…
- Bhutan: kingdom of the clouds
4 min read • Jun 27, 2012
Bhutan is an otherworldly place, where Buddhist traditions mix with a new-found modernity and great reverence is shown to tigers, Steven Seagal and the…
- Bhutan's unknown east: go where few others have
3 min read • May 20, 2011
'We are only the third group to visit in at least 15 years.'
- Bhutan - welcome to Shangri-La
3 min read • Feb 7, 2011
Bhutan, for years closed off from the rest of the world, seems like a little slice of Himalayan heaven.