BHUTAN – Travel Information

To visit Bhutan you must be a part of an organized tour run by a recognized tour company, owned and operated by Bhutanese Nationals.

Bhutan Tourist Visa

Once you book your tour with us and you settle the payments via wire payment instruction, we will arrange the Bhutan visa for everyone in the group. Bhutan visas are available at the entry point to Bhutan with prior approval. As soon as your tour is confirmed with us and we receive the payments in US$ or Euro, we will apply for your visa clearance for which we will also require a passport copy of each person undertaking the trip.
We will send you the visa clearance well in advance of your visit (usually 30 days prior to arrival). This will be waiting at the Paro Airport or at the land entry point at Phuentsholing if coming by land through India.

A copy of the visa clearance and Druk Air e-ticket will also be provided to you. These two documents are very important and a copy of it, you will have to bring along with you for emergencies.

In case you travel via overland from India to Bhutan, please make sure you carry with you, 2 passport size photographs.
Please make sure that you have given us your passport copies to enable us to apply for your Bhutan visa as soon as you are ready to confirm the Bhutan tour/trek.

If you are connecting via New Delhi (or other ports) in India or if your travel includes India you need an Indian Visa before you leave your home. Please note visas are not available at the airports in India.
If you are traveling via Thailand or Nepal, you can get a Visa upon arrival in Bangkok or Kathmandu airports.

• By AIR.

The National Air Carrier is DRUK AIR, operate several flights a week from Bangkok (Thailand) , Delhi (India), Bagdogra (India), Bhodgaya (India), Kolkata (India) , Kathmandu (Nepal) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) TO PARO (Bhutan)

• By  LAND

Town of PHUNTSHOLING in the southwest has the road access for tourists. It lies approximately 170 kms from the Indian domestic Airport BAGDOGRA, west Bengal.
PHUNTSHOLING is 179kms from the capital city THIMPHU, and takes about 5 hours to drive through scenic mountain roads.

Air Seats To Bhutan(Druk Air, Royal Bhutan Airlines)

Please note that space on flights in and out of Bhutan is very tight as we have only two flights operating in our country, especially during the tourist seasons, therefore we would like to suggest that you work on your dates for your flights and confirm the trip AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. We would recommend you to confirm the trip as early as maybe 5 months and no later than 1 month.
To book flight seats we will need your complete name as in the passport with the title and the Druk Air will give us 1 month to issue the tickets or change dates or cancel.
For latest information on flight schedule, please visit www.drukair.com.bt  for flight schedule or you can email us to enquire about the flights.

CHECK – IN: The reporting time is two hours prior to flight departure. All counters are closed 30 minutes prior to scheduled departure of the flight. Check-in counters in Delhi will close 1 hour prior to the scheduled departure of the flights.

RECONFIRMATION: All reservation must be reconfirmed at least 72 hours before scheduled departure. Failure to reconfirm will result in cancellation of booking without any notice.

VALIDITY: Tickets issued against full fare are valid for a period of one year, except as otherwise provided in the ticket.

AIRPORT/ TRAVEL TAX: Airport/ travel tax is payable by all passengers before embarking a flight.

BAGGAGE

Following registered baggage is allowed free of charge
Class               Adult              Child              Infant
Executive       30kg                30kg                Nil
Economy       20kg                20kg                Nil
Unless otherwise stated by the ticketing carrier, the free baggage allowed when travelling under concessional fares shall be the same as that of full paying passengers.

HAND BAGGES: To comply with the security regulations, passengers may carry only one hand baggage. Its sum of three dimensions (length, breadth and height) should not exceed 100 cm and the weight should not exceed more than 5kg. The hand baggage may comprise:
A lady’s handbag
An overcoat or a wrap
An umbrella or a walking stick
A small camera and a pair of binoculars
A reasonable amount of reading material for the flight
For invalid, passengers, a fully collapsible invalid wheel chair and / or a pair of crutches.
All other items, such as typewriters, briefcases, overnight bags, personal radios, vanity cases, large cameras, etc will be weighted with other baggage and will be subject to payment of excess baggage charges if the total weight exceeds the free baggage allowance.

CONNECTION TIME: All passengers are advised to maintain a minimum of 24 hours connection time to avoid misconnections due to weather, which is one of the major causes for misconnections.

PEAK SEASON MONTHS ARE: FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

OFF SEASON MONTHS ARE: JANUARY, JUNE AND JULY