Travel info
Visa for Bhutan
Everyone except nationals of India, Bangladesh and the Maldives needs a visa. You can apply online yourself, or let us file it as part of your booking.
Who needs a visa
Every visitor except nationals of India, Bangladesh and the Maldives needs a Bhutanese visa, cleared before you travel. You can apply online yourself through the Government of Bhutan’s official system, or have a licensed tour operator or hotel file it for you — most of our guests simply let us do it as part of their booking.
Nationals of India, Bangladesh and the Maldives travel on an entry permit instead, which can be issued at the port of entry or arranged in advance online.
How we do it
Once your itinerary is confirmed, send us a colour scan of your passport photo page. It must have at least six months’ validity from your date of entry.
We submit the application to the Department of Immigration with your tour booking and the visa fee. Clearance usually comes back within a few working days, and we forward the approval letter to you by email. You show that letter at check-in for your Paro flight, and the visa itself is stamped into your passport on arrival.
What it costs
The visa fee is a fixed government charge, paid once per visitor along with your tour payment. It sits alongside the Sustainable Development Fee, which is charged per night — both are set by the government, not by us, and both are shown as separate lines on your quote.
Our visa guarantee
When you book with us, your visa is filed by us as part of your tour — every journey we run carries our 100% visa guarantee. Payments, changes and cancellations follow the terms set out in your written quotation.
Start planning
Tell us your dates.
We will do the rest.
Send us how long you have, roughly when you want to come and what you would most like to see. You will get a real itinerary and a clear all-inclusive price back — usually the same day.