Important Information for Bhutan, Land of the Thunder Dragon Spiritual Journey

Bhutan cannot be described in any way – you simply must visit and experience the beauty of the both the landscapes and the amazing people!

: Bhutan Spiritual Journey

: Bhutan spiritual retreat

: Bhutan dancers

: Journey to Bhutan

: Hiking Bhutan

: Bhutan spiritual journey

What’s Included:

All daily meals are included in this program and are noted next to each day and are in parentheses
All spiritual teachings, meditations and ceremonies
All ground transportation in Bhutan
Your local guides
Admission fees to the temples and sites are included.
All tips for the drivers, guides, and bell boys
Special blessing prayer ceremony with the Lama
Two nights at the exquisite Zhiwa Ling luxury hotel
Your roundtrip flights from Bangkok to Paro, Bhutan on Druk Airlines

What’s Not-Included:

Non-included lunches and dinners during your trip to and from Bhutan may need to be paid for in cash so plan accordingly.
Other non-included items would be travel insurance, excess baggage charges & airport taxes (~$10.00), beverages (alcohol, soda), personal items, spa services at Zhiwa Ling, and souvenir shopping!
Your international round-trip air flight is not-included in the cost of the journey.
Tips for the maids (we recommend you leave $1.00 USD per person per day)
Your donation to our humanitarian project (we suggest planning on donating anywhere from between $100.00 – $500.00 USD – it’s personal and up to you)

**Please note we need approximately two-to-three days to fly to Bhutan and one-to-two days to fly home. Make sure you account for these days in your scheduling of this journey.**

Regarding Flights: If you take a flight leaving the USA on Tuesday December 7th from Los Angeles to Bangkok leaving at noon, you will arrive in Bangkok on December 8th at 11:00pm. You will then overnight in Bangkok and together we will catch the Druk Airlines flight to Paro, Bhutan at 5:50am landing in Bhutan at 9:10am the morning of the 9th when our journey begins. Flying home you will catch Druk airlines flight on October 20th leaving Paro at 10:00am arriving in Bangkok at 5:00pm. You will overnight in Bangkok and catch the international flight in the morning to Los Angeles arriving in the USA in the morning on October 21st (you get your day back here).

There are a few late flights that you may be able to take on the 20th that you can check into instead of staying overnight in Bangkok. This set of flights is currently pricing from $1095.00 (with one stop) – $1800.00 (for a non-stop flight on Delta) and $789.00 round trip on Druk Airlines. Some of you may not be taking this set of flights due your location or that you are using frequent flyer mileage (this is a great trip to use mileage on!). You will be responsible for letting us know your information so we can make sure you make the flight to Bhutan. Also you may need to plan to pay for two overnights at our hotel in Bangkok. We did not include that in the trip price because not all folks will be needing an overnight in Bangkok depending on where they are coming from. Some airlines you can use are Delta, EVA, China Air, and Korean Air.

Feel free to make your own flights, but please confirm them with us before booking! If you need help – no worries, Ales in Custom Travel is our travel guru – feel free to ring him at: 604-204-0444 or email him and it will be his pleasure to assist you!

Regarding hiking: There is quite a bit of walking/hiking on this trip – but it is not for the exercise or speed, as much as for the spiritual experience and challenge of what we can and cannot do. Level 3-5 activity rating (out of 5) due to elevation and the hike to Tiger’s Nest temple.

The actual schedule of spiritual teachings and what we will be doing day to day is not published. This is because we teach by channeling spirit which comes in the moment. Every day will be a magical experience for all of us, teachers included! Keep your heart and mind open to the experience life brings us. Our schedule is tentative! Due the remote areas we are traveling to, weather, bad roads and other unseen obstacles may cause us to make changes in the schedule or to visit different sites. We understand that if this happens we were not meant to be where we were going!

On this spiritual journey our intent is to create sacred space where we can learn and share in group for the purpose of transcending our ego-minds and deepening our spiritual connections. The power of our teachings (please make sure you align with the group leader’s philosophy) and ceremonies comes from our combined energy and if group process does not interest you, then this trip would not be your best choice.

(Most of these photos are complements of Insiders Bhutan.)