Dec 17, 2024
Bhutan Travel Club is the best! - Bhutan was an unexpected add on to my Asian trip. Peldon at Bhutan Travel Club was so flexible with dates and made the visa process seamless. A solo traveller from Romania was added to our duo and we made a fun troupe of three. Bijay, our guide was a wonderful ambassador for this beautiful country and had our best interests in mind at all times. There are some tricky mountain passes to navigate and I always felt we were in safe hands with our driver, Subba. I learned so much about the culture, religion and people because of Bijay’s extensive knowledge. The hiking was tailored to our ability which gave us the confidence to hike up to Tigers Nest. The homestays were extra special as it gave us a chance to be part of village life. All water, entrance fees to museums & temples, 3 meals a day + tea & snacks, transportation (air, van & airport transfers), lodging, trekking poles, 1 hot stone bath and many extras were included. It was a trip of a lifetime that I will never forget. I will miss Bijay singing tunes as we hiked through the forest.
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Dec 10, 2024
Beautiful Bhutan - We had a very enjoyable tour with a lot of in-depth information. Our guide was very knowledgeable and made our experience fantastic. They were a professional travel company from start to finish. We would definitely recommend them for anyone wishing to travel to Bhutan.
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Dec 1, 2024
Best in Bhutan: BTC - By far, the best option for cultural tour with light trekking. After considerable research, I booked an extended version of this trip.
Pelden and his associates provided options (like two rural home stays) and extras (tickets to an excellent play in Thimpu, addressing social dilemmas unique to Bhutan, yet globally relevant) in addition to providing a great deal of flexibility regarding treks and cultural/historical events.
Our guide, Bijay, and our driver, Subba, were incredibly attentive to our capabilities, interests, and needs throughout the trip. We could not have been better cared-for.
We were a small group of three, and found that our varied interests —and abilities to enjoy spicy foods!—were thoughtfully considered throughout our 15 day trip.
This is a local company with a large heart. You’ve looked at the rest? Book with the best: cultural tours, mountain bike tours, and even major treks…BTC has it dialled!
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Nov 17, 2024
Changes your life. - I’ve been to over 60 countries during 30+ years of active travel with the prime objective to find the more unique places on earth. Places that change you forever. Without hesitation, I would rate my family’s recent trip to Bhutan as #1 – and I give credit to the Bhutan Travel Club for making that a reality. If you’re thinking about Bhutan, you should stop thinking and start doing. It’s a magnificent country, with a special culture exuded by the most wonderful people within spectacular mountains, valleys, and villages. And the Bhutan Travel Club not only made sure everything worked perfectly but provided “behind the curtain” exposure to what makes this country the supremely special place that it is. We hiked through pristine forests and valleys, visited off the track monasteries, received detailed history of an area as we walked, ate at family restaurants, and stayed at unique and supremely wonderful lodging always with amazing views. Every detail was exceptional, moment after glorious moment. On one hike through a remote mountain village, we were invited to tea inside a woman’s house and spent a truly special hour talking though our guide about our respective lives. It seems like such a small moment, but we walked out glowing over the fact that there are still kind, high-spirited, wonderful people in this world. This experience with the people of Bhutan was repeated over and over again on our journey across the country. The whole time we felt so alive with no real words to properly grasp the moment. We repeated that there was just going to be no way to tell people back home just how special this trip was, and that only coming here can do that. We saw, got emersed in, and tasted so many wonderful things. Our guides were absolutely fantastic. They were knowledgeable, on time, personable, and always thinking about our needs and how they could make things even better for us. The owner of BTC, Pelden, is also a very special person to say the least is the magic behind the whole process. Frankly, they all became friends by the end of the trip and it felt like leaving behind family when we flew home.
The Bhutan Travel Club can tailor the trip to be or emphasize anything you wish from trekking to history to special sites – and you can even adjust it as you go. We tweaked our original itinerary almost daily as our experience with the country grew. I would urge anyone with even an inkling about Bhutan to absolutely go – and to be sure you use the Bhutan Travel Club to do so. I promise it will be one of the most important experiences of your life.
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Nov 12, 2024
Trip of a lifetime - I traveled to Bhutan with friends in October of 2023 hoping for a bucket-list worthy, memorable time. We were not disappointed! Bhutan Travel Club arranged our experience and it was top-notch. They were able to customize our itinerary according to our desires including a farm-stay and two local festivals which were highlights of the trip. Our guide Leki was amazing: extremely knowledgable, attentive, considerate and a pleasure to spend time with. We felt like we hit the jackpot with him. Every day was more interesting and beautiful than the previous one. Bhutan is truly a magical country and I'd easily recommend Bhutan Travel Club to help arrange a trip there.
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Nov 2, 2024
The Trip of a Lifetime - We just returned from an amazing custom 10 night, 11 day tour in October 2024 organized by Bhutan Travel Club. Organizing everything with them over email and then Whatsapp was super easy and they were incredibly helpful and responsive, putting together a custom itinerary for us so that it matched with our flight itinerary (which was a bit restricted due to flying in via Singapore with only two flights to/from Singapore per week.) They organized our travel visa and we were also provided with a SIM card for our phones and some local currency so those were things we did not need to worry about. Our guide and driver were both very professional, caring, and super fun to hang out with the whole time. The highlight of the trip was being the first people to hike up to the Tigers Nest Monastery which allowed us to walk around it in total peace and quiet by ourselves, what a treat! The weather was perfect the entire time, the local food was delicious, but be warned to not ask for spicy unless you really want spicy! The Bhutanese people were all very kind and super gracious hosts, everywhere was incredibly photogenic it was actually kind of surreal to actually be there. Bhutan was a trip of a lifetime, the country and the people will forever be in our hearts.
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Nov 1, 2024
Forever Grateful to Bhutan Travel Club - We fell completely in love with Bhutan! Its smiling people filled with compassion, its magical culture filled with spirituality, its natural beauty filled with jaw-dropping vistas, and the Bhutan Travel Club who made it all happen. We have been to 40+ countries and have never had a travel experience as beautifully and deeply affecting as this one. We have also never used a travel company to plan our itinerary...until Pelden came into my life. He not only genuinely wants to connect and get to know you, but also generously spends all the time necessary to guarantee your itinerary suits your travel style and fulfills all of your wishes. And trust me, I had a lot of wishes: overnighting in a monastery, staying at a working farm, experiencing a homestay, hiking a minimum of 3 hours a day, hanging prayer flags at a sacred spot, receiving blessings and astrological readings, attending a puja, seeing Mt Everest from the plane, going further east and more remote, and countless others. He truly loves his country and will ensure that you do too.
With the Bhutan Travel Club, you not only get Pelden, but also a private guide and driver 24/7. As independent travelers, we were initially ready to carve out some private exploration...until BJ and Subba greeted us at the airport with big smiles and bigger hearts. BJ our guide was absolutely phenomenal and will be a friend forever. Part seasoned historian, part nimble athlete, and part fun-loving child -- he brought enthusiasm, knowledge, laughter, games, and story telling into every stop and experience. Thank you for teaching us archery and hope you're still playing baseball! Subba our driver was equally amazing. He was our caretaker, keeping us hydrated, fed, and safely on schedule for every destination. We couldn't imagine being without them all day every day.
I'm sure we would have loved Bhutan regardless of who we chose for a tour company. But I am certain we fell in love with this country because of BTC. Most of the companies go to similar sights, but what sets BTC apart is more the feeling than the doing. You will feel the authenticity of BTC, the energy of mother nature, the commanding power of the mountains, the kindness of the people, the traditions of the culture, and the spirituality and superstitions of the monks and deities. And you will feel gratitude when you leave, shedding some tears of thankfulness to BTC for the opportunity to experience this magical kingdom.
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Oct 16, 2024
Great stay very well organized - We had a wonderful stay, with a competent and exciting Guide, as well as a super driver, indispensable on the winding roads of Bhutan. The arrangement of the trip was very good.
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Oct 9, 2024
Happiness in Paradise - Karma, the guide. Qem, the driver
The sky. The clouds. The mountains. The rainbow. The forests. The paddy fields. The Dzongs. The Tshechus. The monks. The temples. The estupas, big and small. The towns. The farms. The houses. The people. The Gho and the Kira. The rice. The peppers. The cheese. The dogs. Cows and horses. The Langur monkeys. So many beautiful birds!
Language, tradition, religion and culture
All so beautiful, friendly, inspiring.
Kadinche la Bhutan Travel Club
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Oct 6, 2024
Amazing and unforgettable - Perfect organization, flexibility, respect for travelers’ requests, listening, in-depth cultural knowledge, friendly Guide honest and warm that took us off the beaten track. Unforgettable mountain bike ride.
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