Travel Information
Visas/Passports
The Department of Tourism, Royal Government of Bhutan regulates all the tourism activities in the country. It is the Government’s policy to keep Bhutan culturally and environmentally pure.
Visitors must have a tourist visa approved in advance to enter Bhutan. Bhutan Dorji Holidays will process your visa. Please note that visas are not issued on arrival.
How to reach Bhutan
You can choose to Bhutan either by road or by air. If you choose to enter by road from India, you can either enter through the border town of Phuentsholing, which is about 250 KMs east from Darjeeling and 175 Kms from Bagdora Airport or through the border town of Samdrup Jongkhar, located in South Easter Bhutan and 110 Kms from Guwahati.
Bhutan Dorji Holidays will arrange a comfortable vehicle to pick you up either from Bagdogra Airport/Darjeeling/Kalimpong (all the three places are in the state of West Bengal - India) or from Guwahati Airport.
Bhutan’s international airport at Paro is served only by one airline - Druk Air, the national airline of Bhutan. Flights operate from Bangkok, New Delhi, Kolkata, Dhaka and Kathmandu. Reservations can be made for you by Bhutan Dorji Holidays and this is advisable as it can be very difficult to make reservations on Druk Air from outside Bhutan. Click here to check out the Druk Air Schedule.
Imports & Export of the following goods are strictly prohibited by Law :
a) Arms, ammunitions, explosives and military stores.
b) All narcotics and drugs except medically prescribed drugs.
c) Wildlife products, especially those of endangered species.
d) Antiques.
Visitors are also advised to be cautious in purchasing old and used items. Customs authorities will not allow any old/used items to be taken out of the country if they have not been certified as non-antique. Imports of plants, soils etc are subject to quarantine regulations. These items must be cleared on arrival
