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1616 Travel Bhutan

Tour Operator · Travel Agency

Thimphu, Bhutan

1616 Travel Bhutan is a Bhutanese-owned private tour company based in Thimphu, offering customized Bhutan tours, cultural journeys, Himalayan experiences, hiking, and tailor-made travel led by local Bhutanese guides.

Photographs

Tiger's Nest monastery clinging to the cliffs above the Paro valley
Punakha Dzong at the confluence of the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers
The Paro valley with terraced fields and forested ridges
Masked Cham dancers performing during a Bhutanese tshechu
The National Memorial Chorten in Thimphu

Business information

Location
Thimphu, Bhutan
Category
Tour Operator / Travel Agency

What we do

  • Bhutanese-owned
  • Locally operated
  • Private tours
  • Customized itineraries
  • Cultural journeys
  • Himalayan experiences
  • Hiking
  • Tailor-made Bhutan travel

Every journey is planned privately, at your pace, by Bhutanese guides who live here.

The Thimphu valley in central-western Bhutan

Where we are

Based in Thimphu, Bhutan · Experiences throughout Bhutan

We plan and run journeys from Thimphu and travel with our guests across the kingdom — Paro, Punakha, the Phobjikha valley, Bumthang and the eastern valleys. Everything is arranged remotely by phone, WhatsApp or email before you arrive.

About 1616 Travel Bhutan

Travel Bhutan with a local perspective.

We are Bhutanese, and we plan journeys the way we would show the country to a friend — small, private and unhurried. Days are shaped around what interests you: a festival courtyard, a long walk to a cliffside monastery, a farmhouse lunch, a quiet valley most itineraries pass by.

Because we live here, plans can change with the weather, the season or your energy on the day. Our guides know the passes, the trails and the families along the way, and every itinerary is written from scratch rather than pulled from a catalogue.