{"id":354,"date":"2023-02-20T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/?page_id=354"},"modified":"2026-09-21T09:43:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T09:43:39","slug":"getting-into-bhutan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/?page_id=354","title":{"rendered":"Getting into Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Travelers can either fly to Paro International Airport or can get into the country via road through Phuntsholing, Gelephu or Samdrup Jongkhar. As most of the tourist attractions are in the western part of the Country, most tourists prefer to fly into the country through Paro which is only an hour drive from the capital city, Thimphu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Flying into Bhutan<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Bhutan has only one international airport in Paro which is located at exactly 90 minutes drive from the capital city, Thimphu. The Airport functions with two airlines,\u00a0Druk Air<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Bhutan Airlines<\/strong>. Druk Air is a government operated organization while Bhutan Airline is a private business run by the Tashi Group of companies. Both the Airlines are very well maintained and well serviced<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Bhutan<\/strong>, the wonderful country lying on the impressive Himalaya mountain range, is really a paradise within a paradise for one who needs an escape from the fast pace of the modern life. Tourists will be heartily welcomed while traveling here as the Bhutanese people are hospitable and are very fond of foreigners. For these reasons, Bhutan is definitely an amazing destination for you to get into with beloved partners.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Druk Air<\/strong>\u2019s modern Airbus A-319 and ATR plane flies to and from:<\/p><\/div>
Bangkok (Thailand)<\/td><\/tr>
Delhi (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Mumbai (India)<\/td><\/tr>
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Bagdogra (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Gaya (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Guwahati (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Kathmandu (Nepal)<\/td><\/tr>
Dhaka (Bangladesh)<\/td><\/tr>
Changi (Singapore)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>

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Whereas\u00a0Bhutan Airlines<\/strong>\u00a0only operate with fewer destinations like:<\/p>
Bangkok (Thailand)<\/td><\/tr>
Delhi (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Kolkata (India)<\/td><\/tr>
Kathmandu (Nepal)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Both Druk Air and Bhutan airline offer similar airfares and services. You can either book your flight tickets directly on the respective airline\u2019s website or you can also\u00a0ask us<\/a>\u00a0to arrange it for you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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If you wish to combine a tour in Nepal and also India then entering into Bhutan would be much easier and cheaper by road through Bhutan\u2019s southern Borders with India. The nearest Indian airport to Phuentsholing is the Bagdogra airport at Siliguri (West Bengal, India) from where\u00a0Phuentsholing<\/strong>\u00a0town is just 4 hours away. You can also have your tour agent to pick you up from\u00a0Bagdogra airport<\/strong>\u00a0and then have a spectacular 5 hours drive to\u00a0Thimphu, capital of Bhutan.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Getting into Bhutan Travelers can either fly to Paro International Airport or can get into the country via road through Phuntsholing, Gelephu […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-354","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16111,"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/354\/revisions\/16111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nrbhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}