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BOOKING
Tourist Tariff
All international visitors visiting Bhutan will have to pay a Sustainable Development Fee of USD 100 per person per night. For regional tourists (India), the Sustainable Development Fee is set at BTN/INR 1200 per person per night. The Sustainable Development Fee (SDF), however, exempts day tourists (Indians) who do not travel past the first designated location (Border Town, Phuentsholing).
As part of the visa application process, you will be required to pay the Sustainable Development Fee. Children aged 6-12 at the time of travel receive a 50% concessionary discount on their SDF. Children who have not yet turned 6 are exempted from paying any SDF.
VISA
Other than Indian, Bangladeshis and Maldivian nationals, all visitors to Bhutan require a visa. All VISAs are only issued to tourists booked via a local licensed tour operator like Legendary Bhutan. Visa clearance from Thimphu must be obtained before coming to Bhutan which will take at least 10 working days to process.
After receiving the full tour payment and clear passport copy of each guest, we will proceed with the VISA application with Royal Government of Bhutan (Department of Immigration – Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs). Once we obtain the approved VISAs, we will email a copy to our guests, which the guests have to print it out and present it at the Paro’s airport, Phuentsholing’s or Samdrup Jongkhar’s immigration checkpoint upon arrival.
VISA fee is USD40.00 per person with effective from 1 January 2013 and this fee will be on top of the tour package price quoted.
Cancellation policy
Any cancellations must be made in writing to us and shall be subject to cancellation charges as follows:
- 30 days before the arrival date ~ no cancellation charge
- 21 days prior to arrival date ~ 30% of tour price
- 14 days prior to arrival date ~ 50% of tour price
- After arriving in Bhutan ~ 100% of tour price
Refunds will be made for any monies held by the Legendary Bhutan Tours & Treks in excess of the cancellation fees as defined above and any other expenses incurred in regards to the cancellation of tour packages.
Bhutan Flight SCHEDULE
Druk Air & Bhutan Airlines
Currently, there are two airlines carrier – Druk Air & Bhutan Airlines operating its flight services in Bhutan. All flights operations take place in and out from Paro, located at 2235 meters above sea level. And also there are domestic airport in Bumthang (Central Bhutan) Yongphula (Eastern Bhutan) and in Gelephu, of which Bumthang is currently operational.
Druk Air
Druk Air operates with 3 Airbus 319 on different international sectors and uses ATR -42 – 500 for Domestic Flights. Airbus 319 has seating capacity of 114 seats. With 20 seats for business class and 94 for economy or coach.
Druk Air operates from Bangkok(Thailand), Kathmandu(Nepal), Delhi(India), Guwahati(India), Bagdora (India) Dhaka (Bangladesh), Singapore, Bodhgaya (India), Mumbai (India) Kolkatta(India).
Druk Air operates daily flight both ways to Bangkok. And for the rest of the sectors it’s twice or thrice in a week. Please check with Druk Air website www.drukair.com for the exact schedule. As it is subject to change due to the weather conditions and also for routine maintenance exercise. Some time they also put additional flights to cope up with on season demands.
Wind Horse with its office in both Bhutan, India and US and as a local tour operator can book and purchase tickets for our guests booking tour with us, Wind Horse provide free ticket booking service. Druk Air Flight Schedules, Fares regional Flights.
Fares are the general indicator. It is subject to change. Fare are not guaranteed until ticketed. As this goes in print discount for lean season are not updated by Druk Air, it will be reflected as soon as notified.
LUGGAGE
Based on the standard minimum daily tariff of USD200 or USD250 per day per person, we are pleased to offer the guests with an English speaking tour guide. If the guests need French, German, Japanese or Mandarin speaking tour guide, we are able to offer at an extra cost.
Should you need a special language speaking tour guide, please let us know.