The Journey
Multigenerational trips fail most often when they try to please everyone by pleasing no one, either overscheduling children or leaving grandparents to sit out the parts that matter most. This journey is built around a different idea: real choices built into the big days, so nobody has to opt out entirely, and long, unhurried stretches on a working farm and in a family home, where the whole point is simply being together. Children spend time with monks and learn to press block prints by hand; grandparents can soak their feet rather than climb; everyone gathers around the same bonfire at the end of the day.
Estimated Per Person Price
$1,050 USD (to be reconfirmed — see note in personal reference file)
Packages can be designed for single or double occupancy. Pricing is subject to change based on number of guests, room types, and availability.
Journey Length
7 nights / 8 days
Property Style
3-star hotels, a working farm stay, and a village homestay
Ideal For
Multigenerational families of three or more generations travelling together
Day 01
Arrival into the Paro valley. Settle in and take the afternoon to rest. In the evening, dinner at a working farmstead, the whole family gathered around a bonfire as the light fades over the valley.
Day 02
A morning built around choice. Climb to the Tiger's Nest for those who are able, take a horse partway up to the viewpoint, or wait at the viewpoint itself, where privileged access to a family home turned private museum gives the rest of the group a quieter way to spend the morning. Children spend time with the local monks while the group reunites. Back together, everyone tries their hand at block-printing prayer flags with an expert, followed by a lunch made from what's been prepared as a family. The afternoon is left free to stroll through town. In the evening, a hot stone bath, with the option for children and grandparents to simply soak their feet.
Day 03
Travel to a working farm in Chuzom. Harvest eggs, gather produce for a farm-to-table meal, and barbecue together as a family, with a tour of the farm led by its owner. The evening closes around a bonfire, traditional musicians playing into the night.
Day 04
Begin with another egg harvest, then an unhurried day on the farm with the family who calls it home. In the evening, a short reading with a Bhutanese children's author while the family gathers around the bonfire, with the option for adults to have a reading of their own with a traditional Bhutanese astrologer.
Day 05
Transfer toward a village homestay, stopping midway at Dochula and for a picnic lunch at a botanical park, where you'll hang the prayer flags you printed earlier in the trip. On arrival, a blessing ceremony at the family's private altar welcomes you in, followed by a hands-on momo-making session with the whole family, hosts and guests together. Depending on the season, you may join the harvest in the fields. In the evening, a village elder teaches a traditional local snack.
Day 06
A short morning walk to the local school, where the whole family has a chance to meet the community here, bringing stationery or lending a hand always welcome, followed by a traditional picnic lunch. In the afternoon, those who wish can take a day trip to Punakha Dzong, while others stay closer to home with short walks around the property.
Day 07
Transfer to Thimphu. Lunch is at a private riverside home belonging to a well-known local chef, her table built around whatever is in season. Afterward, a private natural dyeing session for adults and children alike, with cycling on offer for the younger members of the family. Continue to Buddha Dordenma and the Motithang Takin Preserve. Evening at leisure.
Day 08
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your onward journey.
Regeneration is not an add-on here, it's the reason this journey exists. For every guest who travels with us, we plant one tree in partnership with The Happiness Farm, returning something to the land your journey moves through. We calculate the carbon footprint of your journey and offer you the choice to go further, planting additional trees through the same partnership should you wish to offset it. In place of single-use bottled water, we provide a clean water supply throughout your journey for guests to refill their own bottles, leaving less behind than we found.
Your journey supported a working farm family in Chuzom, a homestay family in Mendeygang, a local school community, and the teachers and artisans who shaped each day, from a block-printing expert to a traditional astrologer. All Dralwa Journeys experiences of this kind contribute directly to RENEW, which supports women's economic empowerment and community resilience across Bhutan, and to SELWA, which supports persons with disabilities in Bhutan through skills training and inclusive community programmes.
