Luxury Snowman Trek Bhutan

The Luxury Snowman Trek Bhutan is our private crossing of Lunana, the roadless high country on Bhutan's northern border, walked over 24 days from the Bumthang valley to the village of Laya.

It follows the eastern half of the Snowman Trek, often described as the hardest trek in the Himalaya, and keeps its hardest ground: nine named passes, seventeen nights in camp and one night beside Tshorim Lake at 5,120 m.

We built the Luxury Snowman Trek Bhutan for trekkers who have already slept above 4,000 m and walked a week without a rest day. This isn't a first big trek. If Everest Base Camp was your high point so far, you are the right reader; if this would be your first night in a tent, start somewhere gentler.

You fly in and out. A private helicopter takes you from Paro to Bumthang in well under an hour, replacing two days of mountain roads, and lifts you out of Laya at the end instead of a long walk down and a rough drive.

The camp is where the luxury lives. You sleep on a folding bed in a walk-in tent with a hot water bag at night, eat in a gas-heated dining tent, wash in a shower tent, and stop for a hot lunch at a table on the trail. Our crew walks ahead each morning, so camp is ready when you arrive.

The pacing is built around the high camps: an acclimatisation day at Menchugang before them, a rest day at Thanza after them, and only one night above 5,000 m. What it feels like is space. For two weeks, the only voices are your crew, the herders at Thanza, and the wind on the passes.

We give you numbers we can defend. Gophu La appears at 5,230 m on Bhutan's older survey maps, but GPS readings on the pass come in near 5,450 to 5,470 m, so we prepare you for the higher figure. Pack teams change at Thanza, because Laya's yaks do not work beyond it, and your guide manages the handover.

The classic Snowman starts near Paro and adds the Jomolhari and Lingshi country before Laya. Our full Snowman Trek guide compares both lines, and we run the complete route on request.

Luxury above 4,000 m means warmth and good food, not walls. There are no lodges in Lunana, nights at Tshorim fall well below freezing, and no helicopter flies in cloud, which is why we explain how we approach luxury travel in the Himalayas before anyone books.

Booking starts with a conversation. You tell us your dates and trekking history, and we send a written proposal with your departure, confirmed properties and the SDF at the rate in force for your dates. A deposit then secures your crew, pack teams and helicopter slots.