Each lodge sits in its own landscape. Paro is hidden in pine forest at 2,250 metres, with a view of snow-covered Jomolhari and a dining room terrace facing the 17th-century Drukgyel Dzong. Thimphu looks over the capital from a forest. Punakha is a 300-year-old farmhouse above rice paddies near Punakha Dzong, Gangtey overlooks the 16th-century Gangtey Goemba monastery from farmland, and Bumthang stands beside Wandichholing Palace in the town of Jakar.
Paro has 24 suites, Thimphu and Bumthang 16 each, and Punakha and Gangtey eight each. At Paro and Bumthang every suite measures 52 square metres, with an open-plan bedroom, a king-size bed, a wood-burning stove and a banquette window seat. The bathrooms have terrazzo-clad bathtubs, and at Bumthang twin vanities and a separate shower and toilet. Bumthang adds a terrace courtyard with a firepit and a private dining room for groups of up to 32.
Meals blend Bhutanese, Western and Indian dishes made from local ingredients. Each lodge has a dining room, and private dining includes candlelit meals. Paro has a guest lounge with a bar, and a library bar that can serve as a private dining room.
Wellness is led by Paro, where a two-storey spa has five treatment rooms, a hot stone bath, a sauna, a steam room and a yoga studio. The Banya Spa House and the Hammam Spa House stand in the pine forest, and a Himalayan hot stone bath is infused with local Khempa herbs. Morning yoga and sound baths are offered at every lodge. Days go to hiking and mountain biking from the door, archery, rafting on the Mo Chuu or Pho Chu, golf on Thimphu's nine-hole course at 2,350 metres, and the hike to the Tiger's Nest.
The journeys suit travellers who want to see Bhutan's valleys and monasteries in comfort. The shortest, Tiger's Odyssey, takes three or four nights and joins two lodges.
