Plane
If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arrival day is on December 3, 2025
Meet the group at Hyatt Regency Kathmandu in Kathmandu
Start of Trip: 2:00 p.m. hotel check-in available. Dinner at own arrangements. Due to late night arrivals, Orientation and Welcome Dinner will happen the following day in Bhutan.
Getting to the site: Only participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare and who are arriving on the official in-country program start date will be provided an arrival transfer from the airport to the first program hotel.
Participants who have not purchased Road Scholar airfare, or who are arriving a day or two early, are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements and the costs involved.
Hotel check-in is available at 2:00 p.m. on the program start date (Day 2). If you arrive a few hours early the hotel can store your luggage at the front desk until check-in time. If you wish to check-in upon arrival in the morning or if you arrive a day before the program starts, we suggest booking the additional pre-program nights in advance with Road Scholar Travel Services at 1-800-241-1404, the hotel directly or with a 3rd-party website.
Your trip ends on: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 in Paro at Khangkhu Resort
End of Trip: 5:00 p.m. dinner followed by transfers to Kathmandu International Airport. The hotel in Kathmandu (Hyatt Regency Kathmandu) is booked for the full night for any departures the next day.
Getting to the airport: On the last day of the program, all participants will depart Paro, Bhutan on pre-arranged flights to Kathmandu, Nepal. The flight arrives around mid-day in Kathmandu. Once arrived in Kathmandu, an airport transfer to the program hotel will be provided for a day use room before your individual flight home tonight out of Kathmandu. The flight from Paro to Kathmandu and all airport transfers, along with the day-use room in Kathmandu are provided in the program cost.
Only participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare, and who are departing on this day, will be provided a departure transfer from the last program hotel.
Participants who have not purchased Road Scholar airfare, or who are staying longer in Nepal, are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements and the costs involved.
Hotel check-out is at 12:00 noon on the last program date of your itinerary. If you depart a few hours later, the hotel can store your luggage at the front desk until you head to the airport. If you wish to arrange a late check-out or a post-program night, we suggest booking it in advance with Road Scholar Travel Services at 1-800-241-1404, the hotel directly or a 3rd-party website.
Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: Participants who have not purchased airfare through Road Scholar are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements to the first site at the beginning of the program, as well as from the last site at the end of the program. The Information Packet Road Scholar sends in advance of the program includes details needed to make your transfer arrangements. If you wish to purchase airfare through Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404.
Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program's arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.