Amankora

we went for 8 days in Bhutan and our trip was organized by Aman including local transport and sight visits. We stay at 3 different Aman within Bhutan and all were amazing. We had the same private guide and driver for the 8 days. I highly recommend them to plan you Bhutan visit.

Truly unbelievable and very personal. Spent 2 nights here as part of my Cultural Sojourn package and was very impressed by the house programming, quality of the F&B, personalised and intimate service, as well as the guide. Everything about it was a dream come true. Very glad I chose Amankora for my Bhutanese visit!

it is located in the right area of capital. it is surrounded by a lovely park and is very quiet. despite it offers less rooms than paro, the common areas are larger and more luxurious (restaurant, lobby, terrace, shop). The luxury standards of Aman group are highly respected and the staff is really professional. Its chef is the best of the 3 amankoras we visited. Food was obviously sublime in all locations but this chef is a runner up!

My Amakora experience started with Amankora Thimphu, first was greeted by our lovely guide and drive, taking us on a 1.5hr car ride from the Paro airport to the hotel. Got a little motion sickness (I simply blame everything on the high altitude... 2600ish) although it was a windy road plus i didn't get proper rest the night before. Welcomed with a lovely apple ginger tea that chased the fatigue and dizziness away. Room was a little dark but i was out most of the time so it didn't bother me, fantastic living space as I had the room all to myself, take note that if you are sharing with someone, there's no curtain / doors for the shower, but the hotel can help put a temporary blind or something over it. The most exciting thing about staying in an Aman is that you get to look forward to your Junkie aka your nightly turndown amenity. I've now got a fantastic collection!

I loved my 7-night stay at 4 of the Amankora lodges. All the properties are beautiful, with an understated and very zen design (they're also very similar so don't expect huge variation from lodge to lodge). My favourites were Punakha (which has a very nice heated swimming pool, and a cozy meditation room in the main house which I used quite a bit), and Thimphu, which is just a short distance from town, located in a peaceful forest with a small stream running through it. The staff at all the lodges were fantastic: hospitable, kind and very attentive. You really can't ask for more. Bhutan itself is among my favourite places I've ever travelled to: incredible nature, beautiful monuments and architecture, and shockingly few tourists. I hope it stays this way. My itinerary, which we more or less planned day-by-day was: Thimphu - Gangtey - Punakha - Punakha - Thimphu - Paro - Paro My one bit of advice to any active traveller would be to organise a trek in addition to staying at the lodges: this is the one thing I felt I missed out on and will be sure to do next time.

Truly excellent experience. As so often with Aman resorts, the highlight of our stay was the tender love and care shown by the staff. We would like to call out our excellent guide, Karma, who consistently went above and beyond the call of duty, and our driver Theshen. Both were resourceful, proactive and joyful.