MyBhutan’s Luxury Tented Sangwa Camp Featured in TIME’s Annual List of the World’s Greatest Places. Read the article here or contact us to stay.
    back to Explorer

    Ap Pemba

    རི་བོ་ཇིཀྲུ་ཌེཀ
    iconaccommodation

    Conveniently located about a 10-minute walk from the Black-Necked Crane Visitor Centre, this farmstay is run by Ap (“Mr.”) Pema and his wife. Their four children all attend college outside of Gangtey, so when guests arrive, a nephew and two nieces come by to help out. The five guestrooms in their newly-renovated traditional two-story farmhouse comfortably accommodate 10 people. There are four bathrooms (two on each floor), and all toilets are Indian-flush style. Meals with the friendly couple comprise at least five items — meat, rice, potato, spinach, carrot, ema datshi — along with the locally-brewed alcohol called ara. Ap Pemba has an enterprising nature that many guests will appreciate, and he goes out of his way to make sure his guests are comfortable and that their stay is memorable. On arrival, clients can expect to be greeted with hot butter tea (suja), milk tea, biscuits, zao (roasted rice), and sip (roasted corn). Ap Pemba arranges hot stone baths, archery and khuru (dart) session, and campfires on request, as well as traditional dancing and singing by the villagers. He is also an astrologer and is happy to read guests' charts during their stay.

    Experience Location
    Loading....

    You May Also Like

    Wangchuk Dema
    4.6
    Gangteiconaccommodation

    Wangchuk Dema Farmstay is located in Gangtey Valley, the valley of the gentle hills and the exotic black necked cranes that roost here every winter. Like the hills here, the proprietress, Wangchuk Dema and her family are also very gentle, always on a mission to help make your stay with them a once in a lifetime experience. With an experience of almost 5 years of hosting guests, their service deliverance has only gotten better over the years and now a days, they welcome guests like as if they are just relatives visiting them.

    Aum Leki Wangmo Farmhouse
    4.5
    Taloiconaccommodation

    Aum Leki's two-story farmhouse has a beautiful view of Punakha valley and the surrounding forests. Guests get a good sense of daily life in the countryside, with villagers plying the rice paddy fields close by. Aum Leki prepares hot stone baths on request, and can arrange campfires where her neighbors dance and sing for guests. Many short hikes with views over the valley are easily accessible from here.

    Gangtey Palace Hotel
    4.6
    Paroiconaccommodation

    A unique property in Bhutan, this hotel is the converted Governor’s residence. A blend of old and new, the rooms in the outer structure are spacious, tastefully decorated and still exhibit some of the old methods of construction such as windows set into 2 foot thick pressed mud walls. The property has an amazing view of Paro town and the Paro Dzong, which is particularly beautiful at night from the large grassy lawn at the front of the property or the new restaurant complex, also an excellent space for functions. Includes wifi.
    Gangtey Lodge
    4.6
    Gangteiconaccommodation

    Gangtey Lodge has been recognized as a unique world-class accommodation by discerning travel industry publications from around the world. In 2014 alone — the lodge's first full year in business — Conde Nast Traveller put the lodge on its “Hot List of the Best New Hotels in the World,” Tatler UK said it was among the “101 Best Hotels in the World,” and Travel & Leisure Magazine named it the winner of its “Best Design Award.”