The Happiness Farm guesthouse and lawn with clouds rising from the Paro valley

Come as a tourist. Stay as a friend. Leave as family.

Bhutan’s first agro-based farm-to-table stay: a family farm in Dogar, Paro, with eight wood-panelled rooms, organic meals from our own farms in Paro and Punakha, and a view across to the 17th-century Langka Monastery and the Genekha Valley.

Your hosts beside The Happiness Farm sign

A working farm, run by a family

The Happiness Farm is the farm of Dorji, his wife Kezang and their family, in Dogar, in the terraced hills of Paro. We grow apples, Japanese pears, walnuts and vegetables, and nearly everything on your plate comes from our own land.

Our sister farm, The Happiness Farm in the Punakha Valley, grows more than 22 kinds of fruit and vegetables, including avocados, oranges, lemons, pineapples and dragon fruit. They are brought to Paro and served to you here, making us the first agro-based farm-to-table stay of its kind in Bhutan. Everything is grown organically, and everything is done with love.

Stay a night or a week. Pick fruit, collect eggs, cook with us, or sit by the bonfire under the mountains. We are a small place, so you get to know us, and we get to know you.

  • 8farmhouse rooms
  • 3kinds of tree you can adopt: apple, pear and walnut
  • 1 milliontrees we have pledged to plant

Eight rooms, three ways to stay

Rates per room per night, room only. Add breakfast (Nu 600), lunch (Nu 700) or dinner (Nu 800) per person when you book.

Best view

Suite with a queen bed and wood-panelled walls

Suite

A queen bed for two and our best view: the 17th-century Langka Monastery and the Genekha Valley. We have two Suites.

Nu 4,255 per night

Family Suite at The Happiness Farm with a queen bed, a single bed and a seating corner in a wood-panelled room

Family Suite

A queen and a single bed for up to three guests. The room we recommend for families.

Nu 5,175 per night

Twin Room with two single beds and a Bhutanese rug

Twin Room

Two single beds and a private bathroom. Two of our four Twin Rooms can be made up as doubles on request.

Nu 3,105 per night

An extra mattress is Nu 1,265 per night. Prices exclude a 10% service charge, and we do not charge GST. Children under one stay free.

A day on the farm

Join in as much or as little as you like. Add experiences when you book, or ask us when you arrive.

Picking apples in the orchard above the valley

Walk the orchard

A farm tour through the apple and pear trees, picking fruit in season. Nu 200 for staying guests, Nu 500 for visitors.

A farm talk for a group of guests in the orchard

Hear how the farm works

A farming and conservation talk with Dorji, who spent eighteen years in environmental conservation before starting the farm. Nu 5,000.

Planting a native tree sapling on The Happiness Farm

Plant a native tree

Plant a native tree on the farm, and we look after it once you have gone home. Nu 1,500, including aftercare.

More to do

Meals are free for children under one and half price for ages one to seven.

  • Cooking class Nu 1,500 per person
  • Herbal bath Nu 1,500 per person
  • Barbecue dinner Nu 1,500 per person
  • Bonfire Nu 1,500
  • Egg picking Nu 300
  • Kite flying Nu 500 per person
  • Darts Nu 150 per person
  • Mountain bike Nu 2,000 per day
  • Private cultural show Nu 13,000
  • Boardroom Nu 2,800
  • Yoga On request

Adopt a fruit tree in Bhutan

Our Tree Membership is the world’s first, a truly unique offering: adopt an apple, Japanese pear or walnut tree on our farm. We look after it, you enjoy its fruit and its story, and your name stays rooted in Paro.

  • 5 years
  • 10 years
  • 20 years
Ripe Japanese pears hanging on a tree in the orchard

See the farm

Mountains and drifting clouds seen from the farm lawn
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Plan your stay

Book online and we confirm your room by email. A 50% advance secures it, and the balance is due 15 days before you arrive.

We can also arrange

  • Airport pick-up or drop-off Nu 3,000 per trip
  • Local guide Nu 2,500 per day
  • Tents for large groups On request