Bhutan’s new Gangtey Goenpa Lodge is as singular as it is secluded. It has been more than six hours since we left the airport in Paro, and still we plunge deeper into the kingdom of Bhutan.

guests arrive to a traditional Bhutanese farmhouse series of buildings overlooking the Gangtey Monestary, the green Gangtey valley and the Phobijikha valley in the distance. The property was built ...