Kinley

Director for Bhutan and sales and distribution across the Himalayas.

I started my journey attending school in Kalimpong and Darjeeling in the beautiful hill stations of India. I then attended university also in India in Shillong and went onto study further in Austria for a degree in tourism management and hospitality.

After some time spent abroad including in the UK I returned to my beautiful homeland of Bhutan and set up a travel company specialising in adventure tourism with my Nepalese business partner called Dharma Adventure. We run tours on foot, on bicycles and on motorbikes and have a fleet of KTM adventure bikes which we travel as far afield as Mongolia on. I have traveled the world helping the Bhutanese government promote our country and over the years welcomed people from every corner of the globe, including completing an overland trip from the UK to Asia along the ancient silk route.

Lately I built an exclusive health and wellness resort which entailed an enormous amount of cross border management with India and suppliers around the globe. The project was incredibly fulfilling and it was great to work with such an amazing team of people within Bhutan.

I have always had an interest in cycling and love to head off into the mountains on my bike. Back in 2006 I cycled with Laura on a trip across Bhutan while she was completing the chapter in her book about our country. I have also worked with Joe in the past on tours in Bhutan and we are all very good friends.