{"id":1682,"date":"2024-10-06T16:52:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/?page_id=1682"},"modified":"2024-10-06T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T16:52:54","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/?page_id=1682","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Owner1-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Owner1\" class=\"wp-image-1475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Owner1-250x300.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Owner1-768x920.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Owner1-855x1024.jpg 855w, http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Owner1.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Bespoke&nbsp;Bhutan Tours is owned and operated by Tshering Norbu (known as Norbu).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norbu was a senior guide in Bhutan, for thirteen years, with the luxury international hotel chain, Aman Resorts.&nbsp; He has also worked as a freelance guide and has accompanied hundreds of guests on trips right across the country, ranging from a few days to several weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norbu has completed numerous treks in Bhutan,&nbsp;including Jhomolhari, Ligshi\/Laya\/Gasa, &nbsp;Druk Path and the infamous Snowman Trek. Many of these treks have been undertaken with Heather McNeice from Australia and Krista Waddell from the USA. Heather and Krista have, for a number of years, organised trekking trips to Bhutan to&nbsp;raise funds for the Australian Himalayan Foundation\u2019s girls\u2019 education program in Bhutan, run in conjunction with local NGO, RENEW. &nbsp; Norbu has&nbsp;facilitated meetings with isolated schools and RENEW-sponsored students&nbsp;for Heather and Krista\u2019s trekking groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has organised a number of trips for officials from the World Wildlife Fund, including bird-watching&nbsp;and has undertaken&nbsp;whitewater rafting&nbsp;training from World class anglers from United States, bird and wildlife spotting hikes in Manas National Park, along Bhutan\u2019s tropical southern border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norbu now runs&nbsp;Bespoke Bhutan Tours, offering tailor-made trips to Bhutan for&nbsp;individuals and small groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bespoke&nbsp;Bhutan Tours is owned and operated by Tshering Norbu (known as Norbu). Norbu was a senior guide in Bhutan, for thirteen years, with the luxury international hotel chain, Aman Resorts.&nbsp; He has also worked as a freelance guide and has accompanied hundreds of guests on trips right across the country, ranging from a few days<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1683,"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions\/1683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bespokebhutantours.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}