Destinations
22 destinations to explore across Bhutan
Thimphu
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Thimphu
A compact capital where Bhutanese civic life, monasteries, museums, and modern cafes sit within a steep mountain valley.
Trongsa
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Trongsa
The strategic heart of Bhutan, where the country's largest dzong straddles the only road between east and west and every king has served his apprenticeship.
Chele La
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Paro
Bhutan's highest motorable pass at about 3,988 metres, on the road from Paro over to Haa.
Dochula Pass
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Thimphu
A high mountain pass between Thimphu and Punakha with 108 memorial chortens and panoramic Himalayan views.
Gelephu
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Sarpang
Bhutan's subtropical southern plains — birding, Royal Manas access, and the site of the kingdom's most ambitious development project in a century.
Haa Valley
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Paro
A quiet, less-visited western valley with traditional villages, forested hillsides, and a strong local identity.
Jakar
- Grade
- Easy
- In
- Bumthang
The market town at the centre of Bumthang — dzong on the ridge, buckwheat fields below, and the country's cheese, beer, and honey all made within a few kilometres.
Lhuntse
- Grade
- Moderate
- In
- Lhuntse
The ancestral home of Bhutan's royal family and the source of its finest woven cloth — a remote northeastern dzongkhag of steep gorges and hand-loom villages.