Central Bhutan is the spiritual heartland of Bhutan as well as the place where the country’s political destiny was decided in the 19th century. The journey is wonderful: bounteous forests filled with wildlife and alpine flowers, cascading waterfalls, quaint villages and farm houses. Once there, the atmosphere is deeply spiritual – the regions sacred Buddhist sites date back more than a thousand years.
Main Attractions
Mountain passes, the Museum of Kings, the resplendent Trongsa Dzong, Bumthang, the valley of one thousand plains, the 7th century Jambay Lhakhang, the most sacred Kyichu temple complex, the Temple of Liberation of Tharpaling, the archaeological wonder called Drapham Dzong, locally woven textiles called Yathra, Mebartsho or the Burning Lake, cheese and local beer producing factories.