The largest dzong (fortress-monastery) in Bhutan, spread along a ridge in the centre of the country, the ancestral home of the royal family. Further east, the Bumthang valleys are Bhutan's spiritual heartland, with ancient temples such as Jambay Lhakhang and Kurjey Lhakhang.
All visitors to Bhutan pay a daily Sustainable Development Fee and normally book through a licensed tour operator.
A wide glacial valley in central Bhutan, where rare black-necked cranes arrive from Tibet each winter (late October to February).
Probably the most beautiful dzong (fortress-monastery) in Bhutan, built in 1637 at the meeting of two rivers, the Pho Chhu and the Mo Chhu.
A mountain pass at 3,100 m on the road from Thimphu to Punakha, with 108 white memorial chortens and, on clear days, a panoramic view of the snow-cap…
Bhutan's small capital has the Tashichho Dzong, seat of government and the central monk body, beside the river, and the giant Buddha Dordenma statue …
Bhutan's most famous sight: a monastery clinging to a cliff 900 m above the Paro valley, where Guru Rinpoche is said to have arrived on the back of a…
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