Day Hikes in Bumthang Valley

Day Hikes in Bumthang Valley

Tharpaling Monastery
This excursion begins with 30minute drive to Lamigompa. The hike starts with gradual climb through the chirpine forest. Through this hike we will see the entire Chumey Valley. Walk down to the Chumey Village and our car and driver will wait for us here to take us back to the hotel. The hike will take about 5hours.

Pasaling Gompa.
This hike will take about 3hours. This hike begins with a gradual climb through the blue pine forest. Visit the lhakhang which over looks the beautiful valley of Bumthang.

Kunzang Drak
It is two hours walk above Drangchel, Tang Valley. It is one of the most important sites related to Tertoen Pemalingpa, the great treasure discoverer in Bhutan. He constructed the Goenpa in 1488, and many of his sacred relics are kept here including the gilded stone bearing his footprint.

 

Ngang Lhakhang:
Morning the car will take us till Thangbi Gompa, where our hike will start. It is three hours walk from Thangbi Goenpa. It is a small village of Ngang Yul “Swan Land”. Visit the Nagang Lhakhang-which was built by Lama Namkha Samdrup, contemporary of Pemalingpa, in 15th century. Three-day festival is held here each winter with mask dances and Bumthang cultural trek also passes through this village.

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