Explore Eastern Bhutan

Gom Kora – Trashiyangtse

The biggest attraction of Gomphu Kora is the circumambulation. The place comes alive, once every year, when people all over eastern Bhutan and Dakpa tribe from neighboring Arunachael Pradesh (India) partake in the festivity, to worship and to reaffirm their connection with the past.

Chorten Kora - Trashiyangtse

Mirroring the architecture of the Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal. local people and Dakpa people from Arunachal Pradesh (India) gather in February/March for a festival to circumambulate the chorten.

Takila, Guru Rinpoche statue- Lhuentse
The world's largest statue Of Guru Padmasambhava, with the total height of 173 feet, stands imposingly on the Takila mountain slope, which is one of the most beautiful scenic spots in Lhuntse district, overlooking the entire valley of Tangmachu.

Ranjung&Radhi Village - Trashigang
Radhi village is famous for two things, its rice fields and the skill of its weavers. People of Radhi make living from fine raw silk or bura textiles during the off-agricultural seasons. Radhi village produces some of the most authentic high quality raw silk textiles to be found anywhere in Bhutan.

Rangjung is a town on the Gamri River in the Radhi Gewog of Tashigang District, East Bhutan.The town is the location of Rangjung OeselChoeling Monastery, established by DungseGarab Dorje Rinpoche in 1989.

Khoma Village - Lhuentse

Khoma village is known throughout the country for its signature woven textile, the Kishuthara. The women sit in a row of makeshift textile cottage, weaving intricate designs and patterns. Picking up a Kishuthara here will be much cheaper than buying it from one of the handicraft shops in the capital.

Dungkar Royal Masion - Lhuentse

The DungkarChoeje Lhakhang is the birthplace of the Wangchuck Dynasty and it is said to stand on the tip of the Dungkar(conch)-like shape of the land. Two famed figures in the history of Bhutan, Pila GoenpoWangyel and Pala Gyeltshen were born in DungkarChoeje Lhakhang.

Getting to Eastern Bhutan

Best to fly one-way from Paro to Yonphula, Yongphulato Bumthang and drive by road back to Paro.