Dancers in bright traditional costume performing on an open field before a festival audience

Central Bhutan · about 2,600 m

Bumthang

Spiritual heartland of old temples, buckwheat fields and local cheese.

Bumthang is a group of four valleys around the town of Jakar. It holds some of Bhutan's oldest temples, including Jambay Lhakhang and Kurjey Lhakhang, and is known for buckwheat pancakes, apple orchards and Swiss-style cheese. Autumn brings the Jambay Lhakhang Drup festival.

Highlights

Jakar Dzong
Jambay Lhakhang
Kurjey Lhakhang
Burning Lake (Mebar Tsho)
Tang and Ura valleys

Tours that visit Bumthang

Carved and painted wooden windows rising above a stone courtyard inside a dzong

In depth

Culture · 10 days / 9 nights

Heart of Bumthang

Central Bhutan's oldest temples, Trongsa Dzong and a cheese-making visit.

Thimphu · Punakha · Trongsa · Bumthang · Paro

Autumn festival

Festival · 9 days / 8 nights

Jambay Lhakhang Drup

Bumthang's midnight fire blessing and masked dances in central Bhutan.

Paro · Punakha · Bumthang