Samdrup JongkharTrashigangTrashi Yangtse+7
East to West Traverse
Enter from Assam at Samdrup Jongkhar and cross the whole kingdom to fly out of Paro.
Trashigang
The busy hub of the east and gateway to the Merak and Sakteng highlands.
- Altitude1,100 m
Trashigang is the largest district in the east, a market town where semi-nomadic Brokpa herders from Merak and Sakteng come to trade in their felt hats and red wool tunics.
Journeys that stay in Trashigang
Samdrup JongkharTrashigangMongar+4
Merak & Sakteng Trek
Trek between the highland villages of the semi-nomadic Brokpa people in far-eastern Bhutan.
Samdrup JongkharTrashigangTrashi Yangtse+6
Chorten Kora Festival Journey
A spring festival at the great white stupa in the far east, combined with an east–west crossing.
Samdrup JongkharTrashigangTrashi Yangtse+6
Remote Villages of the East
Weaving villages, rice country and homestays in the rarely visited east.
ThimphuPunakhaPhobjikha (Gangtey)+5
Cycle Across Bhutan
Ride the national highway from the west to Trashigang over five high passes.
ThimphuPunakhaTrongsa+4
Eastern Bhutan Birding Expedition
Focus on the Lingmethang road below Thrumshing La, one of Asia's richest birding routes.