Eastern Bhutan Travel Guide

Explore Trashigang Trashigang perches on eastern ridges around its fortress-like dzong; trekkers come for remote trails, river valleys and the lively town market where dried yak cheese and garments change hands. Explore Mongar Mongar is an eastern Bhutan gateway with a timber-and-stone dzong overlooking the valley, local markets selling citrus and textiles, and trails into ridge forests; it’s a starting point for cultural treks and district tsechus. Explore Trashiyangtse High in eastern Bhutan, Trashiyangtse preserves temples, woodcarving schools and the white-walled Chorten Kora. Explore Samdrup Jongkhar On Bhutan’s eastern frontier, Samdrup Jongkhar serves as the cross-border trade hub with Assam - markets full of Indian goods, customs checkpoints and buzzing bus stations. Explore Pemagatsel Pemagatsel perches amid steep valley roads and bamboo groves in eastern Bhutan. Explore Phrumsengla National Park Protected area in eastern Bhutan offering high-altitude forests, alpine meadows and trekking routes; visitors come for mountain landscapes, birdlife and remote Himalayan trails.