Eastern Bhutan

Eastern Bhutan is the country's wild frontier — a land of steep hillsides, terraced maize fields, sacred cliffside temples and some of the warmest hospitality in the kingdom. Few travellers make it this far, which is precisely its appeal.

This is the homeland of the Sharchop, the “people of the east”, and the region's weavers produce Bhutan's most prized textiles. The great eastern road journey typically runs from Mongar through Trashigang and out to the Indian plains at Samdrup Jongkhar, taking in remote Lhuentse and Trashiyangtse along the way.

The eastern region takes in the districts of Mongar, Lhuentse, Trashigang, Trashiyangtse, Pemagatshel and Samdrup Jongkhar. Trashigang is the largest and busiest, the gateway to the semi-nomadic Brokpa of Merak and Sakteng, while Lhuentse — the ancestral home of the royal dynasty — is famed for its kishuthara silk weaving.

Please find below the details of each destination in this region.