West to east
Where we go
Bhutan is one road east. These are the valleys it runs through, and what each one is worth stopping for.
Western Bhutan
Paro
The valley you fly into, and the one that holds Taktsang.
2,280 m
11 trips
Thimphu
The capital, and still a town more than a city.
2,320 m
11 trips
Punakha
Warm, low, and the site of the finest dzong in the country.
1,250 m
9 trips
Haa
A quiet valley near the Tibetan border, opened to visitors in 2002.
2,670 m
1 trips
Laya
A yak-herding village at 3,800 m, four days' walk from the nearest road.
3,840 m
1 trips
Gasa
Hot springs at the end of the northern trek routes.
2,770 m
1 trips
