JOMOLHARI TREK

Trek in Brief

Duration: 13 nights/14 days
Highest Altitude: 5000 m
Standard: Medium-hard
Season: April-June; mid Sept-mid Nov

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Gunitsawa village to Sharna Zampa

Day 2: Sharna Zampa to Thangthangkha

Day 3: Thangthangkha to Jangothang

Day 4: Jangothang Halt

Day 5: Jangothang to Lingshi

Day 6: Lingshi to Shodu

Day 7: Shodu to Barshong

Day 8: Barshong – Dolam Kencho

Day 9: Dolam Kencho to Dodena

Trek Description

This is the most beautiful trek in the eastern Himalayas. It skirts two of Bhutan’s most famous valleys, Paro and Thimphu, with trails passing through a great diversity of landscape and vegetation within an altitude range of 2,500m and nearly 5,000m. The  scene is majestic throughout, with magnificent views of Bhutan’s most sacred mountain, Jomolhari, the abode of powerful female deity, Aum Jomo, and several other towering snow-capped peaks. The trek can be undertaken in two other variations, one shorter and the other slightly longer.

Attractions

• Great views of Mt. Jomolhari (7,300m), Jichu Drake (6794m), Tsherimgang (6,789m), Masang Gang (7165m) and a number of unclimbed peaks.
• The upper reaches of Paro and Thimphu rivers, Tshophu lake (4,380m), beautiful waterfalls, the ruins of Barshong Dzong.
• Alpine meadows, forests of rhododendron, birch, conifer, maples and bamboos; and pasture lands, blue sheep, yaks, Jigme Dorji National Park
• High mountain ridges, passes at Bhonte La (4,890 m) and Yelila (4,930m).
• The villages of Soe, Takethang, Dangochang, Jangothang (one of the most beautiful campsites in the Himalayas) and yak herder’s homes.