Top Things to do in Bumthang
Top Restaurants in Bumthang
10 Things to do in Bumthang That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Bumthang, Bhutan including Wind Horse Ranch & Riding Club, Bhutan Creative Tours, Kurje Lhakhang, Tamshing Lhakhang Temple, Ngang Lhakhang, Ura Valley, Burning Lake, Bumthang Brewery, Chakhar Lhakhang "The Iron Castle", Bumthang Swiss Cheese and Wine Shop.
Restaurants in Bumthang
1. Wind Horse Ranch & Riding Club
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5.0 based on 109 reviews
Wind Horse Ranch and Riding club is a project rather a vision, seen collectively by Wind Horse Members. After meticulous planning into smallest details, this vision finally translated into reality in 2010. We started modestly with 3 horses, and grown into 7 horses for now and plans to make it to 15 horses by the end of 2013.It is located in scenic Tang Valley, Bumthang, Bhutan. The Farm land is being leased from Tang community. We have explored and carried out few trial runs. We have cleared some of the old trails, which were covered by overgrowth vegetation, due to minimal uses of the route. Our objectives are to provide enjoyable horse ride trek along scenic trails and villages both for tourists, as well as horse enthusiasts of Bhutan. We also hope to promote riding club membership as a fund raiser for good causes to the Bhutanese, and provide riding camps among the students and institutes in Bhutan. In doing, we hope that it will benefit local community by bringing more tourists, who would stay in the local farm houses and guest houses, use local food and services etc.
2. Bhutan Creative Tours
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5.0 based on 10 reviews
Bhutan Creative Tours is a private tour company founded by an experienced and seasoned tour operator. The office is based in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. The company is registered with the Tourism Council of Bhutan, Royal Government of Bhutan and a member of the Association of Bhutanese Tour Operators (ABTO) as a Bhutan tourism agency.
3. Kurje Lhakhang
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4.5 based on 120 reviews
Reviewed By wlliew - Nikko, Japan
One of the most important temple in Buddhism with a cave where Guru Rinpoche meditated and left his body imprint. We were extremely lucky that the temple where the cave was located was open on the day we were there due to it being an auspicious day.
4. Tamshing Lhakhang Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 23 reviews
Reviewed By BhutanSwalowtailTour - Thimphu, Bhutan
The Tamzhing Lhakhang/temple located opposite to Kurjey Monastery along the Bumthang river is one of the most historically, spiritually and culturally significant monasteries in Bhutan. Presently the temple serves as a place of daily worship for the community and many religious ceremonies are held regularly. The 3 days Tamzhing Phala Choedpa is held every year in the Autumn season and is a popular Festival amongst both the locals and visiting tourists. Tamzhing is one of the oldest Nyingmapa temple in the world built in 1501 by Terton Pema Lingpa, the great ‘treasure discoverer.’ Nyingmapa is the oldest of the four schools of Tibetan Buddhism beginning with Guru Padmasambhava / Guru Rinpoche himself. In the 8th Century, Guru Rinpoche prophesied the birth of Pema Lingpa and he is one of the 5 great treasure discoverers. Treasure here means religious scrolls and teachings hidden by Guru Rinpoche to be discovered along the centuries and these treasures would further revitalize and propagate Buddhism. Tamzhing Lhakhang houses one of the oldest statue of Guru Rinpoche built by Pema Lingpa and the main essence of the statue is another statue of Dorji Sempa / Vajrasattava which is a treasure Pema Lingpa discovered from the Mebar Tsho/Burning Lake located in Tang valley in Bumthang. Another unique feature of the Tamzhing is a heavy iron net made and blessed by Pema Lingpa and it is believed that our sins will washed off if we can carry the iron net and circumambulate the temple three times.
5. Ngang Lhakhang
6. Ura Valley
7. Burning Lake
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 145 reviews
Reviewed By Juntasinee - Bangkok, Thailand
I reached Burning Lake in the afternoon and the weather was so nice. There was no other tourists there so the place was very peaceful and nice. The lake is not really lake, it is a pool which is a part of river before the stream fall down to the lower land. My guide told me that I could get a natural and spiritual energies from this place. By the way, you must be careful because the site is slippery. On the way to the Burning lake, you can see small colorful conical clay mounds, called tsha tsha which engraved with a sacred Buddhist symbol. They are dedicated for living and dead people. Some of them contain bones and ashes. You also can see colorful pray flags at the entrance. Very beautiful and sacred place.
8. Bumthang Brewery
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4.0 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By Namgyel82 - Bumthang, Bhutan
If you have nothing to do or After side seeing come and enjoy the best cool beer and Test the europen food ( swiss) in Red Panda Beer Garden.
9. Chakhar Lhakhang "The Iron Castle"
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
10. Bumthang Swiss Cheese and Wine Shop
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3.5 based on 3 reviews
