Then the trees opened out onto an extraordinary scene: the Jakar Dzong, perched on a promontory. Such spectacles, commonplace in Bhutan, seem all the more bewitching when you approach them on foot ...

Bhutan's natural environment is among the most ... Choekhor Valley is higher and broader than Thimphu. Jakar, its main town, is home to ancient and sacred sites like the Jakar Dzong, built around ...

To prevent overcrowding, Bhutan also introduced one of the highest ... and has so many easy-to-reach festivals (like Thimphu and Jakar), October is a bit more crowded than September.

The Royal Government of Bhutan, Tourism Council of Bhutan ... The route is peppered with museums and ancient fortresses, like Jakar Dzong and the Fortress of the White Bird, perched on a ridge ...

Like many other 'dzongs' of Bhutan, the Jakar Dzong also houses local administrative offices Estimated to be built as a monastery in 1549 by Tibetan lama Nagi Wangchuk, it is also used partly as an ...

Bhutan’s oldest palace, Wangduechhoeling—the birthplace of the country’s first King in 1862—has been meticulously restored and transformed into a museum thanks to a project that began in ...

Partnering with Wangchuck Centennial Park and WWF Bhutan, Jakar Higher Secondary School celebrated World Environment Day on June 5, 2011. The central theme of the event focused on forest management, ...