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 ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds from NE to NNE. The overnight low will be 50 °F (10 °C). Mostly cloudy with a high of 66 °F (18.9 °C) and a 61% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 6 ...

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 ...