Daga Dzong
A fortress in Dagana District in the south of Bhutan, serving as the district headquarters. It also houses the district's monastic body, so like the great dzongs of the west it works as both government office and monastery.
- Where
- Dagana, Dagana, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.0709, 89.8830
Get the Daga Dzong stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Daga Dzong. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Dagana volume with your photos and a note.
Near Daga Dzong
Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary 35 km
One of Bhutan's smallest protected areas, 268.93 square kilometres in western Sarpang and southeastern Dagana along the border with West Bengal. Its forests rise from 200 to 1,600 metres between the Sunkosh river to the west and the Sanathang to the east.
Dobji Dzong 43 km
A dzong on a ridge above the highway from Thimphu to Haa, a few kilometres south of Chuzom, where the Paro and Thimphu rivers meet. It now houses a monastic school of about 35 monks and appeared in the 2003 film Travellers and Magicians.
Wangdue Phodrang Dzong 45 km
A dzong on a ridge above the meeting of the Punatsang Chhu and Dang Chhu, the seat of Wangdue Phodrang District. It houses a Buddhist monastic community along with district offices, and looks over the road into central Bhutan.
Simtokha Dzong 46 km
A small dzong built in 1628 by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal, the unifier of Bhutan, and the first of its kind in the country. It stands on a ridge just south of Thimphu and now houses an institute for the study of the Dzongkha language.
Buxa Fort 46 km
A fort at 867 metres inside the Buxa forest, thirty kilometres up from Alipurduar.
Raimona National Park 47 km
Bodoland's first national park, on the Bhutan border, notified in 2021.
Tachogang Lhakhang 47 km
A small temple on the far bank of the Paro Chu, reached by an iron chain footbridge from the road between Paro and Thimphu. It is linked to Thangtong Gyalpo, the 15th century Tibetan saint and bridge builder famed for his iron chain bridges across the Himalaya.
Buddha Dordenma 48 km
A gilded bronze Shakyamuni Buddha 54 metres tall, seated on a ridge above the southern approach to Thimphu among the ruins of an old palace. Inside are 125,000 smaller gilded bronze Buddhas, and the work was completed in 2015.
Questions
Where is Daga Dzong?
Daga Dzong is in Dagana, Dagana, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary (35 km), Dobji Dzong (43 km), Wangdue Phodrang Dzong (45 km).
How do I get the Daga Dzong stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Daga Dzong and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Dagana volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Daga Dzong before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Dagana volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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