Royal Manas National Park
Bhutan's oldest national park, 1,057 square kilometres of forest across eastern Sarpang, western Zhemgang and western Pemagatshel. It runs down to the plains along the Manas river and adjoins Manas National Park in India, sharing its tigers, elephants and rhinos.
- Where
- Gelephu, Sarpang, Bhutan
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 26.8994, 90.7581
Get the Royal Manas National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Manas National Park. 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 Sarpang volume with your photos and a note.
Near Royal Manas National Park
Manas National Park 27 km
On the Bhutan border, taken off the danger list in 2011 after local communities brought the poaching down themselves.
Zhemgang Dzong 36 km
The dzong of Zhemgang, set on a ridge above the town in the forested south of central Bhutan. It serves as the administrative and monastic centre of Zhemgang District, looking out over the deep valley of the Mangde Chhu.
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park 44 km
A national park of 1,730 square kilometres in central Bhutan, protecting a large part of the Black Mountains, a sub range of the Himalaya. The road between Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa crosses it at Pele La.
Phrumsengla National Park 48 km
A national park of just over 905 square kilometres in central Bhutan, spread over four districts but mostly in Mongar. The Lateral Road runs through its forests and over the Thrumshing La pass, which gave the park its former name.
Barpeta Satra 49 km
The Vaishnav monastery at the heart of Assam's culture.
Sikhna Jwhwlao National Park 50 km
Three hundred square kilometres of the Manas country in Bodoland, made a national park.
Thrumshing La 60 km
The second highest pass in Bhutan, carrying the Lateral Road over the Donga range between Bumthang and Mongar. The range long kept the central and eastern regions apart, and the pass now lies inside the national park named after it.
Membartsho 71 km
A sacred pool in a river gorge of Bumthang, where Pema Lingpa, Bhutan's greatest treasure revealer, recovered terma of Guru Rinpoche in the 15th century. Its name means Burning Lake, after the legend that he dived in holding a lit butter lamp and came out with it still burning.
Questions
Where is Royal Manas National Park?
Royal Manas National Park is in Gelephu, Sarpang, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Manas National Park (27 km), Zhemgang Dzong (36 km), Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (44 km).
How do I get the Royal Manas National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Royal Manas National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Sarpang volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Royal Manas National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Sarpang volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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