Zhemgang Dzong
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.
- Where
- Zhemgang, Zhemgang, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.2137, 90.6555
Get the Zhemgang Dzong stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Zhemgang 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 Zhemgang volume with your photos and a note.
Near Zhemgang Dzong
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park 23 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 33 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.
Royal Manas National Park 36 km
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.
Trongsa Dzong 37 km
The largest dzong in Bhutan, spread along a spur above the gorge of the Mangde River in the centre of the country. A temple stood here from 1543, and Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal built the first dzong in 1647, enlarged again and again through the 18th century.
Jakar Dzong 38 km
The dzong of Bumthang District, on a ridge above Jakar town in the Chamkhar valley. It stands on the site of a temple founded by Yongzin Ngagi Wangchuk in the 16th century, and with walls more than 1,500 metres round it is one of the largest dzongs in Bhutan.
Thrumshing La 39 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 39 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.
Jambay Lhakhang 41 km
One of Bhutan's oldest temples, in the Bumthang valley near Jakar, said to be one of 108 temples built by the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo in 659 in a single day. It is dedicated to Maitreya, the future Buddha, and was raised to pin an ogress to the earth forever.
Questions
Where is Zhemgang Dzong?
Zhemgang Dzong is in Zhemgang, Zhemgang, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (23 km), Phrumsengla National Park (33 km), Royal Manas National Park (36 km).
How do I get the Zhemgang Dzong stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Zhemgang Dzong and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Zhemgang volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Zhemgang Dzong before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Zhemgang volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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