Chagri Dorjeden Monastery

Spiritual Trip to Chagri

This was the place where Zhabdrung first arrive and settled after he came from Tibet in 1616 when he was 20 years old. He built the temple there and named it as dzong but later 1629 after he built a ...

This was the place where Zhabdrung Rinpoche first reached coming from Tibet. Here he had built a Temple and named it Dza

This temple has a stupa with relics of Yab Tenpai Nima, father of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel after he passed away. This is also a place where a lot of great buddhist scholars in the past had meditated ...

Worth the walk up

The wall up is about 1.5-2km and is quite steep but the monastery is well worth it. It’s the oldest in Bhutan and has so much history. Also there is lots of wildlife around.

walk across traditional bhutanese bridges

It s a unique experience to walk across the traditional bhutanese "cantilever" bridges. This bridge is located at the base on the way up to the Cheri Monastery. The Cheri Monastery is about an hour to...

The Buddhist University

This is the place where the monks in Bhutan continue the studies especially meditation. Tango and Chagri hiking takes almost a day. It a very calm place and has beautiful sights on the way.