A route through history
For centuries, messengers, pilgrims and traders crossed Bhutan on foot along a path linking its dzongs and villages. When the national highway was built in the 1960s, the old trail fell out of use. Restored by the Bhutan Canada Foundation with the help of hundreds of DeSuung volunteers, it reopened in 2022.
The trail today
The Trans Bhutan Trail runs for about 403 kilometres from Haa in the west to Trashigang in the east, crossing passes, forests and farmland and passing hundreds of cultural sites. Few people walk all of it; most walk a section or two as part of a wider journey.
Walking it with us
We build Trans Bhutan Trail sections into private journeys – a day over Dochula, a walk into Phobjikha, or a longer stretch through central Bhutan – staying in lodges, farmhouses and homestays along the way.