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Tashichho Dzong In Thimphu

Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu, Bhutan

Fortress Of The Glorious Religion

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About Tashichho Dzong in Thimphu

Built on the right side of the Wangchu River, the Tashichho Dzong Thimphu is the seat of the Bhutanese Government since 1952. The fortress is also known as Thimphu Dzong, and the site has been witness to crucial moments in the history of Bhutan. The fortress was first constructed in 1216 A.D. by Lama Gyalwa Lhanangpa and rebuilt by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 1641 and renamed from Dho Ngon Dzong to its current name of Tashichho Dzong. The fortress consisted of two Dzongs, the original and the lower Dzong built by Zhabdrung. After the original Dzong was destroyed by fire in 1771, everything was moved into the lower Dzong which is now known as the Tashichho Dzong fortress and has been expanded several times over the centuries.  The fortress was again damaged during the 1897 earthquake and rebuilt in 1902 and was renovated completely under King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck and enlarged in a period of 5 years from 1962.

Tashichho Dzong Bhutan became the seat of the government of Bhutan and is the location of the Throne room and the offices of King of Bhutan and the secretariat. The northern part of the fortress is the central Monastic Body and the summertime residence of the Je Khenpo and the summer capital of the country. The Tashichho Dzong houses 30 temples, chapels and shrines and is the site for the Thimphu Tsechu festival. The Dzong has also hosted the National Assembly until 1993.

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    Vignesh Mn

    Bangalore

    Vignesh's 9 days trip to Thimphu

    Our family had the most incredible experience in visiting Bhutan and I thank Bhutan Green Zone Destination Tours for planning this trip. From start to finish, their service was top-notch, and we couldn’t have asked for a better tour operator to help us navigate this beautiful country. Special menti
    on our driver who was skilled, friendly, and made every journey through Bhutan feel safe and comfortable. Our guide, brought Bhutan's rich culture to life with his deep knowledge and explanation, making our trip unforgettable.
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    Shishir Mishra

    Delhi

    Shishir's 6 days trip to Thimphu

    Though no one connected from travel triangle, which was disappointing, everything else went smooth.
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    Kailash Rathod

    Mumbai

    Kailash's 7 days trip to Thimphu

    We had the best experience as far as tour goes. Our guide Sonam j was best he helped in every aspect he give us lot of information about bhutan helped in immigration. My children's had tough time with travelling due to tough terrain and probably the diesel vehicle. Driver was friendly but vehicle c
    ould have been better. Iternary was perfect. Guide the best. Hotels all good and food was awesome. Loved bhutan. Visiting Tigers nest was my and my daughter's favorite and my wife enjoyed Thimpu city siightseeing. My son loved feeding Takin in Takin reserve
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    Soumyaprabhu M

    Bangalore

    Soumyaprabhu's 7 days trip to Thimphu

    We booked our 7-day Bhutan trip with Green Zone Destination through Travel Triangle. Mr. Gyam Sir from Green Zone curated a wonderful itinerary which covered all the important places and suiting our needs. The hotels were very comfortable and accessible to the main market as we wanted. Gyam Sir not
    only was there in planning this itinerary but was also always was in touch and made sure we were comfortable during our entire trip which was a great gesture from his side. We are very thankful to him for that. Our guide who was with us throughout the trip, Mr. Jigme Tenzin Sir was a very knowledgable and a friendly person. His vast knowledge helped us in knowing about the Bhutanese culture and tradition. He was extremely helpful during our hike to the Tiger Nest understanding our pace and motivating us to complete our hike successfully. He also took care of an elderly person who was travelling with us at every place and we are very grateful to him for that. Mr. Roshan, our driver was also very punctual and experienced and we were comfortably reaching our destination right on time covering all places. The entire trip and the team of Green Zone Destination was fantastic and we would highly recommend to travel to Bhutan with them. We booked our 7-day Bhutan trip with Green Zone Destination through Travel Triangle. Mr. Gyam Sir from Green Zone curated a wonderful itinerary which covered all the important places and suiting our needs. The hotels were very comfortable and accessible to the main market as we wanted. Gyam Sir not only was there in planning this itinerary but was also always was in touch and made sure we were comfortable during our entire trip which was a great gesture from his side. We are very thankful to him for that. Our guide who was with us throughout the trip, Mr. Jigme Tenzin Sir was a very knowledgable and a friendly person. His vast knowledge helped us in knowing about the Bhutanese culture and tradition. He was extremely helpful during our hike to the Tiger Nest understanding our pace and motivating us to complete our hike successfully. He also took care of an elderly person who was travelling with us at every place and we are very grateful to him for that. Mr. Roshan, our driver was also very punctual and experienced and we were comfortably reaching our destination right on time covering all places. The entire trip and the team of Green Zone Destination was fantastic and we would highly recommend to travel to Bhutan with them.
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    Naman Gaur

    Delhi

    Naman's 6 days trip to Thimphu

    Overall the trip was good, but some small issues were there like - 1.The hotel at Thimpu, Lemon tree resort make us wait for 1 hour to complete checkin process and didn’t able to provide us the wifi access , which was frustrating. 2.The hotel at Paro tshongdu boutique, had smelly washroom. 3.And mo
    st importantly, travel triangle charges convenience fee of 300 per person and all the payment modes have extra charges except for the NEFT. Tiger nest hiking.
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    Malathicariapa

    Bangalore

    Malathicariapa's 6 days trip to Thimphu

    The food in one of the hotels caused problems. But the experience was amazing. Trek to Tigers nest.
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    Rahul Singh

    Bangalore

    Rahul's 7 days trip to Thimphu

    Thank you so much for planning the perfect trip for our family, everything was well arranged and we loved Bhutan❤️ Can’t wait to visit again in future! Thank you!
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    Hinachaturvedi

    New delhi

    Hinachaturvedi's 6 days trip to Thimphu

    Very well planned and coordinated trip... Had a good stay..
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    Rupesh Ramteke

    Rupesh's 7 days trip to Thimphu

    I had great trip experience. Sharmila ji had carefully planned entire trip and gave us complete details before hand regarding trip documents and process. She also took great care in selecting hotels and cab.
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    Premsinghsethia

    Bhilwara

    Premsinghsethia's 9 days trip to Thimphu

    PRE BOOKING EXPERIENCE :- VERY GOOD ADHERENCE TO COMMITMENTS :- GOOD ,. Hotel at phuensholling was not as per your commitments. , neither three star nor even basic .My humble request that avoid " HOTEL GADHEN to others also . Athough our tour coordinater Mr asif seemed to be very particular of our
    next hotels , HENCE very good experience at THIMPU , punakha & paro . Hotel at bagdogra was changed , without our knowledge .Indrapuri hotel was a dirty one , with no proper entrance from road . It gave us negative image of our valley tour & treks . We still do not know why "the orbit" was changed ? FOOD :- The qwality of food was not that of a three star hotels in all hotels. VEHICLE :- In sikkim innova provided by you was not fit for hilli area , ie . vehicle tyres were verey old & slippery . the tyres were required to be changed a year ago . However our driver shri RAKESH SHARMA , was very expert , who saved our life , when vehicle slipped on hills 2 times . The vehicle did not had a active mobile charger point . On returning from gangtok to phuentsholling , the driver was changed to some " ugeyn" . This driver was not good enough & proper behavier . He was busy all the time in swalloing gutka & spitting on his hand. Bhutanside side vehicle was promised to be given " haice bus" . But defying promise , another vehicle " hundai H-1 " was provided., however its driver Mr. sangay was very good one .On returning from PARO to phuentsholling the vehicle was provided as haice but the driver's driving was very much rough & careless .The driver also not provided us mobile charger & dustbin facility . ( we need to emphasize here that our tour operator must reply to us on these points , or the matter be referred to immigration deptt bhutan . Guide :- our guide ms. singay was very much polite , cooperative , & with humanaterian approch On account of " not providing haice bus "& good hotels "at phuentsholling & bagdogra , WE MUST BE given refund immediately .

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