Torsa Strict Nature Reserve
A strict nature reserve covering most of Haa District and bordering Sikkim and Tibet, officially named after King Jigme Khesar. It holds Bhutan's westernmost temperate forests, from broadleaf woods to alpine meadows and small lakes, and has no resident people.
- Where
- Haa, Haa, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.3294, 89.0633
Get the Torsa Strict Nature Reserve stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Torsa Strict Nature Reserve. 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 Haa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Torsa Strict Nature Reserve
Jelep La 20 km
The pass to Lhasa the wool trade used, closed since 1962 and visible from Zuluk.
Nathu La 24 km
A pass at forty three hundred metres on the old Silk Road, closed in 1962 and reopened for trade in 2006.
Chele La 28 km
The highest motorable point in Bhutan, a pass at 3,988 metres on the road between the Paro and Haa valleys. Prayer flags crowd the ridge, and on clear days the view reaches the snows of Jomolhari.
Tsomgo Lake 30 km
A glacial lake at thirty eight hundred metres on the Nathu La road, frozen from December through March.
Drukgyal Dzong 33 km
A fortress and monastery at the head of the Paro valley, built by Tenzin Drukdra in 1649 at the behest of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. Its name means 'the fortress of the victorious Drukpas', marking a victory over an invasion from Tibet.
Kyichu Lhakhang 33 km
One of the oldest temples in Bhutan, a small shrine with golden roofs in the Paro valley said to date from the 7th century. Tradition links it to the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo, who is said to have built 108 temples across the Himalaya to pin down an ogress.
Paro Taktsang 35 km
A cluster of temples clinging to a sheer cliff high above the upper Paro valley, reached by a steep hike through pine forest. Tradition says Padmasambhava, Guru Rinpoche, flew here on the back of a tigress and meditated in the cave around which the monastery was later built.
Jangtsa Dumtseg Lhakhang 37 km
A temple built in the form of a chorten, a shape very rare in Bhutan, on a hill edge between the Paro and Dopshari valleys across the bridge from Paro town. Its interior paintings are considered a unique record of Drukpa Kagyu iconography.
Questions
Where is Torsa Strict Nature Reserve?
Torsa Strict Nature Reserve is in Haa, Haa, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Jelep La (20 km), Nathu La (24 km), Chele La (28 km).
How do I get the Torsa Strict Nature Reserve stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Torsa Strict Nature Reserve and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Haa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Torsa Strict Nature Reserve before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Haa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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