Phrumsengla National Park
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.
- Where
- Mongar, Mongar, Bhutan
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.2831, 90.9778
Get the Phrumsengla National Park stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Phrumsengla National Park. 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 Mongar volume with your photos and a note.
Near Phrumsengla National Park
Thrumshing La 13 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.
Zhemgang Dzong 33 km
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.
Membartsho 33 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.
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.
Jambay Lhakhang 40 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.
Könchogsum Lhakhang 41 km
A small, old Buddhist temple in the Bumthang valley of central Bhutan, also known as Tsilung, a short walk from Tamshing Monastery. It is one of the cluster of ancient temples around Jakar visited by pilgrims on the valley's temple circuit.
Tamshing Lhakhang 41 km
A Nyingma monastery in Bumthang founded by Pema Lingpa, Bhutan's great treasure revealer, and still closely tied to him and his line of incarnations. It is the seat of Sungtrul Rinpoche, the speech incarnation of Pema Lingpa, and keeps some of the oldest wall paintings in Bhutan.
Lhuentse Dzong 44 km
A dzong and Buddhist monastery in eastern Bhutan, perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley on the east side of the Kuri Chhu. The district it watches over is the ancestral home of the Wangchuck royal family.
Questions
Where is Phrumsengla National Park?
Phrumsengla National Park is in Mongar, Mongar, Bhutan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Thrumshing La (13 km), Zhemgang Dzong (33 km), Membartsho (33 km).
How do I get the Phrumsengla National Park stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Phrumsengla National Park and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Mongar volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Phrumsengla National Park before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Mongar volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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