Description

The district of the Bumthang is one of the richest and historically relevant districts of Bhutan. There are four main valleys of Bumthang namely Choekhor, Ura, Chumney and Tang and collectively they are known as Bumthang Valley. The word Bumthang means beautiful field and it is said that the most beautiful girls of Bhutan reside in these valleys. There are many farms in Bumthang producing cheese, apples, honey, potato, rice, buckwheat and other dairy products.