𝐄𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬

A team from Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration — planning, surveyors, engineers, forestry officers, medical personnel, and three local guides — has just returned from a gruelling survey expedition deep into the wilderness of Eastern Bhutan.

Their mission: to map and plan the 𝐘𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 — a route that threads through some of the most remote and mystical terrain in the country. From Sakteng, the team pushed through the Rongjung goo and tsholing goenpa and descended into Merak — two of Bhutan’s last nomadic communities, home to the Brokpa people and their centuries-old way of life. From Merak, the trail continued onward via Phreangla all the way to Samcholling at Samkhar.

Eight days on foot. Through high-altitude passes, dense forests, and trails that have known only yak hooves and the footsteps of those who believe.

This afternoon, the team arrived back in Trashigang — and they did not return quietly. Dasho Dzongdag, Dzongrab, and Sector Heads were on hand to welcome the expedition home — a fitting reception for a team that carried more than equipment into those mountains. They carried a vision.

The 𝐘𝐞𝐭𝐢 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥 is more than a hiking route. It is a doorway into the living folklore, breathtaking landscapes, and ancient highland culture of Eastern Bhutan — and a bold step toward community-based tourism that puts Trashigang on the map for adventurers the world over.

The trail is being planned. The legend is being built.

More updates coming soon.