Category: Trans Bhutan Trail

Trails are more about building community than about cutting a path. This has certainly been the case over the last month as hundred of unemployed tourism workers and villagers across 430km of rugged landscape have joined together to work on

In May the TBT community was joined by 28 new members. Gups (local leaders) from Gewogs (Counties) have come together in support of the trail. Each has conducted a trail assessment. In some cases work has already begun on trail

On behalf of the Trans Bhutan Trail community, we hope that you and your families are keeping well and safe during this global challenging time. Be safe and we look forward to seeing you on the trail in the not too

The following are stories from De-Suung volunteers, also known as Guardians of Peace. On March 13, 2020 the De-Suung volunteers set out in two teams for a survey expedition of the Trans Bhutan Trail (TBT) from opposite ends of the

We almost didn’t do it. With the first cases of coronavirus coming to Bhutan, borders closing, expats leaving, schools closing and preparations underway for the pandemic, surveying a trail didn’t seem like such a priority. But our Bhutanese partners felt

Undertook recruitment process and hired the Trans Bhutan Senior Project Director. Welcome Sonam Rinchen! Facilitated the second TBT Steering Committee meeting. Welcome to new members from De-suung, Association of Bhutanese Travel Operators and Bhutan Sustainable Tourism Society Completed development of

67 km trekked and tracked by GPS in the Thimphu, Wangdi, Punakha and Bumthang regions. The survey team was warmly received and well fed by locals along the trail. Enthusiasm is building as the trail project roles out across the