JAKAR DZONG: 
The Jakar Dzong or “Caste of the White Bird” was built in 1677. It was later renamed Yuelay Namgyel        Dzong. Today Dzong function as the administrative and the religious seat of the district.

WANGDICHOLING PLACE:
In Bumthang valley one also come across the old Wangdicholing Palace built in 1857 by the Trongsa Penlop, Jigme Namgyel. It later became the primary palaces of the first and the second kings of Bhutan.
 
JAMBA LHAKHANG: 
Jamba Lhakhang is one of the oldest temples in Bhutan which was built in 659 A.D. by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo to pin down the left knee of a giant ogress whose body lay across the Himalayas. The  Inner shrine of the temple houses an exquisite image of Jowo  Jampa, the Buddha of the Future, also Known as Maitreya.
 
KENCHO SUM LHAKHANG: 
The Kencho Sum Lhakhang was originally built in the 7th Century but later restored by Terton Pema   Lingpa in the 15^th Century. The three sacred Buddha Statues which grace the Lhakhang’s main shrine are  said to have miraculously flown there from Khini  in Kurtoe, a region further east.
 
LHODAK KHARCHU DRATSHANG:
This dratshang was built by Namkhai Nyingpo is located on a forested slope overlooking Chamkhar town. There are more than 800 lamas who study the religious scripture.
 
TAK RIMOCHEN: 
Tak Rimochen takes its name from the vertical tiger stripes like prints on the face of the cliff where Guru Padmasambhava is said have meditated in the 8^th century A.D.
 
THARPALING GOEMBA: 
Tharpling Goemba established by the great Dzogchen master , Longchen Rabjampa. The Tharpaling Goemba in Chhumey Valley was one of the main seats of the Nyingmapa School of Buddhisam. It dates back to the 15^th century.

KURJEY LHAKHANG: 
The Temple complex at  Kurjey is an important place of pilgrimage for most devout Bhutanese as it was built  around a rock on which Guru Padmasambhava left n imprint of his body while meditating there in the 8^th century. The name Kurjey means sacred body imprint. A wall with 108 chortens was built by the 4^th  King mother Ashi Kesang Wangmo Wangchuck in 1984.

CHOEJEDRAK LHAKHANG:
Choejedrak Lhakhang is among the many holy sites that was identified and blessed by Guru Padsambhava. According to legend the Guru came on a flying tigress and left remarkable imprints on the rocks that one can see to these days around the temple. For instance, one can see a cubit length footprint of the Guru, and the footprint of the legendary flying tigress that the Guru rode to Choejedrak from Paro Taktsang in the fearsome form of Dorji Drolo, one of his eight sacred manifestations. The temple we see today was founded by Gyalwa Lolaypa in the 12^th century.
 
TAMSHING LHAKHANG: 
This Lhakhang was founded by one of the foremost of those Treasure Revealers, Terton Pema Lingpa, in the year 1501 A.D. Later, the temple became the seat of the successive Sungtruls or “Speech Reincarnations” of Terton Pema Lingpa, is a testimony of the saint’s renowned skill as a black smith.
 
DECHENPHODRANG TEMPLE:
Terton Dorji Lingpa built this temple over the ruins of the ancient Chakhar Lhakhang, which was once a colossal nine-stored castle built with many layers of metals. While no remains of the original castle built by the King of Chakhar, or Sindhu Raja, are evident today, echoes of its old ties to the Chakhar Gyelpo linger in the fact that the sacred Termas or “Spiritual treasures” in the Dechenphodrang temple are dedicated to Tashi Kheudron, his daughter, who is also revered as one of Guru Padmasambhava’s mystical consorts.
 
CHAMKHAR TOWN:
The main commercial hub of Bumthang is Chamkhar town. Besides its favorable location along the Lateral Route from West to East Bhutan, the highway passes right down the centre of it. Here there are many hotels and lodgings and ever popular Swiss guest house and Swiss Dairy Farm.
 
BUMTHAPS: 
The original inhabitants of Bumthang are known Bumthap and speak bumthangpaikha and Dzongkha the national language also spoken.
The regional cuisine of Bumthang includes buckwheat pancakes called Khooli and the buckwheat noodles known as puta. Rice cultivation was introduced to the region only recently and the former stapleof Buckwheat still remains a strong presence in the local diet.
 
CHAMKHARCHHU: 
Chamkharchhu runs through the heart of Bumthang Valley and it’s famous for its healthy stock of trout, protected by recent injunctions against fishing because of the numerous sacred shrines in the district.