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Chele La
Bhutan's highest motorable road at 3,988 m, a narrow asphalt climb through hemlock and rhododendron forest between the Paro and Haa valleys, with prayer flags in their thousands at the top.
7 km · about 15 min drive
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Ha
Haa, Bhutan · Asia
About Ha
Ha is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Paro, 7km from Chele La.
Ha is in Haa, Bhutan, with about 1,400 people. The nearest town is Paro, about 14 km away.
Ha, also known as Haa or Has, is a Thromde or town, and the seat of Haa District in Bhutan.
Ha is situated in Haa Valley in the west of Bhutan bordering Sikkim. The major economic activity is rice production, yak herding and trade with neighbouring China. Ha accommodates The Indian Military Training Team (also knownRead more
as IMTRAT). IMTRAT is responsible for the training of the personnel of the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA) and the Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan (RBG). It is the oldest training team sent outside India to a friendly-foreign nation. The place has a religious significance as Lhakhang Karpo and other monasteries are situated there.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Ha?
Within an hour or so of Ha: Chele La (7 km), Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) (14 km), Tiger's Nest Viewpoint (14 km), Nathu La (44 km).
Are there any good drives near Ha?
The nearest famous roads are Chele La, Nathu La and Dochula Pass.
Where is Ha?
Ha is in Haa, Bhutan, about 14 km from Paro.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 1,449
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Bhutan
- Region
- Haa
- Timezone
- Asia/Thimphu
- Coordinates
- 27.3875, 89.2807
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Worth the detour from Ha
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang)
A sacred Buddhist monastery clinging to a sheer cliff face 900 meters above the Paro Valley floor.
14 km · about 25 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Tiger's Nest Viewpoint
A viewpoint on the trail to Paro Taktsang, looking across a forested gorge at the monastery clinging impossibly to a 3,000-foot cliff face.
14 km · about 25 min drive
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Nathu La
A 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
44 km · about 50 min drive
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Dochula Pass
A 3,100 m pass on the Thimphu-Punakha road crowned by 108 memorial chortens. On clear days the roadside terrace unveils a panorama of Bhutan's snowcapped eastern Himalaya.
47 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Nathang Valley
A treeless high plateau at roughly 4,100 m on the Old Silk Route, grazed by yaks and dotted with a handful of houses and a British war memorial from the 1888 Anglo-Tibetan clash.
47 km · about 55 min drive
photogenic
Thambi View Point
A 3,415 m balcony above the Old Silk Route where the road from Zuluk unwinds below in a stack of hairpin bends; on clear mornings Kanchenjunga rises straight ahead at sunrise.
51 km · about 60 min drive
Driving roads near Ha
- Right hereChele LaBhutan's highest motorable road at 3,988 m, a narrow asphalt climb through hemlock and rhododendron forest between the Paro and Haa valleys, with prayer flags in their thousands at the top.
- Right hereTiger's Nest ViewpointA viewpoint on the trail to Paro Taktsang, looking across a forested gorge at the monastery clinging impossibly to a 3,000-foot cliff face.
- 44 kmNathu LaA 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
- 47 kmDochula PassA 3,100 m pass on the Thimphu-Punakha road crowned by 108 memorial chortens. On clear days the roadside terrace unveils a panorama of Bhutan's snowcapped eastern Himalaya.
- 47 kmNathang ValleyA treeless high plateau at roughly 4,100 m on the Old Silk Route, grazed by yaks and dotted with a handful of houses and a British war memorial from the 1888 Anglo-Tibetan clash.
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