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Triplandio Bhutan guide covers 3 travel guides with 1 city across 12 areas, complete with hotel picks. Explore 12 self-guided walking tours in Bhutan with 45 POI, spanning 46.8 km in total. Get inspired by 5 local dishes, complete with recipes and our unique Food Flavour DNA graph.
City & Country Data Bhutan
Key travel data — cost of living, safety, healthcare, local currency and essentials, curated by Triplandio.
🌍 Bhutan
Tourists
29.8K/y
GDP/cap
$4.5k
Life Exp
73.3 yrs
Population
796.7K
Currency
BTN Nu
Language
Dzongkha
Payments
Mixed
Emergency
112
Traditional Local Food Bhutan
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Main course
Vegan
Puta
ཕུ་ཏ་
POO-tah
· Buckwheat noodles
Handmade noodles made from buckwheat flour.
Open Puta recipe🌱
Bread
Vegan
Khur-Le
གཁུར་ལེ་
KHOOR-lay
· Buckwheat pancakes
Traditional pancakes made from buckwheat flour.
Open Khur-Le recipe🌿
Soup
Vegetarian
Jaju
རྒྱ་འཇུ་
JAH-joo
· Milk and spinach soup
Warm soup made with milk and local greens.
Open Jaju recipe🌿
Snack
Vegetarian
Momo
མོ་མོ་
MOH-moh
· Steamed dumplings
Dumplings filled with vegetables and cheese.
Open Momo recipe🌿
Main course
Vegetarian
Ema Datshi
ཨ་མ་དར་ཚིལ་
EH-mah DAHT-shee
· Chili cheese stew
Spicy stew made with local chilies and cheese.
Open Ema Datshi recipe