Activities while based in Ogyen Choling

Cultural, religion  

  • Relax and absorb the unique, calming and tranquil environment of Ogyen Choling

  • Ogyen Choling Museum (1-3 hours)

  • Ogyen Choling temples 

  • Visit village livelihood activities (agriculture, weaving)  

  • Meditation  cave of Longchen Rabjam ( 14th century Tibetan Buddhist master, 20 minutes walk)  

  • Pelphug and Bumphug temples, both  temples built into rocks

  • Thowadrak temple which traces its origin to the 8th century Guru Rinpoche and the 12th century  Nun Gelongma Pelmo (4 hours walk)

  • Choejam temple, an old structure, perhaps of the 15th century,  recently renovated  (30 minutes walk)

  • Tag  Rimochen Temple associated with the 8th century master Guru Rinpoche. Build into a rock.  In the temples vicinity are  

  • peculiar shaped boulders each with a story  (by car or 2 hours walk along the river bank)

  • Meditation (favorite places include Ogyen Choling temple, Longchen, cave, chorten to the south of the Ngatshang)

  • Cooking classes, lectures and interactive sessions  on various topics viz. culture, gender, and agriculture, story telling, weaving history etc

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 Trecking, outdoor Short treks (1-3 hours)

  • Loop Gamling

  • Kharab

  • Kizom

  • Loop Binzibi

  • Gamling  Loop

  • Sermit

  • Narut

  • Kisum

Longer treks (3 hours and more)

  • Namgong, ridge of almost 4000 m towards East (7 hours)Tendigang (full day with lunch in farm house)

  • Thowadrak temple (4 hours walk)

  • Trek Tendigang – Ngalhakhang (earlier listed das culture trek, 5 hours walk, should be planned at the end of a program in

  • Ogyen Choling)

  • Starting point for Rudongla trek