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Royal Botanical Park

About 11km below the Dochu La pass at Lamperi is the entrance to this 47-sq-km park. It's worth visiting between April and mid-June to view 38 out of Bhutan's 46 species of rhododendron or spot some of the 220 species of birds.

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