🛍️ Bhutanese products
Authentic Bhutanese products and the shops that sell them — hand-woven textiles, traditional food, artisanal crafts and sacred art. We list where to buy, you deal directly with the shop.
Thangka — traditional scroll painting
Hand-painted Buddhist scroll paintings on canvas, blessed by monks.
Bhutanese red rice
Semi-milled short-grain rice with a nutty, earthy flavour — a Bhutanese staple.
Kira — hand-woven traditional dress
The national dress of Bhutanese women, hand-loomed in silk and cotton with centuries-old patterns.
Ara — traditional rice & maize spirit
Home-distilled Bhutanese liquor — rice, maize, wheat or millet, often herb-infused.
Bhutanese cordyceps (Yartsa Goenbub)
High-altitude fungus prized in traditional medicine — harvested legally by local communities.
Carved wooden altar set
Traditional Buddhist altar with hand-carved auspicious symbols.
Bamboo basketry
Hand-woven bamboo bangchung lunch boxes, palang baskets and kitchenware.
Himalayan herbal incense
Hand-rolled incense sticks made from 108 Himalayan herbs, used in monasteries.
Silver & turquoise jewelry
Traditional Bhutanese silver pendants, koma brooches and prayer-bead malas.
Chugo — hardened yak cheese
Rock-hard yak cheese that lasts months — chewed slowly like a Bhutanese jerky.
Cliff honey — Bumthang
Wild honey harvested from Himalayan rhododendron forests at 2,500m+.
Yathra — Bumthang wool weave
Thick sheep-wool fabric from Bumthang — used for jackets, blankets and bags.
Exporting from Bhutan
Most products can be taken out as personal luggage. Restrictions apply to religious art older than 100 years, cordyceps beyond personal-use quantities, and certain cultural antiquities. Your shop should provide an export certificate if required.