Tango and Cheri Monasteries are situated in the North of the Thimphu Valley. They are placed on the steep hills facing one another that can summited by a short hike. Tango monastery was founded by Lama Gyalwa Lhanampa as a monastic school in the 12th century. The present Tango Monastery was built in the 15th century by the ‘divine madman’, Lama Drukpa Kuenley. Tango is the residence of an important young reincarnate lama recognized as the seventh reincarnation of Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye. There’s a cave where we will have to go through and come out from the other end. It is a mythological belief that a person having bad intentions will be trapped inside. Cheri Monastery founded by Phajo Drugom Zhipo serves as a meditation center. The present structure was built in 1620 by the Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal with a silver chorten inside the temple that holds the ashes of his father.

The two monasteries overlook Dodena that serves as a beautiful lunch spot by the Thimphu riverbank.