Torsa Strict Nature Reserve, Protected nature reserve in Haa District, Bhutan

Torsa Strict Nature Reserve covers 609 square kilometers across western Bhutan with temperate forests and alpine meadows at elevations between 1400 and 4800 meters (4600 and 15700 feet). The landscape shifts from thick woodland to open mountain areas, creating varied habitats for different plants and animals.

Torsa Strict Nature Reserve was created in 1993, when Bhutan's royal government founded it together with the country's other national parks. It is officially named Jigme Khesar Strict Nature Reserve, after King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. It borders Sikkim and Tibet to the west and links to Jigme Dorji National Park through a biological corridor.

The reserve has no resident population, as is also the case at Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary. The Amo Chu, called Torsa Chu once it enters the reserve from Tibet's Chumbi Valley, feeds the small lakes of Sinchulungpa. The reserve forms part of a "biological corridor" linking it to Jigme Dorji National Park.

Access is limited to researchers and conservation specialists studying ecosystems and monitoring rare animal populations. Visitors interested in the area should know that entry requires special permission and a scientific purpose.

The reserve holds Bhutan's only endemic poppy, a white poppy that grows nowhere else. The Amo Chu, flowing in from Tibet's Chumbi Valley, is renamed Torsa Chu once it crosses into the reserve and feeds the small lakes of Sinchulungpa.