Bhutan

Bhutan is located in the eastern Himalayan range with China and India as its neighboring countries. It’s people and monarchs made Bhutan a peace-loving country which highly promotes tourism in the sense that no harm is done to its highly regarded traditional virtues and norms. Bhutan has a distinct national identity that is based on their beliefs and principles of Buddhism and for this reason alone, Bhutan has isolated itself from other countries and kept its own identity intact for travelers to witness and observe.

Bhutan has a reputation to keep its wildlife and ecosystem as pristine and as abundant as possible. The hermit kingdom offers great biodiversity and ecosystem for wildlife to flourish. Preserving the wildlife has allowed Bhutan to stand out from the rest of the world as no where in the world will you be able to meet up with such absorbing presence of beautiful wild animals and vegetation.

There are alpine shrub and meadows reaching up to snowcapped mountains in the north that have extremely cold climate. Just like that, the central region of Bhutan consists Black Mountains and forested regions in lower elevations. While in the south, there are hills covered up with thick dense subtropical forests which are home to many exotic wild animals and birds. And with this ecological and geographical diversity, Bhutan has a rich primate life including some very rare species of birds and animals. Besides that, Bhutan has five major climates which usually range from spring, summer, monsoon, autumn and winter.

Famous Wildlife National Parks of Bhutan

• Wangchuck Centennial National Park
• Royal Manas National Park
• Motithang Takin Preserve
• Jigme Dorji National Park
• Phobjikha Valley National Park
• Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park

As a traveler who enjoys learning new things about the cultures of their respective travel destinations. Food must something that comes to their minds often. After all, whole idea of tasting new cuisines corelated entirely with the notion of being one of most touristic activity which you can do. Furthermore, a country like Bhutan is a great place to get your hands on some of the mouth-watering, authentic local cuisines. One of the first things which you can experience while tasting Bhutanese food is its ‘spiciness’. No matter what dish you choose from, chilly will be one of the most prevalent yet flavorsome component of that food.

Not intrinsic to where you are coming from, the fond of Bhutanese cuisines will leave you flabbergasted. Don’t believe me? Then just take your chance at Ema Datshihe- the national dish of Bhutan, Phaksha Paa and Jasha Maru. In addition to that, Bhutanese cuisines favor both non-vegetarians and vegetarians as the local dishes of Bhutan are prepared by combining some portion of vegetables and meat together for a striking taste.

Being a small country located at the southern end of the eastern Himalaya did not stop Bhutan from becoming a major touristic destination that attracts many first-time visitors each year. Bhutan primarily focuses on keeping the advancements of foreign media low and has even assigned a rule to make sure that foreign tourists pay at least 200 $ a day while staying in Bhutan. However, that has not kept tourists from making plans to visit Bhutan as more number of foreign tourists visit Bhutan every year. Hence, there’s a wide range of popular touristic sites in Bhutan for foreigners to explore.

Some of the most popular touristic sites of Bhutan include:

1. Rinpung Dzong, Paro
2. Chele La Pass, Paro
3. Punakha Dzong

4.Tiger’s Nest, Paro

5. Phobjikha Valley, Phobjikha
6. Chomolhari

Joining in on the festivals and traditions of a nation with the local citizens can be an experience you won’t want to miss out on. The joyous festivity which brings the vibrancy, excitement and enthusiasm of Bhutanese people can also be a great means of making your holidays a rather remarkable one. Guru Rinpoche introduced Buddhism to Bhutan in the 8^th century. So, don’t be fooled by the mass hysteria surrounding the attachments of each major festival with the ongoing religious virtues of Bhutanese people with Buddhism.

Hence, we highly recommend the following list of festivals to watch out for while visiting Bhutan:

1. Thimphu Tshechu Festival
2. Jambay Lhakhang Drup Festival
3. Wangdue Phodrang Tshechu Festival
4. Punakha Drubchen and Tshechu Festival
5. Paro Tshechu Festival
6. Haa Summer Festival

With a population of about 790,000 people, Bhutan is a very closed country that does everything in its power to make sure that very little foreign impact happens due to tourism. Notwithstanding that, foreign tourists have not stopped visiting Bhutan and that too in large numbers. But unless you visit Bhutan on the right occasions, then you might not be able to embrace the candid impression of traveling in Bhutan.

So, with that in mind, let me first inform to you that Bhutan can be visited anytime of the year. As Bhutan is mostly surrounded by the majestic snowclad mountain peaks in the north and by lush green valleys in the north, travelers have a wide range of variety in terms of geological progressions. In a general prospective, Bhutanese travel guides show you that there only two major seasons during which travelers can witness the best of Bhutanese natural and cultural resources. These two seasons are Autumn (September, October & November) and Spring (March, April & May).

Although its economy is underdeveloped, Bhutan has been ranked as the happiest country in the world due to its focus on promoting the Gross National Happiness rather than Gross Domestic Product.

First coined by fourth king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck in the 1970s, the term Gross National Happiness prioritizes the importance of valuing collective happiness as the goal of the central government by emphasizing the natural and cultural values of Bhutanese people.

But when you add all of this together, traveling to Bhutan can be a great opportunity for travelers who want to visit and explore some of the most naturally pristine, unscathed travel destinations in the world.