Capital: Thimphu
Location:
 		 Southern Asia, between China and India
Geographic coordinates: 27 30 N, 90 30 E

 
Area: 47,000 sq km
Border countries:
 		 China 470 km,
India 605 km
Climate:



 		 Varies; tropical in southern plains; cool winters and hot summers in central valleys; severe winters and cool summers in Himalayas
Population: 650,000
Lamaistic Buddhist 75%, Indian and Nepalese influenced Hinduism 25%
Languages:

 		 Dzongkha (official), various Tibetan dialects, various Nepalese dialects
 About Bhutan :
 
Explore and experience Bhutan, the mystical Kingdom in the Himalayas. Bordered by Tibet (China) in the north and India in the south, a land locked mountain kingdom had been on the “Roof of the World” for hundreds of years. We were not involved with the Industrial Age, the World Wars, nor the Arms
Race, and not even cyberspace until recently.
Bhutan is a peaceful country, with warm and friendly people, breathtaking scenery, great place to bike on the mountains, and rich culture that maintains its traditional ways. Bhutan has always had a stringent tourism policy number of
    
visitors in order to preserve its environment and culture. But the rest of the world is gradually becoming aware of this pristine country, and its doors open more every year. A trip to Bhutan is not a run-of-the-mill vacation. Its culture, [More.....]
architecture, food, people, and landscapes are unique. It’s not a place that’s packed with tourists, though it is tourist-friendly, and our tours will give you a deep sense of the country and its people.
 


Religion :
The early inhabitants of Bhutan practiced ‘Bonism’, a practice of making animal sacrifice and worshiping non-living objects such as mountains, lakes, rivers, trees and rocks. With the advent of Buddhism in 7th century the Bonism gradually disappeared from the country.

 

The country’s official religion is Drukpa Kagye, school of tantric Mahayana Buddhism, which is similar to Tibetan Buddhism but has unique beliefs and practices. The religious affair of the country is looked after by the Je Khenpo (Chief Abbot) who also enjoys equal power as the king.
The Bhutanese people of Nepali origin in the south practice Hinduism.      [More......]

  

Food & Drinks             
 
 

 The staple food of Bhutanese is rice and vegetables with abundant chillies. Bhutanese eat incredible amount of chillies. It is used as vegetable rather than as spices. Most Bhutanese prefer ‘Emadatse’ a dish made entirely of chillies mixed with cheese.


Meat is widely eaten in Bhutan. Common meat includes pork, beef, chicken, fish and yak meat. The Bhutanese also eat a variety of vegetables, including potatoes, fern, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower, beans and mushrooms.   [More...]
 

Flora & Fauna :


Bhutan has about 72% of its area under forest cover. Over 5000 species of plants grow in Bhutan. These include 300 species of medicinal plants, over 50 species of rhododendron and 600 species of orchids.

The great variety of fauna includes: elephants, tigers, buffalo, one horned rhinoceros (rhinoceros unicornis), leopards (panthara pardus), gaur, red pandas, langur monkeys, wild boar, deer, white-collared black bears, yaks (bos gruniens), tahr (hemitragus jemlahicus) and goral (naemorhedus goral). Brown trout and local fishes are found in northern rivers and lakes, while in the south the rivers are full of masheer.  [More....]