Sandwiched between two huge and populous nations: China to the north and India to the south, the landlocked Kingdom of Bhutan is crossed on its northern edge by the vast Himalayan mountain range. Indeed, its highest point, Gangkhar Puensum, is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, at 7,570 metres (almost 25,000ft) above sea level.
As a result of the country’s topography, where the altitude rises gradually from south to north, Bhutan has three distinct climate zones. In the southern lowlands, near the border with India, the climate is subtropical, with mild winters and temperatures rarely dropping into single figures and very hot summers, peaking from April through to September at about 30C to 32C.
