During the other months it's either wet or the country is snowbound. Bhutan s scenery is overpowering, not only the towering lofty mountain ranges but the wide valleys that open up like a cinerama screen as you cross over from one pass to another. Each valleys differs from the other. The fortress-like monasteries, of course, are a main attraction. However, many are closed for fear visitors many disturb the monks.
Special permission is needed to enter some.
To visit one is truly an unforgettable experience. There's good shopping for local crafts, and for the adventurer, the choices are river rafting, camping and canoeing, trout fishing and trekking to the borders of Tibet. But perhaps, above everything else, the real appeal of Bhutan is that here is a land seen by so few outsiders. It is still, mainly, a closed land, access to it limited to only a few. The Bhutanese government is deeply concerned about effects of tourism.