Bhutan is a landlocked country.  It is positioned between Tibet in the north, the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam in the south and Arunachal Pradesh in the east. The Kingdom has a total area of about 47,000 square kilometers. It elongates across most climate zones; from the tropical jungles in the south, to the moderate heights of 2,000 to 2,5 00 meters in the centre up to the alpine range and the soaring Himalayan Mountains and glaciers of the north.

Bhutan is a land of towering snowcapped peaks, alpine meadows and densely forested hills and ravines affluent in exotic flora and fauna. From May to August, the hills are covered with an awesome variety of flowers decorated with waterfalls and streams gushing in wild abandon. Bhutan has a strip of plain land in the south, a network of valleys in the central parts and over 7, 000 meters high mountains in the north.

In the south, the Daurs Plain drops sharply away from the Himalayas into the large tracts of semi-tropical forest, savannah grassland and bamboo jungle. In this region, many people live and cultivate the land. This area is fed by many rivers and receives huge amounts of rain during the monsoon making the land fertile, though in the summer time it can be very hot and humid.

Great mountain ranges, rise in the North and included Mt Kula Kangri (24,784 ft/7,554 m), Bhutan's tallest peak, the mountain range divides the country into forested valleys and pasture land. The perpetually snow-covered Great Himalayas are uninhabited, except for some Buddhist monks in scattered monasteries. Bhutan is drained by several rivers rising in the Himalayas and flowing into India. Thunderstorms and torrential rains are common; rainfall averages from 200 to 250 in. (508–635 cm) on the southern plains.

Valleys are greatly cultivated, especially around paro. They are fertilized and watered by the Sunkosh, Trongsa and Manas Rivers. Most people inhabit the valleys and it’s common for major cities in Bhutan to be on the valley floors.