{"id":7534,"date":"2026-09-28T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T16:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/activealtitudetreks.com\/?page_id=7534"},"modified":"2026-09-29T17:25:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:25:40","slug":"bhutan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/activealtitudetreks.com\/?page_id=7534","title":{"rendered":"Bhutan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7534\" class=\"elementor elementor-7534\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28cc644 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"28cc644\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Almost completely cut off for centuries, it only began to open up to outsiders in the 1970s. It has an area of 46,500 Sq. Km. between latitudes 26 45 0 North and 28 10 0 North and between longitudes 88 45 0 east and 92 10 0 east. At its longest east-west dimension, Bhutan stretches around 300 kilometers and it measures 170 kilometer at its maximum north-south dimension. 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hours ahead of GMT and half an hour ahead of Indian Standard Time<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c45bf42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c45bf42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>From To Distance<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>(KMs)<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Driving Time<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thimpu Paro<\/td><td>65<\/td><td>2 hrs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thimpu Phuntsholing<\/td><td>176<\/td><td>6 hrs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Phutsholing Bagdora<\/td><td>170<\/td><td>4 hrs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thimpu Wangdi Phodrang<\/td><td>70<\/td><td>3 hrs<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thimpu Punakha<\/td><td>77<\/td><td>3 hrs 15 min<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Punakha Wangdi Phodrang<\/td><td>13<\/td><td>45 min<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Wangdi Phodrang Tongsa<\/td><td>129<\/td><td>4 hrs 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