HighlandTreks

Credits

Photos, maps and data

Every photo on this site was taken in Bhutan and is used under a free licence. Thank you to the photographers.

Photographs

From Wikimedia Commons. Click a title for the original file and its full licence. Photos have been resized and cropped.

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Landscape of the mountains in Bhutan.jpg2006nishan178713CC BY-SA 4.0
LMB 2192 adj.jpgLisa BoulangerCC BY-SA 3.0
Eutsho Lake.jpgZoepaCC BY-SA 4.0
A shallow part of the lake along the dagala trail 2.jpgZoepaCC BY-SA 4.0
Dagala lakes.jpgZoepaCC BY-SA 4.0
Dagala Sunrise.jpgZoepaCC BY-SA 4.0
A pic from tent dagala trail.jpgZoepaCC BY-SA 4.0
Jimilang Tsho.jpgDan NevillCC BY 2.0
Himalayan peak from Bumthang.jpgChristopher J. FynnCC BY-SA 4.0
Golden Langur, Zhemgang, Bhutan 11-12-2019.jpgChristopher J. FynnCC BY-SA 4.0
Mount Jomolhari 2016.jpgMartyn SmithCC BY 2.0
Jitchu Drake.jpgSteve PastorCC BY 3.0
Mount Jomolhari 2009-10-06 a.jpgChristopher FynnCC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Jomolhari from Bhutan 2009-10-11 b.jpgChristopher FynnCC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Jomolhari from below Neleyla 2009-10-10 a.jpgChristopher FynnCC BY-SA 3.0
Glacial lakes, Bhutan.jpgNASAPublic domain
Himalayan Marmot at Tshophu Lake Bhutan 091007 b.jpgChristopher FynnCC BY-SA 3.0
Mo Chu Jigme Dorji NP AJT Johnsingh IMG 1361.JPGA. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCFCC BY-SA 3.0
The vast paddy of Nabji and Korphu.jpgPhuentshoCC BY-SA 4.0
BhutanPackCrossing.jpgAndreas LedererCC BY 2.0
Bhutan.jpgAndreas LedererCC BY 2.0
River Rafting in Punakha .jpgSonam ThombreCC BY-SA 4.0
Rheum nobile, between Robulthang and Limithang.jpgHeidi ZimmerCC BY 4.0
Rhododendron kesangiae at Pelela.jpgPhuentshoCC BY-SA 4.0
Gangkhar puensum landscape.JPGGradythebadgerCC BY-SA 4.0
Bhutan Takin, Jigme Dorji National Park.JPGBenjissimoCC BY 3.0
Bhutan Yaks 3 (23191417764).jpgChuck MoravecCC BY 2.0

Maps and data

  • Trek routes and place names: © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Some camp positions from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).
  • Terrain map tiles: OpenTopoMap (CC BY-SA), from OpenStreetMap and SRTM data.
  • Elevation profiles, relief and the contour pattern (Jomolhari massif): Copernicus GLO-90 Digital Elevation Model, © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; served by the Open-Meteo elevation API.
  • Country outline: Natural Earth (public domain).
  • Interactive maps: Leaflet.

Trek facts

Stage distances, altitudes and seasons come from published itineraries by Bhutanese operators and from Bhutan's Department of Tourism. Figures vary between sources by up to a few kilometres and about 150 m; we use one consistent set.