Walk along pastoral paths, vivid green rice paddies, past bright white dzongs (massive, awe-inspiring fortress monasteries), through forests of pine, and rhododendron and along glorious mountain passes where the elusive poppies nod in the breeze.

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Discover the astonishing variety of Himalayan wildflowers, quaint village hamlets, pristine forests, yak herder camps and mountain vistas, culminating at the Selela Pass , the only location in Bhutan where the wild red poppy is found.

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"By the late 21st century, European plant species are projected to shift several hundred kilometers to the north, forests are likely to contract in the south and expand in the north, and about half of the mountain plant species may face extinction, " the EEA says.

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