Bhutan: A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Guide) [Paperback]

Bart Jordans (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cicerone Guide | Publication Date: January 2006

With 27 treks of between 2 to 24 days in length, this guide offers a unique perspective to trekking through Bhutan. A thorough introduction offers advice on preparation and fitness, when to go and how to get there, trekking in Bhutan as well as the people and culture of this country.

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About the Author

Bart Jordans was born in Holland. Spending with his parents many holidays in the Alps and during his time as a student in Amsterdam, visiting climbing crags and the Alps again and again, he built up an enormous respect and love for the mountains. In 1984 he had his first chance to visit the Himalayas. By that time Bart had been already guiding several groups through the Swiss and Austrian Alps and became a lead climber on rock. After his first visit to the Himalayas he got hooked to the area. Soon he started guiding for several UK based companies in Pakistan, India, Nepal and later Bhutan. More then 80 trips have been guided by Bart. Bart started to concentrate on Bhutan and was lucky to live in the country from September 1999 till December 2003 together with his wife and two small children. His Danish wife, whom he met in Nepal, worked in Bhutan in a Danish/Bhutanese government project. During this period in Bhutan Bart collected more details on several areas of the Kingdom and visited as many as possible corners. A unique circumstance ending in a unique guidebook: the first ever trekking guide book on the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan. For any inquiries and comments [e-mail] and to read some more on Bhutan please see the website www.bhutantreks.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 331 pages
• Publisher: Cicerone Press (January 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1852843985
• ISBN-13: 978-1852843984
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,773,719 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #53 in Books > Travel > Asia > Bhutan

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4.0 out of 5 stars Trekkers Guide Review, June 12, 2008

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John A Wall - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bhutan: A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Guide) (Paperback)

This is an excellent guide to trekking routes in Bhutan. It does not provide all the general background information found in other guidebooks, but is stongly focussed on a good range of trekking routes. I have found it very useful in planning my next trek, as it includes a wider range of treks than can be found in other books and websites. The trek descriptions and sketch maps are quite detailed and informative.

4.0 out of 5 stars An Informative guide book on trekking in Bhutan, March 3, 2009

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Dr V (CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bhutan: A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Guides) (Turtleback)

I found this book to be a very valuable resource even though it lacks depth and detail. The maps, though small, are extremely clear and informative. Trekking Maps alone justify the purchase of the book.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to High and Remote Bhutan, January 27, 2009

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Kenneth Hanson "Himalayan Photographer" (Orange, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bhutan: A Trekker's Guide (Cicerone Guides) (Turtleback)

This trekking guide provides an exciting vision of the high and remote places of Bhutan. It includes both standard treks and spectacular routes seldom traversed. The author writes: "More people have reached the summit of Everest than have successfully completed the Lunana trek." Bart Jordans has accomplished an incredible task of documentation and compression. The guide is intended for trail use when weight matters; tough paper, pages sewn in signatures, cover strong but flexible. OK to kick it around on a tent floor.

The book has many virtues: Settlement and camp heights in feet and meters. Green boxes give average hours of travel, height changes, and distances. Clear sketch maps show peaks, settelements, camp sites, trails and rivers. A few spectacular photographs are included. There are also special blue boxes each with a different side topic: mountaineering history, botanical descriptions, local customs, explanations about monasteries and forts, snippets on such things as the taxation of yak herders, and advice on how to deal with a poisoned horse. Introductory topics include acclimatization and stretching exercises. Perhaps one day there will be a larger home edition containing all the cultural and mountaineering information that had to be cut (see www.bhutantreks.com).

The guidebook will be an invaluable addition to the information given by your Bhutanese guide. Read about the areas you will not be visiting. Get the benefit of Jordan's years of commitment to this wonderful unforgettable country. Take this book with you, as I did last year.