Bhutan top 25 best trips for 2010

National Geographic Ad­venture has named Bhu­tan among the top 25 best new trips to undertake in 2010. “More than ever, travel­ers want their dollars to do more—for others, for the planet, for themselves,” says National Geographic. “From wolf-tracking in Slovakia to rafting a for­bidden river in Bhutan, here are 25 brand-new ad­ventures, all of them just right for right now.”National Geographic de­scribes the Drangme Chhu river in eastern Bhutan as Bhutan’s “largest drain­age, a spillway for Hima­layan snow and ice that roils into turquoise Class IV and V rapids through sheer granite walls. And it has never been run”, it says. National Geographic goes on to say that its initial survey of Bhutan’s whitewater found some of the most amazing rapids on the planet although they were all short, rocky runs. “In the Drangme Chhu – which has sections of con­tinuous whitewater, golden langur monkeys as onlook­ers, and optional side trips to Bhutanese villages – they hit the jackpot.”