Taktsang Paro

Back in Paro after a full day of driving through the mountains, we still had Bhutan's most famous sight on the menu: Taktsang monastery. Literally meaning "Tiger's Nest", this monastery is perched precariously on the edge of a cliff. It takes almost ...

... day after our arrival, our guide Sangay thought a good warm-up for our upcoming Jhomolhari trek was to climb up to the Taktsang Monastery (also know as Tiger's Nest).  Taktsang is perched about 900 metres above the valley floor with only the sounds ...

The drive from the border to Paro, Bhutan's second "city", takes you from the hot plains up to the mountains, the true home of the Bhutanese. Bhutan, or Drukyul in the local Dzongkha language, is known as the land of the thunder dragon. It's a place ...

Journey to the Tiger's Nest The highlight of Paro was the hike to the Tiger's Nest (Taktsang Monastery), a monastery built into the side of a steep cliff high in the mountains. The only way to reach the Tiger's Nest is by foot or pack animal ...

The Icon photo opportunity in Bhutan. Let me tell you the story of Taktsang. Guru Rinpoche is said to have flown here from Tibet on the back of a Tigress. He landed here and meditated in the caves for a long time and now they have built a Monastery. The ...

Today is our much anticipated walk up to Taktsang (Tiger's Nest Monastry). This legendary monastery clings to the rock cliff 900 metres above the valley floor, so when we reach it we will be 3200m above sea level. We left early before it became too hot ...

... ’s all about the journey rather than the destination right?! Tiger’s Nest Monastery (formally known as Taktsang) is one of the highlights of Bhutan.  The monastery clings to a cliff 900 metres above the valley and is a sacred pilgrimage ...