Hotel Taktsang

Tuesday, March 18, 2008 Trek to Tiger's Nest (Taktsang) Monastery   Dear Readers:   Today rivals all the best days of any previous tour! We climb to the beautiful Tiger Nest Monastery, which is prominently featured in virtually every guide ...

... making the atmosphere really pleasant. Despite the jetlag Haze had to jump straight into the deep end with a 4 hour walk up to Taktsang Monastery, sadly mostly in the mist and rain. This monastery is called Tiger's Nest as it is perched on a rocky ...

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 ...

... 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 two hours ...

... KTM recently!)   On the drive back to the hotel Tashi pointed out a tiny white shape perched high on the edge of a cliff:  Taktsang Monastery, also known as 'Tiger's Nest' as it is believed that the high lama Guru Rinpoche flew to this spot on the back ...