Paro Taktsang Monastery (Tiger’s Nest) : Beautiful Place in Bhutan

The Taktsang Palphug Monastery is one of the most famous touristic destinations of the country and the cultural icon of Bhutan.

Taktsang Palphug Monastery more famous as Paro Taktsang is a Buddhist temple complex which clings to a cliff, 3120 meters above the sea level on the side of the upper Paro valley, Bhutan. Built-in 1692 against the side of a cliff.

There are three paths leading to the holy place:

The first path is a trail passing through the pine forest. The other two paths are passing through the plateau.

one climbs into the canyon, a 100-meter high waterfall at the deep end of the canyon appears immediately in front. Once down and across the front of the water fall the steps start back up toward the Tiger’s Nest once again, over 700 steps in all.

It takes about 2 hours walk to reach the monastery from the road at Ramthangkha, 12 kilometers from Paro town.

The Buddhist temples are layered above one another and stand out from the rock in a colorful mix of white, red, and gold. The current structures, however, are not the original: After it burned in a fire in 1998, the important spiritual and cultural site was rebuilt.