Paro Taktsang
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- Best time to go
- March to May, September to November
- Budget
- $$$
- Accessibility
- not-accessible
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
Paro Taktsang, commonly called the Tiger's Nest, is a Buddhist monastery complex built into a cliff face 900 metres above the floor of the Paro Valley at an elevation of 3,120 metres. According to tradition the site marks where Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) meditated in the 8th century, arriving on the back of a tigress. The main temple buildings were constructed in 1692 and reconstructed after a 1998 fire. The two-hour trail through blue pine forest to the monastery site is Bhutan's most popular and photographed hike.
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