Tiger's Nest Walk (145) - a photo on Flickriver

            Set of 2 - The Tiger's Nest & views along the way.

If you fear the walk may be too much, it pushed me, then you can ride most of the way up on a donkey.

Taktsang Monastery, famously known as Tiger Nest Monastery, is located in Paro, Bhutan and probably one of the top tourist attractions.

Then name "Taktshang" - Tiger's Lair - was derived when the people in the locality came across a tigress residing in one of the caves. Legend has it the tigress actually was Yeshi Tshogyal, a consort of Guru Rinpoche, who has transformed herself into the fearsome animal to subjugate spirits.

Taktshang clings to the rock towering 800 meters (over 2,600 feet) above the valley, and is located 2,950 meters (9,678 feet) above the sea level.

The climb to the monastery takes about 3 hours or so on a comfortable pace. Frequent trekker and gym enthusiast can complete it in about 2 hours. The total distance walked is about 4 km one way with 700m in elevation gained. Part way up there is a very welcome café where you can rest for a while,  I did not find it an easy walk (you can hire a donkey to take you part way up but couldn't do that of course).

Taken on: November 17, 2017

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