Tiger's Nest Day Hike
Paro Taktsang Pilgrimage Trail
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$150 /pax (~$150/day)
Tour Overview
No visit to Bhutan is complete without Tiger's Nest. The monastery clings miraculously to a sheer granite cliff at 3,120m — 900 metres above the Paro Valley floor. Built around the sacred cave where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have arrived on the back of a flying tigress and meditated for three years, Taktsang is the spiritual heart of Bhutan.
This guided full-day hike through fragrant pine and cypress forest, adorned with thousands of colourful prayer flags, takes approximately 4 hours round-trip and rewards with views and spiritual atmosphere that few places on earth can match.
Highlights
- Paro Taktsang — Bhutan's most iconic and sacred site
- Monastery built around the cave where Guru Rinpoche meditated for 3 years
- Breathtaking panoramic views 900 metres above the Paro Valley floor
- Ancient Buddhist shrines and centuries-old frescoes inside the monastery
- Pine and cypress forest draped in thousands of prayer flags
- Viewpoint café stop for traditional Bhutanese butter tea
Places You'll Visit
Paro
Gateway to Bhutan at 2,200m. Home to Tiger's Nest Monastery, Rinpung Dzong, and picturesque rice-paddy valleys lined with traditional farmhouses. Paro International Airport is one of the world's most dramatic landings.
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What Our Guests Say
See all reviews on Google“Highly recommended. I book 2 nights & 3 days tour with Arise Bhutan. I had Kuenzang Wangchuk as my guide & Ugyen Wangdi as my driver. I had an enjoyable & fun tour with both gentlemen. Highlights of the tour; flexibility...Wangchuk & Ogyen are very well versed on the attractions in Paro and even suggested better ones along the way. 10 km total hike to Taktsang or the famous Tiger's Nest...memorable & very picturesque all the way up. Restaurants selection were all neat & delicious with a restaurant that has my own local dish being recommended. I told them that i want to experience how local lives and their culture, so they took me to have high tea in one of his friend's house coinciding with first rice harvest in the village..plus the archery & town tour...awesome. More importantly, both gentlemen were a lovely, kind, attentive & have a great sense of humour. Bhutan is already a beautiful country, and adding Arise, Wangchuk & Ugyen to it, making my trip near perfection...”
Budi Nasron
“Best tour guide in whole bhutan and he will arrange for your all needs taxis hotels and guide all will be taken care of”
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