Bhutan's most inspiring site: Tiger's Nest Monastery

Hanging precariously from a cliff 900 meters up, this 328-year-old Buddhist monastery - four buildings connected by stairways and more properly called Paro Taktsang - is Bhutan's most sacred site. Located in the far western Paro Valley, but just 45 minutes from capital Thimphu - you need to hike nearly one to two hours through beautiful forests (though there's a rest stop and cafeteria on the way), then climb almost 700 stairs to reach it. Still, this is one of the country's most visited places, built around a cave where the 8th-century founder of Buddhism in Bhutan is said to have meditated.

Read more in Tripatini contributor Manmohan Singh's post 13 of the World's Most Spiritual and Sacred Places.


Douglas J. McLaughlin

 

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