Paro Taktsang

27.49166789.363333Koordinaten: 27 ° 29 '30 " N, 89 ° 21' 48" E

Taktshang ( Dzongkha: སྤ་ཕྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་ spa PHRO stag tshang or སྤ་གྲོ་སྟག་ཚང་ spa gro stag tshang ) or Tiger's Nest Monastery is a famous Buddhist monastery in Bhutan at an altitude of 3120 meters above sea level. inst in the Himalayas. It was built in 1692 on a cliff 700 meters above the Paro valley in the western part of the country. There are nine sacred caves.

The monastery can be reached only on foot or by mule.