Taktsang sits way up high on a sheer cliff
To reach the monastery, you must climb up to the small white building on the very top left of this picture, then down that very steep cliff to the little white building in the lower center of this picture, and then, finally, up again to the monastery!
A beautiful mill at the beginning of the climb.
It's still a long way off!
Lots of steps up
Lots of steps down
Yes. That would be the trail right along a sheer cliff drop off!
Finally at the top of the first peak.
Down more steps to that small middle building.
Almost there - just hundreds more steps up!
More steps on the route back
The lower trail back to Paro Valley
The climb all the way up to the monastery and
back down took seven hours...
but the serene destination and incredible view
were well worth all the effort!
back down took seven hours...
but the serene destination and incredible view
were well worth all the effort!
