Everything centres on the hike: a warm-up ridge walk, then the steady climb to Taktsang itself, perched nine hundred metres above the valley floor. A hot stone bath waits at the bottom.
DAY BY DAY ──
1
Arrive Paro, easy riverside walk.
2
Warm-up hike to Zuri Dzong ridge, afternoon at Rinpung Dzong.
3
Full Tiger’s Nest hike with time inside the monastery, evening hot stone bath.
4
Chele La excursion: ridge walk and Kila Goemba nunnery on the cliffside.