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Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang)
A sacred Buddhist monastery clinging to a sheer cliff face 900 meters above the Paro Valley floor.
8 km · about 15 min drive
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Paro
Paro, Bhutan · Asia
About Paro
Paro is worth a stop: 25 minutes from Ha, 9km from Chele La.
Paro is in Bhutan, with about 11,000 people. The nearest town is Ha, about 14 km away.
Paro (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་) is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered throughout the area. It is also home to Paro International Airport, Bhutan's sole international airport. Paro Airport is served by Bhutan AirlinesRead more
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What is there to see near Paro?
Within an hour or so of Paro: Tiger's Nest (Paro Taktsang) (8 km), Tiger's Nest Viewpoint (8 km), Chele La (9 km), Dochula Pass (33 km).
Are there any good drives near Paro?
The nearest famous roads are Chele La, Dochula Pass and Nathu La.
Where is Paro?
Paro is in Paro, Bhutan, about 14 km from Ha.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 11,448
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Bhutan
- Region
- Paro
- Timezone
- Asia/Thimphu
- Coordinates
- 27.4305, 89.4133
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Worth the detour from Paro
6 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
Tiger's Nest Viewpoint
A viewpoint on the trail to Paro Taktsang, looking across a forested gorge at the monastery clinging impossibly to a 3,000-foot cliff face.
8 km · about 15 min drive
mountain pass
Chele La
Bhutan's highest motorable road at 3,988 m, a narrow asphalt climb through hemlock and rhododendron forest between the Paro and Haa valleys, with prayer flags in their thousands at the top.
9 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
Dochula Pass
A 3,100 m pass on the Thimphu-Punakha road crowned by 108 memorial chortens. On clear days the roadside terrace unveils a panorama of Bhutan's snowcapped eastern Himalaya.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Punakha Dzong
Bhutan's most beautiful fortress-monastery at the confluence of two rivers, the winter capital of the country's monastic body.
47 km · about 55 min drive
mountain pass
Nathu La
A 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Paro
- Right hereTiger's Nest ViewpointA viewpoint on the trail to Paro Taktsang, looking across a forested gorge at the monastery clinging impossibly to a 3,000-foot cliff face.
- Right hereChele LaBhutan's highest motorable road at 3,988 m, a narrow asphalt climb through hemlock and rhododendron forest between the Paro and Haa valleys, with prayer flags in their thousands at the top.
- 33 kmDochula PassA 3,100 m pass on the Thimphu-Punakha road crowned by 108 memorial chortens. On clear days the roadside terrace unveils a panorama of Bhutan's snowcapped eastern Himalaya.
- 58 kmNathu LaA 4,310 m pass on the India-China border, one of the few open trading posts on the frontier, where you can stand metres from Chinese sentries at the barbed-wire line.
- 60 kmNathang ValleyA treeless high plateau at roughly 4,100 m on the Old Silk Route, grazed by yaks and dotted with a handful of houses and a British war memorial from the 1888 Anglo-Tibetan clash.
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