http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , China , Yunnan , Tiger Leaping Gorge en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:26 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:26:26 UTC FINALLY we arrived at tiger leaping gorge around 10am on the 18th. it is supposedly the world's deepest river canyongorge. As we walked down the road to try and find the entrance to the high route really the only hiking route the lower route is just a road we failed miserably and had to hike up to it at the second entrance farther down the low route. I think we were the only morons on the tr http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-346871.html Day 1We left Lijiang in the morning and headed to the start of the Tiger Leaping Gorge. We knew we had to pack light but also with enough food and water to support us which meant we left the bulk of our luggage at the hostel in Lijiang. We set off at an easy pace in the morning and decided to do the high course instead of the low course. We were joined by Clancy another Gapper and two English sp http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-325951.html The morning after the fire riot I was up bright and early to take a bus to LiJiang where I planned on taking a three day hike through the Tiger Leaping Gorge. I was planning on doing it alone hoping to meet people I could join on the trail. However on the bus I ran into three Irish girls and an Australian guy Irsquod met in Dali. I convinced them that they should come with me to do the trek http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-314247.html After my recovery I left for the Tiger Leaping Gorge still feeling a little week after having eaten very little for a week. However my timing to trek the gorge turned out to be just perfect During my stay in Lijiang I had seen many people leaving for the gorge only to return back to Lijiang as the trek was closed or even the road to it was shut so the buses had to turn around. As this is rainy http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-304952.html Der Tiger Leaping Gorge am Yang Tse ist mit 3900m eine der tiefsten Schluchten der Welt und der wohl berhmteste Trek Chinas. Ich entschied mich mangels geeigneter Ausrstung wie fester Schuhe jedoch dafr den Gorge mit dem Fahrrad zu erkunden. Laut Lonely Planet sollte es eine neue vollstndig geteerte Strae geben die zwischen dem Wanderweg und dem Fluss fr 23 km bis nach Walnut Grove f http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-302264.html Es war ein khler bewlkter Tag heute und ich war selbst auf dem Fahrrad sehr froh ber meinen Fleece und dass mir in meinen Flip Flops nicht die Zehen abfroren.Die Strecke hinunter zum Tiger Leaping Gorge auf unter 2000m war allerdings trotz Gegenwind schn zu fahren auf grtenteils gut ausgebauter kaum befahrener Strae. Die ersten gut 60 km fhrten leicht hgelig durch das tibetanische Hoch http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-301710.html A beautful flower does not bloom forever Naxi proverbSo we me Kathy and Mikk got up at 630am to catch the bus from the new town at 720am for Tiger LEaping Gorge. We locked our bags at the youth hostel including some of my valuables which probably might not have been the smartest idea but it seemed like it at the time. We got a taxi for 6RMB and arrived at the bus station at 710am. Qui http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-289632.html This trail along the upper Yangtze River is a great hike. The mountains rise almost 2 miles on both sides of the river. At the narrowest the gorge is about 100 feet wide. The trail is about 22 miles long and all along there are local guest houses where you can grab a bed a meal or a much needed beer. Part of the fun of the trail is hiking with some people for a while deciding to ta http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-283565.html The Tiger Leaping Gorge was... gorgeous Yes I know its an easy one...Friday April 25thI left the little guesthouse at 9 in the morning. The weather was mild and cloudy. I couldn't see the summit of the mountains. There is a partially tarred road where cars and buses bring tourists groups to the main view points. I soon left that road to follow the upper path that goes gradually up to the firs http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-271183.html I arrived in the village of Qiaotou which is in effect the beginning of the Tiger Leaping Gorge on Wednesday afternoon. Due to my arriving at this time there was no point in beginning trekking that day and I therefore checked myself into a guest house at the foot of the track which leads up to the gorge.There didn't seem to be many other people about and I killed most of the afternoon reading. I' http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-259162.html I arrived in the village of Qiaotou which is in effect the beginning of the Tiger Leaping Gorge on Wednesday afternoon. Due to my arriving at this time there was no point in beginning trekking that day and I therefore checked myself into a guest house at the foot of the track which leads up to the gorge.There didn't seem to be many other people about and I killed most of the afternoon reading. I' http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-258809.html 63 km 10.6kmhr 55720Lots of climbing again today reaching altitudes over 3000m but rewarded with some fun downhills and incredible views of pine forests and snowcapped peaks We got a late start again today as brekkie took a long time. We got as far as a town called Annan and realized that we should consider finding a camping spot so we bought a little food and cont'd a couple of km of steep http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-251245.html 45km 9.3kmhr 45405 Elevation change1760m at low point past Walnut Grove to 2750m at HabaWe got away early from Tina's guesthouse in Tiger leaping gorge and headed for Chateau Woody's guesthouse for brekkie. As it turned out it was only a couple of km away and all downhill. Had we known that the night before we would have made the push for it What an idyllic location with the gorge below a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-251244.html Distance 103 km Average 14kmhr Actual Riding Time 72236So once again after a late start saying our final goodbyes to Norm and Nikki and buying a couple of delicious vegetable stuffed dumplings for the road we were ready for our long journey towards Shangrila. The weather was a bit cool but was helpful for the long initial climb up. It was a bit of a struggle for me Gsince I was still figh http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-250679.html Het werd dus woensdag de 14e mei dat we naar de TLG afreisde vanuit Lijiang. S0Phi was weer lekker opgeknapt maar nu was Patries aan de beurt voor een feestje in haar maag en darmstelsel.Deze keer in combinatie met een steile klim in de TLG dus een ieder kan zich voorstellen dat dit even afzien was...We begonnen de 1e dag wel met mooi weer wat garant stond voor vele mooie uitzichten in de gorge. http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-235650.html Scene I 101107 Inspired by the Michael Palin documentary Himalaya just like many other travellers I've met in this area I've come to trek Tiger Leaping gorge about 60km North of Lijiang. The gorge is one of the deepest in the world 10000 feet in places and some 16km in length legend has it that to escape a hunter a tiger leaped across the gorge at its most narrowest point 25 metres wide http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-222709.html Yunnan Province tucked away in the south west corner of China is bordered Laos Burma and Tibet giving it a unique un Chinese atmosphere. Nowhere else in China for example would you see shops full of pipes and bongs on every street corner. Not for smoking Weed which strangely for China is also in abundance here but for smoking cigarettes. Not a day goes past without seeing an old man squa http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-217031.html A sidetrip on our journey from Lijiang to Shangrila was the Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha Jiang upper Yangste River. The trip was full of glimpses and spectacular frontal views of the Yulong snow mountain range. Various hydroelectric projects and dams were also evident and it is said a new dam may flood the famous gorge itself. Again there were massive numbers of tourists and tour bus http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-215146.html This morning I left for Tiger Leaping Gorge one of the deepest gorges in the world it is roughly 3900m deep and 16km long. Again being trustworthy as every backpacker is I leave the bulk of my crap in storage at the hostel. There was group of seven of us to make the trek plus our guide. I go back and forth on how I want to rate it. I spent twice as much money on this particular trip as c http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-214923.html Tiger Leaping Gorge was closed to the public. A hiker got caught in a mudslide and was killed. The rains have made the gorge a dangerous place to trek. It is not the first time someone has died on the trail either. Mudslides and falling rocks during the rainy season have claimed a handful of lives in the past several years. I was repeatedly warned not to hike the gorge. Once in Lijiang by the pers http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-207725.html Tiger Leaping Gorgefinally. When we were planning this whole trip one of the first things Mathias researched was the Gorge. The deepest chasm on earth we believe but can't prove because Wikipedia is blocked in China. Safe to say the most impressive sight we have seen in China and probably also in our entire lives.To start from the beginning. When last I wrote we were about to go on our way to http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-200265.html Tiger Leaping Gorge is one of the deepest gorges in the world and the trek through it is spectacular and relatively grueling. There were nice little guesthouses along the way where Brett and I could talk with other travellers while looking out at the 5000 meter mountains that tower over the gorge. We lucked out in that we got two beautiful sunny days of weather for our trek and that the previ http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-195582.html www.diariodeunviaje.com todo en nuestra pagina webBAISHUITAI 118A las 910 salia el bus a Baishuitai 25p en el que tardamos 3 horas en hacer 100 km. Cuando llegamos estaba lloviendo asi que decidimos coger alojamiento en la casa de una seora muy maja que no sabia ingles pero por seas nos entendia muy bien. Nos cobro 40 por la habitacion y luego comimos y cenamos en su casa. Por la t http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-193683.html The day after we came back from LuGu Lake we checked in NanMen Hotel. The hotel manager recommended a driver with an 8sitter minivan. He asked for 180 Yuan for one day trip to the Tiger Leaping Gorge we thought it was a fair deal so we asked him to pick us up at 800am. The next day the driver showed up on time unfortunately the weather was not cooperating. It started drizzling early in the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-188957.html Ten dzien zaczal sie jak kazdy inny... Pobudka wczesnie bo o 6 rano szybka toaleta i na dworzec autobusowy. Jak juz wspominalem we wczesniejszym wpisie tym razem nasz zespol liczyl 3 osoby... Izraelka i nasza dwojka. Po 3 godzinach tym razem juz spokojnej jazdy asfaltowa droga dotarlismy do Quitao miejscowosci z ktorej najczesciej wyrusza sie na podboj Wawozu Skaczacego Tygrysa. Pogoda byla http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-185718.html Z Zhongdien pojechali347my do Baisuitai obejrze263 tarasy skalne nie pami281tam jak to si281 dok322adnie nazywa. Planowali347my tego samego dnia pojecha263 dalej do miejscowo347ci Daju le380261cej przy wschodnim ko324cu W261wozu Skacz261cego Tygrysa jednak busy nie kursowa322y z powodu nieprzejezdnych drg a prywatny minivan by322 za drogi. W auto http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-185681.html One of our big aims on this trip was to see Tiger Leaping Gorge in the headwaters of the Yangtze River. In Lijiang we were close and so we rented a car and driver for the day and left at 9 a.m. A rental like this is not as expensive as you might expect it cost us 260 yuan which is about 37 Can.for the whole day. The driver could not speak a word of English but knew what we wanted to see and w http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/China/Yunnan/Tiger-Leaping-Gorge/blog-184083.html