Tiger Leaping Gorge Tours – Lijiang, Yunnan Province, China

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Tiger Leaping Gorge
虎跳峡

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110 kms from Lijiang City, China, Yunnan Province, Lijiang
Hours : 8:00am--17:00pm each day, Could be dangeous in a heavily raining day

About this place

Tiger Leaping Gorge (Chinese: 虎跳峡; pinyin: Hǔtiào Xiá) is a canyon on the Yangtze River – locally called the Golden Sands River (金沙江; Jīnshā Jiāng) – located 60 km north of Lijiang City, Yunnan in southwestern China. It is part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas World Heritage Site. Tiger Leaping Gorge is a contender for the world's deepest river canyon, depending on the exact definition used. The inhabitants of the gorge are primarily the indigenous Naxi people, who live in a handful of small hamlets. Their primary subsistence comes from grain production and foreign hikers. The gorge is not considered navigable. In the early 1980s, four rafters attempted to go down the gorge and were never seen again. In 1986, the first known successful attempt to sail through the gorge was made by the first expedition to float down the entire length of the Yangtze, starting at the river's high source at the Gelandandong glacier lake.

Public transportation, car renting, hiking,horse back riding

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By Gedeon,

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<p>A must-go place to see the gorgeous scenery of Yunnan!</p>

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