About 100 kilometers northwest of Lijiang Old Town lying between Snow Mountains is Tiger Leaping Gorge, which is believed to be the deepest gorge in the world. From the top of the gorge you can look down the steeply angled (70-90 degrees) mountain sides to the rushing Yangtze River with its 18 frothing rapids more than 200 meters below.
An ancient legend says that a tiger used this rock as its stepping stone so it could leap across from one side of the gorge to the other, which is how the gorge got its name.
You can trek the gorge in 2-3 days, during these days you get to walk along the slopes looking at the great steep mountains and the flushing river.
We started our first day in a mini-van going for 2.5 hours from Lijiang to the beginning of the trek in a small village, after leaving our big bags for storage in one of the guest houses and paying 7 USD for the trek permit, we were able to start walking.
In the first day we walked for 6 hours, during that time we climbed from 1900 meters to 2670 meters high to a lookout and descended back to 2200 meter where we slept in a guest house along the way.
At the second day we walked flat most of the time while descending once in a while, we past a very impressive waterfall and go on to the end of the trail.
we met some wonderful people during our long walks and at the breaks, it is worth to mention Yuha and Milla from Finland, Baptist from France and of course - the Conklin family from USA.
Have fun,
Efrat and Yoni.
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