Tiger Leaping Gorge

After the renowned Three Gorges in Sichuan and Hubei, Tiger Leaping Gorge is the Yangzi¡¯s best gorge, Wedged tightly between titanic cliffs, the river is so narrow here, so legend tells us, that a hunted tiger made his excape to the other side in a single bpund, Yunnan¡¯s main northern road to Tibet crosses the Yangzi near the gorge at Lunan, 90 kilometers from lijiang. from Qiaotou it is possible to see how such a geological phenomenon was created : twpo huge mountains leaning close to each other and a large volume of fast moving water between them cutting deeper and deeper into the buttom of the gorge. In some places there is a drop of 3000 meters to the water, a beautiful and vertiginous places to go for a walk.