Tiger Leaping Gorge Photo Gallery

Places and attractions from the gallery are featured in the tours listed below. Please refer to each itinerary for a detailed account of the specific attractions included in that tour.

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Yunnan Highlands Local Culture 11-Day Tour (CIT004): Kunming 昆明 (Stone Forest 石林 / Jiuxiang 九鄉) – Dali 大理 – Lijiang 麗江 – Xianggelila (Shangri-La) 香格里拉

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Scenery on the road to Xianggelila: The Jinsha River, Mt. Haba, Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (photo by CIT)	Pass over the Jinsha River, the headwaters of the Yangtze (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	The Jinsha narrows as it enters a gorge: (photo by Chen Zhao)


Tiger Leaping Gorge (photo by CIT's Anna Qin*)	You might see herds of goats as you travel through the gorge (photo by Mike Locke)	Or water falling from the heights (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	The water grows turbulent as it flows deeper into the gorge (photo by Chen Ying)


Descend a long stairway (photo by CIT)	Gaze down the length of the gorge (photo by CIT)	Admire the bridge on the other side (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	Rays of sunlight penetrate the gorge (photo by Chen Zhao)


Pass painted rocks on the way down (photo by CIT)	Buy snacks and souvenirs (photo by CIT)	People dwarfed by the gorge's enormous rocks (photo by Jeremi Joslin)	Water rushes through the gorge... (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)


...and around boulders (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	A closer view of the bridge (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	The statue commemorates the tiger that was supposedly seen jumping across the narrowest part (photo by Tom Thai)


Don't try to leap across - not even a tiger on steroids could make it (photo by CIT's Tracy Liu*)	Look up at the sun blocked out by the walls of the gorge (photo by CIT)	Walk alongside the rapids (photo by CIT)	Next stop: Xianggelila (photo by Poppy Wu)