Tiger Leaping Gorge (Courtney)

We really had no idea what Tiger Leaping Gorge would hold, water obviously, but we weren't too sure what else. We knew that you could spend a couple of days hiking the area and that once upon a time a tiger had supposedly jumped the gorge, but that was about it. I'm glad we really didn't know what to expect, as it was one of the most amazing things we have seen in China. The below wont really do it justice, but hopefully you get an idea of the sheer force of this water in the videos.

The Gorge is reputed to be the deepest in the world. We had imagined we would just be looking down on it, not realising we would walk along the side of the river. The water moved quite quickly, but it was very serene....here at least!

Hard to see in this pic, but along the top road there is a snaking queue of buses on the opposite side to us. This looked so horrible, each bus would have to wait, once you got to the front you were finally allowed off the bus to see the gorge before being driven away. We were very glad to be on the other side away from this.

All along the path were wonderful Chinglish signs. You had to walk right up against the rock wall, which initially I couldn't work out why...

...here's why.

If the walk got too tough though, in true Chinese style you could always get someone to do the hardwork for you!

Here we have the actual point where the tiger leaped as it was being chased. You can just see a bronze sculpture of a tiger on the right. You start to get an idea of how big this gorge is when you look at how small the pople on the left are. The water by now was moving faster than we could have ever anticipated, it was so strong. Of course, once we rounded the corner, we could never have imagined the sheer force of the water. Hopefully the two videos below give you a feel for the place!