THE TRAILS

Breaking news: Tiger Leaping Gorge is Not closed. In fact this is a fantastic time to visit as there are not many visitors and no Entrance fee, free enter and not affected Sean's place, not dusty, not same as on the way in ! Contact Sean's Guesthouse for the best way to Enter the gorge.

From Sean's GH it is then possible to take the bus to Lijiang or ether Shangri-la is also possible!!  We  welcome you to enjoy your holiday with our warm family !

 you will get Dry Saunas to take off your tired from long hike and Relaxation your body !! You can always check our website for further information:  http//www.tigerleapinggorge.com  !

Trekking the high trail to our place is no problem, the road is only closed  for city cars. I suggest you to contact us to Organize the Car from Lijiang or Shangri-la all the way to Sean's GH, then doing the day trip with Sean or his Daoghter.Please note that at the moment due to the gorge's building, there is no entrance fee. Once the gorge reopens, there will be a fee charged, which currently is undetermined but could be between 100 to 150 Rmb. If you need any more help just let me know please and I will be happy to help you as much as I can. You can call me directly on 0887 820 2223 or 15894367846! Skype is:  seanspring1

    If you plan to Visit the Tiger Leaping Gorge,, not matter any kind of weather or story talking ! you just call us to pick up you from Lijiang or Zhongdian, we have a 7-seater car that take you down to the Gorge. so when you are in Lijiang, you just need to give us call: 0887-820 2222 and give us your hotel contact phone number, we can arrange a pick-up service to take you directly to Sean's Spring Guest house. By The moment cost from Lijiang to Qiaotou is 30RMB per person.  A group of 7 people can rent the van for 210RMB, if less than 7 people you have to pay contract price 200RMB per van. From Qiaotou to Sean's, over 5 people, cost is 25RMB per person, if less  than 4 people you have to pay contract price of 120RMB per car.  All the way from Lijiang to Sean's place is 60RMB per person for 5-7 people (Please note this service is only applicable to clients of  Sean's GH or tours). Tiger Leaping Gorge Sean’s package tour!

On 2010 june 24-26 has three people booked three days tour  Lijiang via gorge back to Lijiang.July 1-4 has two people booked three days tour from Lijiang via gorge up to Shangri-la. July 18- 21 has two people booked 5 days tour from Lijiang via gorge back to Lijiang.we needs more to keep come join the trip, more people in the group you got more cheap for your trip !

Dear Travellers, welcome to travel with Sean's Eco-tour Real travel, real trekking. The options were carefully planned with you and nature in mind. I believe this is truly a unique and special way to experience the beauty of Yunnan and the Tibetan area whilst supporting the rural economy and culture-exchange with the local minority people in a personal way.  During each Eco-tour, you will be taught to help the local people in protecting nature and keeping the area clean, providing voluntary support to the local schools and sharing your time with young children and people with leprosy too. 

Package 1，Five Day’s Lijiang via Wenhai,Gorge Back to Lijiang.

Day 1- breakfast at Lijiang, hiking about 4-5 hours to wenhai, lunch picnic, diner, sleep in Eco-tour G.H.
Day 2-breakfast at Eco-tour G.H, hiking 5-6 hours down to longpan, lunch picnic, diner, sleep in Qiaotou hotel. Day 3 breakfast, start gorge hiking, lunch with Naxi family, dinner, sleep in guest house
Day 4- breakfast at tea house, walk to Sean's Guest House, lunch, dinner, overnight at Sean's link to see Room
Day 5- breakfast at Sean's G.H, car to Lijiang, lunch, flight from lijiang to Kunming.

Package 2，Two day’s trip from Lijiang via Gorge back to Lijiang.

Day 1,early morning pick up from lijiang hotel, two hours drive by private car to Qiaotou, then half hours  drive from Qiaotou to Sean’s Guest-house, have lunch (original western food). After lunch 2-4 hours trip hike down and back for the middle gorge to feel the gorge power. Over night in Sean’s place (over 4 star room) link to see Room

Day 2,  have breakfast, 3hours hike up to the top back of Sean’s Guest-house Haba mountain hill peak(3000meters, Gorge is beautiful, but this trip is amazing view of all in this area trip), on the way view the local people’s farmer live and souse of walnut Garden, have pack lunch ,look over all Gorge of three sections point and all jade dragon snow mountain range wall. After lunch 2hours trek down back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s. Have look Sean's location: http://www.panoramio.com/photo/22872041

day 3. early morning private car take to Lijiang or Shangri-la !

Package 3, Three day’s trip from Lijiang via Gorge back to Lijiang.

Day 1,early morning pick up from lijiang hotel, two hours drive by private car to Qiaotou, then half hours drive from Qiaotou to Sean’s Guest-house, have lunch (original western food). After lunch 2-4 hours trip hike down and back for the middle gorge to feel the gorge power. Over night in Sean’s place (over 4 star room).link to see Room

Day 2,  have breakfast, 3hours hike up to the top back of Sean’s Guest-house Haba mountain hill peak(3000meters, Gorge is beautiful, but this trip is amazing view of all in this area trip), on the way view the local people’s farmer live and souse of walnut Garden, have pack lunch ,look over all Gorge of three sections point and all jade dragon snow mountain range wall. After lunch 2hours trek down back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s.

Day 3, trekking around big waterfall with bamboo forest (the view over all the high trail and amazing), 2hours hike up over view all gorge, 2hours trekking cross waterfall and back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s hotel.

Package 4，Five day’s trip around Sean’s place.

Day 1, pick up from Lijiang, two and half hours drive by private car to Sean’s Guest-house, have food, check time then doing some short walk, over night in Sean’s Inn.link to see Room

Day 2, have breakfast, 3hours hike up to the top back of Sean’s Guest-house Haba mountain hill peak(3000meters, Gorge is beautiful, but this trip is amazing view of all in this area trip), on the way view the local people’s farmer live and souse of walnut Garden, have pack lunch ,look over all Gorge of three sections point and all jade dragon snow mountain range wall. After lunch 2hours trek down to see the river power then back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s.

Day 3, trekking around big waterfall with bamboo forest, 2hours hike up, 2hours trekking cross waterfall and back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s hotel.

Day 4, have breakfast, half hour car drive 10km way, then doing the 5hours Gorge high trail trekking backwards to Sean’s place. On the way pass by Yacha village, Bendiwan village and 8 waterfalls, lunch in high trail, Dinner and over night in Sean’s hotel.

Day 5, Have breakfast, private car one and half hour drive to Haba village, two and half hours drive up to bai shui tai (white water terrace), we could choose for hike three hours up and down to see the traditional Naxi and Yi; Hui minority people with work in the fields terrace, have lunch At Yi farmily. Then two hours drive back to Sean’s place, Dinner and over night in Sean’s

Day 6, Have breakfast, trekking down to the Gorge river to fell the river power ,then come back about two hours trip, private car drive out to Lijiang ,Shangri-la or the other place !! 

do the cheaper way, to beat the 50 RMB payment to the devils building the dam you better enter gorge in the evening.

   Gorge higher trail start : Trekking the Tiger Leaping Gorge on the high trail, it's best that you take the car along the road from Lijiang or Zhongdian all the way to Walnut Garden Sean's Guesthouse, have a day trip around the Sean's Guesthouse Middle Gorge and then hiking back towards Qiaotou. From Sean's Guesthouse, hike on the high trail to Qiaotou is much easier to follow and you don't have to worry about the steep uphill ascent. Within 3-4 hours, you will see the beautiful parts of the Gorge, the highest mountain peak, narrowest gorge, all the natural waterfalls etc. You do not have to carry your big bagpack with no other interferences. You will easily reach Qiaotou in 6-7 hours. However, from Qiaotou, the hike up is much harder. The 24 Bends is one of the hardest part of the high trail - note, however, that "24 Bends" is a name but in reality, it is more than THREE times the number of bends! So please take your time in walking this trek and take many mini-breaks in between.

Trekking  pass the high waterfall trail, you may need a local guide to show you all the way down to Sean's place or ether other way up to the bamboo forest. the best way would be just contact Sean to organize your Tiger Leaping Gorge trip. Sean is an expert in the area and is a valuable guide throughout your trip.

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GUIDE HIRE AND ESCORTED TOURS TRIPS

Sean's Eco-tour Travel guaranteed to depart with any group size.

Sean is your seasoned Mountain guide if you want to have a long distance and exciting trip. Best to go with Sean 8-10 hours a day hiking around mountain and Gorge than on your own!

For further details about any of the trips below please email Sean at :   tigerleapinggorges@gmail.com, tigerleapinggorge@yahoo.com  or Telephone China. 86 (0) 887 8202 223. Mobile phone: 0 15894365138 / 0 158 9436 7846 .

   The high trail is same distance as lower road (approx 23.2kms)You can check-up   and just link here with Google map,and print the trail map here:                                                                          http://www.tigerleapinggorge.com/Gorgemap1.html /

http://www.tigerleapinggorge.com/Gorge map2.html , more turning up, but varied with fantastic scenery -mainly mountain views: a challenge for most but well worth it. At a moderate pace, including rests, hiking the high trail should take 6-8 hours from Sean's(Walnut Garden) to Qiaotou  Walnut Garden, you can copy the Trekking map. About 6:30 hours slowly walk from Sean's place there is a local farmhouse called Naxi Family Guesthouse. About four hours from Sean's there is Tea horse Guest house, Generally Tea horse are more like halfway you  trekking in the gorge. six or eight hours to Qiaotou. Between Sean's and Tea horse there are nine beautiful waterfalls with clean drinkable water. The high trail joins the lower road 2 kilometers from  Sean's the Gorge's main waterfall in a large ravine (Da Sheng Gou) with big bridge crosses,  here is  half hour walk from Sean's(Walnut Garden), Originally Walnut Garden guest house (Sean's spring guest house). since by 1983.

  The road was about ten years ago a simple mule track. Now it has been widened into a tar road crossed by several waterfalls. Its all the way about 195 kilometers from Qiaotou through the Tiger Leaping Gorge; white water terrace up to Zhong Dian, have recently been tarred. The road follows the Yangtze below it so there are more views of the river, and a stronger sense of being in a gorge than on the upper trail. It is also a shorter, less strenuous hike or bike ride. (23.2 kms to Walnut Garden) Allow 5-6 hours from Sean's Walnut Garden to Qiaotou , if walking. two hours if cycling. At the front of Sean's, just be lower Sean's place there are some step right down to water level where you can feel touch the powerful full  of the Yangtze's River.

 For those short on time or energy there are even taxis from Qiaotou into the gorge . as far as Sean's Guesthouse. Price strictly negotiable depending on the number of passengers and your bargaining skills butexpect to pay about 20yuan a person plus the gorge entrance fee of 50 yuan.

Our place is also a great activity spot! here you can stay for one week or more and go climb the Haba Mountain. There is an option of staying two nights on the mountain too! You could do a one-day trip to the big waterfall or the Middle Gorge. For rock-climbing enthusiasts, you can rock-climb behind Sean's! We also organize a private car take you on a Shangri-La sightseeing roundtrip.

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mailto: tigerleapinggorges@gmail.com

  Phone: 86 (0)887 820 2223

Mobile: 0 158 9436 7846 /15894365138

Any more information what you need to know, just link  left side of be lower Position Vacant menu list !!