Day 1: After a transfer from Dali to Qiao Tou and a late lunch in the Gorged Tiger Cafe we started our trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge with the short hike up to the Naxi Family guest house.

Day 2: The next we left the Naxi Family guesthouse at around 08:30 – with the 28 bends directly ahead of us (elevation gain of roughly 400m). After a shorter stop in the Tea Horse house and a longer at the Halfway House we arrived at Tina’s guesthouse in the late afternoon — after a day of incredible views, superb and ever changing vegetation – or one of the best hikes I ever did — unfortunately followed by the worst accommodation of the whole trip…

Day 3: We left Tina’s in the early morning for yet another hike – this time down into the gorge close to the river; after a short stop at Sean’s we had a transfer to the ferry bus stop (and another walk down to the river to catch the ferry – and another climb up on the other shore as well).