7-Day Adventure Through Tiger Leaping Gorge and Yubeng Village | Travel Routes

About Your Trip

Take a soul healing pilgrimage around the most beautiful places in Yunnan, where holy mountains reach the skies, prayer flags blow before the winds of the Himalayas and ancient paths wend between valleys of jade watched over by glaciers. The hike is a 7 days of combining the two most legendary hikes in China; one is the Tiger Leaping Gorge commonly dubbed the deepest “gorge in Asia”,” where the Jinsha River crashes through 5,000m cliffs and the other is the legendary Yubeng Village that is reputedly hidden under the virtually inaccessible Meili Snow Mountain (6,740m), a god to the Tibetans. Walk in pilgrims’ footsteps: traverse vertigo-inspiring paths along thundering rapids, sip yak butter tea in Khampa village houses, and take a rest in wooden cottages where stars ignite upon glacial peaks. This trek balances equal portions of tough adventure and culture immersion—no shopping trips, just pure mountain magic. Ready to trade screens for snowscapes?

Tour Highlights

Toast sunrise glory on Meili Snow Mountain’s “Golden Crown”

Trek sacred kora trail to 4,680m Shingra Pass

Descend TianTi’s 168-step “Sky Ladder” cliffside

Sip yak butter tea with Khampa herders at local homestead

Experience the spiritual pilgrimage route with ancient mountain temples

Cleanse in sacred waterfalls beneath Kawagarbo glaciers

Cross 4,292m White Horse Pass adorned with prayer flags

Detailed Itinerary

Day 1

Lijiang Arrival & Naxi Culture Immersion

Check in at 3:00 PM for group transfer to heritage Naxi courtyard hotel. Stroll along cobblestone paths of Shuhe Ancient Town and sample wild mushroom rice cakes. Tour a Dongba paper-making workshop utilizing local hemp fiber. Evening briefing with your T

Day 2

Lijiang to Tiger Leaping Gorge (High Trail)

Take 2.5 hrs drive down to Qiaotou, entrance of Tiger Leaping Gorge. Start a hike at Naxi Family Guesthouse, climb via the famous 28 Bends switchback; it is a steep 2-hour climb rewarded with eagle-eye views of Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. Lunch at cliff si

Day 3

High Trail to Tina’s & Sky Ladder Adventure

Walk along the knife-edge trail of the gorge past Guanyin Waterfall, where sunburned skin is caressed by mist. Halfway Guesthouse is reached by midday; stand on its cantilevered patio overlooking 200m drops. Descend to Tina’s Inn, climb the Sky Ladder—a 1

Day 4

Shangri-La to Meili’s Base (Feilai Temple)

Come to Songzanlin Monastery at the dawn, as the golden roofs shine above prayer halls. Take a ride on the 214 National Highway and have a sightseeing feast at Napa Lake watching out sceneries of black-necked cranes. Cross Baima Snow Mountain Pass (4,292m

Day 5

Yubeng Ascent via Sacred Shingra Pass

Pre-dawn vigil for Meili’s “Golden Crown” sunrise. Take a 1-hour drive to the Xidang Village, and begin the 6-hour trek into Yubeng. Hike during rhododendron forests to the pass Nanzong (3,900m), through which pilgrims place stone stupas. Head down the “M

Day 6

Ice Lake Pilgrimage & Glacier Communion

Hike to Xiaonong Base Camp, old HQ of the 1991 Sino-Japanese Everest expedition, through prayer-flag draped forests. Climb above silver fir woodland to Ice Lake (4,100m) of turquoise water flowing off the ice-hung glaciers. Picnic by stupas spotting blue

Day 7

Yubeng Farewell & Lijiang Return

Early morning trip to Ngakchung and Sacred Waterfall, circumambulation of the latter clockwise for three rounds to ask for blessings. Leave Nilhun Gorge’s waterfall-slashed trail, clinging to cliffs along the Mekong River. Transfer to Lijiang and stop on