Recently Reviewed Hotels around Shangri-La County

• Sumtsaling Monastery
  "lovely walks in the country"
  "Go in May when the plants are in bloom, we were a little early in April. Still very photogenic. We took the boat which charges 50Yuan."
• Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia)
  "Nice hike, not more than that..."
  "The hike is nice and easy. We thing it's a little bit over rated. The "half way" hostel is very nice at a great location - stay there, don't miss it. Enjoy!"
• Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia)
  "fun and worthwhile"
  "I am not an experienced hiker and was very nervous about the trip. We flew into LiJiang and stayed there for a night. Our hostel arranged the transport to TLG and kept our main luggage. We took the high trail and hiked to the Naxi guesthouse for lunch followed by the intimidating 28 bends towards t..."he Teahorse. We then continued past the teahorse to stay at the halfway house for the night. The halfway house had plenty of room (though, not that many privates), hot water, and pretty delicious food. If you can push through to stay here, it was worth it. The next morning we got up and hiked to Tina's and then to Tiger Leaping Stone. We were able to catch the 3:30 p.m. bus for Shangrila with time for lunch and some card games. About the trail - the first day was pretty bad with the 28 bends. Also, the arrows between the starting point and the naxi guesthouse were scarce - make sure you ask for directions you haven't seen an arrow in a while. The most confusing point for us was sh... " More >