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3 Days Great Walls Hiking and Camping Tour: Jiankou, Mutianyu, Simatai, and Jinshanling Great Wall

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Tour Code：Yaso-CDT-9271

Length of Travel：3 Days

Tour Route： Beijing

Tour Type：Day Tours / City Tours / Top China Tours / Nature Tours / Great Wall Tours / Hiking Tours / History and Culture Tours

Guide & Driver：English-speaking guide, experienced driver with an air-conditioned vehicle.

Accommodation：Top 4-5 Star Hotels for Luxury Stays with Daily Breakfast Included

During this 3 days tour, we will have an exciting hiking experience from Jiankou Great Wall to Mutianyu Great Wall, Simatai Great Wall, and Jinshaling Great Wall. We will camping in the Haowanglou Tower on Gubeikou Great Wall, appreciate the gorgeous sunrise on the Gubeikou Great Wall, hike on the steepest great wall in Beijing, visit the longest wall in China, explore Jinshanling Great Wall which is one of the UNESO Heritage site, and experience different cultural activities at Gubei Water Town.

Tour Highlights

✨ Exciting hiking tour on various sections of Great Wall ✨ Climbing the steepest great wall in Beijing, Jiankou Great Wall ✨ Climb to the highest tower on the Jiankou Great Wall, Zhengbeilou Tower ✨ Explore UNESO Heritage site, Jinshanling Great Wall ✨ Enjoy gorgeous sunrise on the Gubeikou Great Wall ✨ Experience different cultural activities at Gubei Water Town ✨ Camping in the Haowanglou Tower on Gubeikou Great Wall

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Beijing City Tour: Jiankou Great Wall; Mutianyu Great Wall; Camping in the Haowanglou Tower

3 Days Great Walls Hiking and Camping Tour: Jiankou, Mutianyu, Simatai, and Jinshanling Great Wall

Your tour guide will pick you up at the hotel in the morning (7:00 am in summer and autumn; 8:00 am in spring and winter, if you would like to watch the sunset on the great wall, the departure time will be delayed accordingly), it takes about 2.5 hours to the Jiankou Great Wall.

We start the hike from Xizhaizi village, we will experience the best unrestored wild Great Wall. Firstly, your guide takes you to Zhengbeilou Tower (the highest tower on Jiankou Great Wall) which takes about 1 hour by walking through the mountain path. Later, we will take a ladder up to Zhengbeilou Tower, which features some amazing ruins and scenes of rustic beauty. Midway through the hike to Mutianyu Great Wall, we will cross the mountain. we will pass about 17 towers (about 8 towers on Jiankou section and about 9 towers on Mutianyu section) with about 3 hours for the whole hiking on the Great Wall. So you could enjoy the beauty of both section of the wall - natural and well-preserved wall. Finally, you have 3 choices to come down: 1.Cable car 2.Walk way 3.Tabbogan.

Hike level is about 4.

The whole hiking tour takes about 4 hours and 10 km (6 mils).

Then the guide and driver take you to have lunch. After lunch, drive to Gubeikou village.

Sleep in Haowanglou Tower on Gubeikou Great Wall for overnight.

We'll prepare the necessary camping facilities such as tents, sleeping bags, etc. You don’t need to prepare anything for the camping.

Note: If you would like to watch the sunset on the great wall, please let us to know when you book this tour.

Day

2

Beijing City Tour: Simatai Great Wall; Gubei Water Town

3 Days Great Walls Hiking and Camping Tour: Jiankou, Mutianyu, Simatai, and Jinshanling Great Wall

Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise on the Gubeikou Great Wall. Then back to the inn have breakfast. After breakfast, we start the tour.

Firstly, hike total 10 towers with about 2 hours on the Simatai Great Wall. The Simatai Great Wall is situated at Gubeikou Town, It stretches 5.4 km from Wangjinglou (Tower for Viewing the Capital) in the east and connects Jinshanling Great Wall in the west. It consists of 35 watch towers and still retains the original architecture feature of the Ming Dynasty. Simatai Great Wall was listed as World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 1987. The Simatai Great Wall incorporates a variety of styles of other parts of the China Wall, but also display some unique features.

After lunch, visit Gubei Water Town. The Water Town covers an area of 9 square kilometers including reproduced cultural streets, accommodation, restaurants etc. There are four guesthouses and 2 hotels to accommodation visitors. You can spend as long as 2 days in the town with many cultural activities.

Hike level is about 2.

After the tour, transfer back to your hotel in Beijing downtown.

Day

3

Beijing City Tour: Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall in Beijing

Today’s hiking begins at around 9:00 am. After breakfast, drive to Jinshanling Great Wall.

You could climb up to the great wall or you could take cable car up to the great wall. We suggest you climb up to the great wall as this section is easy to hike. We start the hike from Zhuanduokou Pass, you will hike over 15 watch towers (about 5 km) and arrive at East Five - Window Tower which takes about 4 hours, come down from the East Five - Window Tower. Or you could just hike about 4 km and arrive at Houchuankou Pass which takes about 3 hours, come down from the Houchuankou Pass.

Hike level is about 3.

After the tour, transfer back to the inn.

Then the guide and driver take you to have lunch. After lunch, transfer back to your hotel in Beijing downtown.

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Price Included & Excluded

Admission fees for all of the sightseeing spots listed in the itinerary;

Meals as listed in the itinerary;

Accommodations: hotels based on twin occupancy as specified(Except day tours);

Sharing English-speaking tour guide;

Sharing vehicle for transfers & sightseeing with skilled driver;

Service charge & government taxes;

Luggage transfers between airports and hotels;

Domestic train tickets of soft sleeper.

Any arrival and departure international airfares or train tickets;

Chinese visa fees;

Excess baggage charged by Airlines;

Single room supplement;

Tips to guides and drivers;

Personal expenses and gratuities to service staff;

Personal travel accident insurance;

All optional programs.

Travel Tips

1The quotation is different for China Public Holidays. For instance, Chinese Spring Festival,Tomb-sweeping Festival, Labor Day, Dragon-boat Festival, Mid-autumn Festival, China National Day, etc.

2Important Notice:

31.Please take Hiking boots, sticks or trekking sticks, backpack, sun-glasses, sunscreen, snacks, camera for this hiking tour.

42. The traveler whose body is not fit for the hiking such as arthritis, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, and the traveler who are drunk are not recommended to take this tour.

53. Don’t take baby less than 3 years old for this tour, and the traveler who are more than 80 years old are not recommended to take this tour.

64. Do not wear short pants.

75. Please go to toilet at the entrance of the wall before the hiking, there is no toilet on the Wall. Please carry toilet paper by yourself always.

86. This tour is not available under the following weather condition: Rain, Snow, Strong Wind, etc.

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3 Days Great Walls Hiking and Camping Tour: Jiankou, Mutianyu, Simatai, and Jinshanling Great Wall

Tour Highlights

Itinerary

1

Beijing City Tour: Jiankou Great Wall; Mutianyu Great Wall; Camping in the Haowanglou Tower

2

Beijing City Tour: Simatai Great Wall; Gubei Water Town

3

Beijing City Tour: Jinshanling Great Wall

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