4 Days Great Walls Hiking and Camping Tour: Huanghuacheng, Xishuiyu, Jiankou, Mutianyu, Simatai, and Jinshanling Great Wall

Wake up early in the morning to watch the sunrise. After breakfast in Zhengbeilou Tower, we start the hike.

We start the hike from Xizhaizi village, you 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, you 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, you will cross the mountain. You 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 4hours and 10 km (6 mils).

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

Stay at local inn in Gubeikou village for overnight.

Today’s hiking begins at around 9:30 am. 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 the inn.

Stay at local inn in Gubeikou village for overnight.

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, we 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 we 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.

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