7 Days Beijing Great Wall Hiking Tour

♦ Hiking Information
Hiking Time: 4-5 hrs a day
Effort: ★★★☆☆
Scenery: ★★★★☆
History: ★★★★☆

Day 1 Arrival Beijing

Arrive in Beijing, the capital city of China, you will be met at the airport (Beijing Capital International Airport) by tour guide and transferred to your comfortable hotel. Free at leisure for the rest of the day.

Meals: No meal
Accommodation: In Beijing


Beijing City View

Day 2 Hotel in Beijing Eastern Qing Tomb Huangyaguan & Hiking Jinshanling

The Great Wall hiking tour will begin from your hotel in Beijing. Be picked up from your hotel in the early morning and transferred directly to Eastern Qing Tomb for a visit. Eastern Qing Tomb is the largest imperial grave complex with surrounding natural landscape in all of China. It is the home of 5 emperors and 15 empresses (as well as numerous concubines). After that drive you to Huangyaguan Great Wall and enjoy a leisure 1.5-hour hiking trip on this well-renovated Great Wall. And then, drive you to Jinshanling Great Wall area and stay overnight in a guesthouse at the bottom of the Wall.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Recommended Hotel: Guesthouse at the Bottom of the Wall
Today’s Hiking Time & Length: 1.5 hours


Packer on The Great Wall

Day 3 Jinshanling - Wuyan Tower Wohushan & Hiking Jinshanling

After the simple breakfast, start your Jinshanling Great Wall hiking today. You will hike eastward from Jinshanling towards the Simatai Section, the scenery along is extremely fantastic! You will stop at Wuyan Tower on Jinshanling section. This tower ensures you a great view of Simatai Section. Then down to the parking lot at the Jinshanling and enjoy the lunch of today.

The afternoon Great Wall hiking section is Wohushan Great Wall which is needed a short transferring from Jinshanling. Wohushan (Crouching Tiger Mountain) Great Wall hiking may need 2 hours. Wohushan — so named because two distinct peaks resemble a pair of tigers, one looks up and the other bends down. Wohushan Great Wall is famous for its precipitous geography. Hundreds years passed, the old Wall without renovation becomes one of the most representatives for people to appreciate the original Great Wall architectural art.

When finish this hiking, you will be transferred back to the guesthouse on the bottom of Jinshanling Great Wall area and stay overnight.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Recommended Hotel: Guesthouse at the Bottom of the Wall
Today’s Hiking Time & Length: 4 hours/8 km in total


Jinshanling Great Wall

Day 4 Jinshanling - Gubeikou Huanghuacheng

Today’s hiking time will be around 5 hours/10km in total from Jinshanling to General Tower on Gubeikou Section. On the hiking route, there is a military area which is forbidden to pass through. So you will bypass this part by going through a lovely village. Upon arrival at the end point of the hiking, you will be transferred to a small village at the bottom of the Huanghuacheng Great Wall. Stay overnight in a guesthouse there.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Recommended Hotel: Guesthouse at the Bottom of the Wall
Today’s Hiking Time & Length: 5-6 hours/10 km in total


Gubeikou Great Wall

Day 5 Huanghuacheng - Xishuiyu Mutianyu

Today you will hike from Huanghuacheng section to Xishuiyu. Firstly hiking up to a watch tower which can offer an overlooking of the Huanghuacheng Reservoir. Continue to hike and the route becomes steep. The destination of today is the highest point of the route. Lunch is a picnic on the Wall. The road to Xishuiyu needs to be more careful while climbing. The road is hard but the scenery is great! The broken wall built along the mountain range and stretches to distances. You will down to the Wall through a mountain trail. And then, be transferred from Xishuiyu Village to the bottom of Jiankou Great Wall. Stay overnight in a guesthouse there.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Recommended Hotel: Guesthouse at the Bottom of the Wall
Today’s Hiking Time & Length: 4 hours/8 km in total


Huanghuacheng Great Wall

Day 6 Jiankou - Mutianyu Back to Beijing

After the breakfast in the guesthouse, you will begin the Jiankou-Mutianyu Great Wall hiking. Be well-known in photographers, Jiankou Great Wall is famous for its “wild taste”. Covered by forest, and without renovation, the rough and broken wall will let you know more about the history of the Great Wall, enjoy more impressive experience than the typical tourists get.

When finish this hiking on Mutianyu Great Wall, you will enjoy a late lunch at a restaurant near Mutianyu, where is known for its delicious fish.Then driving back to your hotel in Beijing and finishing this 3-day hiking tour.

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch
Recommended Hotel: Beijing
Today’s Hiking Time & Length: 4-5 hours/10 km in total


Jiankou Great Wall

Day 7 Departure Beijing

Today, be transferred to airport for your flight to the next stop.

Meals: Breakfast
 
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