Do You Want to Join on a Wonderful Hike at Great Wall?

The Great Wall of China is one of the wonders of the world. So hiking on Great Wall is a must during your Beijing tour. This time we will take you to visit Mutianyu Great Wall and Jinshanling Great Wall where are less crowded.

Mutianyu Great Wall 

About 70 kilometers northwest of Beijing, Mutianyu Great Wall is the most beautiful section of Great Wall. This section of Great Wall is mostly in good condition at present. It still keeps its original feature.

With the rising and falling ridges, Mutianyu Great Wall is one of the most dangerous parts of the Great Wall. Outside the wall the mountains are steep while within the wall the land is gentle.

Differing from other parts of the Great Wall, in Mutianyu Great Wall, both the outer and inner parapets are crenellated with merlons, so that shots could be fired at the enemy on both sides, which forming a complete defense work. There is a close cluster of watchtowers in unique shapes and diverse structures.

For its long history and beautiful scenery, Mutianyu Great Wall is really worth visiting during your Beijing tour. 

Jinshanling Great Wall

Jinshanling Great Wall is rather suit for hiking for that it has the advantage of being still broadly walkable and relatively less busy. The level of difficulty can be classed as “relaxing”, even if certain paths are tricky. Jinshanling Great Wall has not been greatly renovated.

Standing on Jinshanling Great Wall, one could benefit fully from the view around. If you do not like crowd, then Jinshanling Great Wall is the best choice for you. Less busy a few years ago, the site has more recently regained interest, attracting a growing number of hikers hoping to practice.

Organized by many travel agencies from Beijing, hiking on Jinshanling Great Wall is becoming more and more popular among tourists.

With grand scenery, you can walk here all the year round. Jinshanling Great Wall combines the countryside’s authenticity and beauty.

Just as the saying said” He who has not been to the Great Wall is not a true man.” When having a Beijing tour, tourist could not miss the chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery in Jinshanling Great Wall.

Also there are other sections of Great Wall are famous such as Badaling Great Wall. But Badaling Great Wall is more crowded. If you want to visit other place, just give us a call and tell us your demands. You could tailor-made your Beijing tour. We shall do our best to meet your requirements.

A Wild Great Wall - Jinshanling Hiking Tour

As a professional travel agency, we specialize in Beijing tours. We pay attention to the improvement of our itineraries and service. This time we shall take you to enjoy a wild Great Wall hiking tour on Jinshanling Great Wall

Brief Introduction of Jinshanling Great Wall

With a long history, Jinshanling Great Wall still remains its original features without greatly renovated. It has the advantage of being still broadly walkable and relatively less busy, so there are shoal of tourists hiking on Jinshanling Great Wall. Also, if you do not like crowd, you could choose Jinshanling Great Wall for hiking.

On the first floor there are some windows for shooting arrows. The roofs of the towers are many and varied, flat, arched, quadrangular or octagonal. Some are used to store weapons and hay. Others are used as soldiers' bedrooms. Among them, the most celebrated are the Big and Small Jinshan Watchtowers.

The Wall for Preventing the Horses, the Retaining Wall, the Bricks with Words Written on and the Kylin Screen are also renowned and worth a visit. Anyone who comes here should not miss them.

The Wangjinglou Tower, the General Tower, the Black Tower and the Taochun Tower are also must-sees. Each tower has its legend. Meantime, there is a three-kilometer Night Great Wall and an eight hundred meters cable way.

Hiking on Jinshanling Great Wall

If you hiking on Jinshanling Great Wall, the level of difficulty can be classed as "relaxing", even if certain paths are tricky: that allows you to benefit fully from the views.

Recent years, a growing numbers of hikers hoping to practice on Jinshanling Great Wall. Although you can walk here all the year round, some sections of Jinshanling Great Wall remain passable with difficulty and are very dangerous. So if you come to Jinshanling Great Wall in winter, you should pay more attention.

Tourists should not miss the chance to enjoy the beautiful scenery in Jinshanling Great Wall during your Beijing tour

Transportation

If you want to visit Jinshanling Great Wall by your own, then you can take bus or taxi. Consider your unfamiliar with Beijing, we suggest you’d better go with us for the first time. With our best service, your Beijing Jinshanling Great Wall tour would be comfortable and safe.

What to eat

You can try "Peasant Dish" in Hua Lou Gou Village at the foot of Jinshanling Great Wall.

If you want to know more about this Jinshanling Great Wall hiking tour, you could contact us at any time.

Booking Badaling Great Wall Bus Day Tour Itinerary

As the saying goes' He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.' So Great Wall is a must for your Beijing tour. Also there are many other famous attractions in Beijing such as Ming Tombs. This time I would like to take you to visit Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs.

Badaling Great Wall

Almost everyone who tour in Beijing would come to visit Badaling Great Wall. With grand and magnificent scenery, it attracts large number of tourists from home and abroad.

About more than 60 kilometers northwest from Beijing, Badaling Great Wall is the most famous and best preserved section of Great Wall. It has a long history that can be date back to the 18^th year of the reign of Ming Emperor Hongzi. In the history, it was used as an important defense system. So it built for the purpose of defense, the mountains around are steep. And the base of the wall, built with large rectangular slab of granite stones, is about 6.5 meters wide on the average. The top floor is wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder.

Whenever you hiking on Badaling Great Wall, you will stunned by its unique magnificent and the splendid scenery around will not let you down. 

Ming Tombs

With such a great scale, Ming Tombs is the largest clusters of imperial cemeteries in China. Changling, the tomb of Emperor Yongle, was the earliest of the tombs, and the succeeding twelve emperors had their tombs built around it.

Ming Tombs has become one of the key attractions in Beijing. While you visit Ming Tombs, tourists will both enjoy the ancient architecture style and learn more about its long history. 

Itinerary of One Day Beijing Great Wall Tour

First of all, we will pick you up and drive to the Ming Tomb. You will visit Changling. The sightseeing on the Ming Tombs takes about 1 hour. By the way, you will have 45 minutes for a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product, a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.
Second, We shall move to the Badaling Great Wall that takes about 2 hours. After that, we will drive by the "the Bird's Nest,water cube" on the way to your hotel.
Lastly, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Silk arts. Then we drive to your hotel or airport, see off.

Hope you full enjoy this Beijing tour.

Tour Itinerary of One Day Great Wall Hiking Tour ?

 Personally speaking, searching and enriching the experience of life are the real meaning of travel. There are many fantastic new buildings in Beijing. It is widely known as a wonder city with dreamlike sceneries and unique folk customs. So Beijing deserves your visit. And Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace you should pay a visit during your one day Beijing tour. 

 

Badaling Great Wall 

Needless to say, Badaling Grerat Wall is the most famous and best preserved section of the Great Wall. Nearly all tourists who come to Beijing would hike on Badaling Great Wall. Though it was crowd, it can not stop tourists to view its grand and majestic gesture.

Badaling Great Wall has a long history that can date back to Ming Dyasty. Built for the purpose of defense, Badaling Great Wall was built with huge stone slabs on the out side. 7.8 meters high on average, some even reaches 14 meters. Also Badaling Great Wall is wide enough, five horses gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder.

In addition, Badaling Great Wall has dangerous mountain slopes, splendid scenery, and distinctive four seasons. Whenever you go to Badaling Great Wall, you will not disappoint. Hiking on Badaling Great Wall is a must during your Beijing tour. 

Summer Palace

Greatly influence Chinese horticulture, Summer Palace is the largest and most well preserved royal park of the Qing Dynasty extant in China. The garden consists primarily of the Wanshoushan and Kunming Lake.

The whole garden just like a veritable museum, there are different garden type architecture from different regions in China. Definitely, it is a gem in the Chinese art of garden construction. With such a high reputation, Summer Palace is very popular among tourists. 

Itinerary of one day Beijing tour

First, we drive to the famous Badaling Great Wall where you could enjoy hiking on Badaling Great Wall for about 2 hours.

Next, Before having lunch, you will have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product. It is a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.

Last, after have traditional Chinese lunch at Jindian restaurant, we will get to the Summer Palace. And after the visit of Summer Palace, you could have a short visit to a pearl free market.

Hope this classical Beijing tour will bring you a new experience of Beijing.

How to Plan a Splendid Tours in Beijing?

If you are a new comer to Beijing, I suggest you’d better have a Great Wall tours in Beijing. Beijing is an ancient city with a long history that can date back 3000 years ago. Here I want to recommend some famous attractions and well planned travel schedules to you.

Badaling Great Wall 

Every year, numerous tourists come to visit Badaling Great Wall during their Beijing tour. As the saying goes “he who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man”. Badaling is the most representative section of Great Wall. Though Badaling Great Wall is crowd even every day, it really deserves your visit during your Beijing travel.

As the most famous and best preserved section of the Great Wall, Badaling was an important defensive outpost in the history. Its function was to protect the Juyongguan Pass. There are lots of watch towers and beacon towers on the top of the Badaling Great Wall. 

Forbidden City

Forbidden City has another name- Palace Museum. Construction of the Forbidden City began in 1406, it covers an area of 72 hectares and the rectangular palace city has totally 8707 rooms. In ancient times, Forbidden City was a place where emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties handled court business and resided.

This magnificent, solemn and palatial complex is the largest wooden cluster in existence in the world today. So it is a must for your Beijing tour.

Tiananmen Square

Tiananmen Square is seated in the center of Beijing and it is the heart of Beijing. Also, it is the largest public square in the world. 

Itinerary of 1 Day Beijing Great Wall Tour

First, our first destination is Tiananmen Square. Then walk to the Forbidden City and walk along the central axis of palaces from south to north for 2 hours.

Second, you will have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory before lunch. The jade carving is a famous special Chinese product, a blend of the excellent skill on carving and Chinese traditional cultures.

Third, we will get to Badaling Great Wall after traditional Chinese lunch at Jindian restaurant. After Badaling Great Wall tour, we transfer back to your hotel. By the way, you will have the chance to visit the Chinese traditional medicine on the back way to hotels.

Also you can arrange travel schedules totally according to you wish. We are here waiting for you and hope you have a splendid trip of Beijing Great Wall .

Have an Amazing Walk along the Great Wall

If you tour in Beijing, them Great Wall you should not miss. As the saying goes, he who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man. This saying shows that a true man can overcome any difficulties. We shall take you to visit Badaling Great Wall and Mutianyu Great Wall during your Beijing tour.

Badaling Great Wall 

Nearly all the foreigners who tour in Beijing would come to visit Badaling Great Wall. As the most famous and best-preserved section of the Great Wall, it threads its way through a jumble of mountains like a giant dragon.

From its name, you can guess it gives access to every direction. In ancient times, Badaling Great Wall was an important military fortress and its function was to protect the Juyongguan Pass. The top floor of Badaling Great Wall is paved with square bricks which made the floor very orderly and smooth. It is wide enough for five horses to gallop abreast and ten people march shoulder by shoulder.

In addition, there are many watch towers and beacon towers on the top of Badaling Great Wall. The beacon towers were used to transmit military message.

Large numbers of tourists are stunned by its dangerous mountain slopes, splendid scenery, and distinctive four seasons. So Badaling Great Wall is a must during your Beijing tour.

Mutianyu Great Wall

Located in Huairou District, Mutianyu Great Wall was used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs during the Ming Dynasty.

Built along the rising and falling ridges, Mutianyu Great Wall is mostly in good condition at present and it is one of the most dangerous parts of the Great Wall. There is a close cluster of watchtowers in unique shapes and diverse structures. Totally 22 watchtowers have been built at Mutianyu Great Wall indicate its military and strategic importance, with a good view regular intervals along its 2,000-odd-meter span.

Mutianyu is a beautiful section of the Great Wall with less crowded. The surrounding natural environment of Mutianyu Great Wall is most attractive. The mountains around Mutianyu Great Wall are densely covered by verdant plants and trees. About 90 percent of this area is covered with vegetation, green pines and cypresses. You could visit Mutianyu Great Wall at any time for that the scenery here is beautiful all year round.

Besides, there are other parts of Great Wall you can visit, but the two are the most representative. Wish you enjoy this hiking Beijing tour.