2HC: A Relaxed Overnight at Gubeikou

 SUMMARY

 If you are a visitor to Beijing on a time limit, this tour is perfect for you to enjoy a short adventure. No early morning as this tour picks you up in the late afternoon, on the Great Wall you will get to take in the beautiful landscape where the wall runs up and down and in and out through the countryside. A night you will camp in the tower once guarded by soldiers, an experience you won’t forget! The next morning you can take all your memories as you make your way back to the city!

Great Wall Adventure Club is the only authorized service that is permitted by the Great Wall Administration to use camping on the Great Wall to all our consumers. To camp on the Great Wall surface legally, we pay a charge to the Great Wall Management Office that allows us access to places for camping.  

At approximately 11:30 a.m., meet your guide at your hotel for the drive of more than two hours to Gubeikou. Follow a shorter route for about two hours, enjoying the original towers and sunset views. For a longer challenge, upgrade to the 4.5-hour Gubeikou–Jinshanling hike for an additional $49 per person.

A place that links the southern and northern areas of the Yanshan Range is a place known as Gubeikou. It's roughly 125 kilometers away from Beijing. Gubeikou has served as a route of strategic importance back in ancient times. It was known as the passage way to the city.  
 

Today, Gubeikou Wall is more than 20 km and consists of four parts: Wohushan, Panlongshan, Jinshanling, and Simatai. Our tour guide will go into detail of its history when you are there in person re-living as the soldiers once did who protected the boundaries of the wall. Gubeikou was one of the most important passes used to repel the Japanese back in the early 1930's. Gubeikou is a perfect section of the Great Wall for hiking and camping. This section of the Great wall has 143 beacon towers which all vary in size so much so, some can fit less than 10 and some can fill up with as many as 100 soldiers!

A famous Great Wall specialist said: "The Great Wall is the best of Chinese architecture, but Simatai is the best of the Great Wall." Built on a cliff, Simatai is extremely steep. This section of the wall is known for its legends and historical relics.  
 

Simply put, the Gubeikou sections are very unique and possess many characteristics and beautiful landscapes. Learning about its history is breath taking, wait until you hear the legendary stories while personally been there living in the past!
 

After viewing the sunset Around 6 p.m., we will have dinner at a local farmer's house at the base of the Great Wall. This will be a delicious local Chinese cuisine served just for you. We will then climb back on the Great Wall and set up camp for the night in one of the Great Walls towers! All camping equipment will be provided, so all you have to do is have a comfortable sleep!

 An early wakeup call at about 5:30 is to take in the beautiful sunrise over the Great Wall. After having a continental breakfast, you will return to Beijing at about 9 a.m.

Great Wall Adventure Club is the perfect guide for your Great Wall hiking and camping. 

• English-speaking guide with well-experienced tour guide; 
• Professional driver and nice vehicle; 
• General admissions to all sections touched; 
• Free membership card; 
• Hotel pickup & drop-off;
• Airport pickup & drop-off at a low fee;

• PLATINUM PACKAGE --   Private or Semi-private English-speaking Tour that is present with you every minute of your adventure. This Tour also includes private transfers, tickets, camp setup and meals.

• GOLD PACKAGE --   Private or Semi-private tour with our local Chinese speaking guide. It includes our transfer service from and to your hotel and local support from our team. Majority of this package is the same as the Platinum Package except that you pay less.

• SILVER PACKAGE -- Use our coach bus and public bus as the transportation tool to reduce the logistic fee, so you can spend more on the walking and camping experience.

• Gubeikou-Jinshanling-West Simatai camping (TOUR 2AB)
• Gubeikou-Jinshanling-Huanghuacheng camping (TOUR 2AD)
• Beginner's experience of camping at Gubeikou (TOUR 2HB)
• Gubeikou Camping for the Sunset and Sunrise for Cheap (TOUR 2HC)
• From the Forbidden City to Gubeikou Camping (2X1)

Visit our 2-day hikes featuring camping on the Wall at three camping bases.