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4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing

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4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing route map
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Your Great Wall Journey

Discover several of the Beijing area’s contrasting Great Wall landscapes over four days. This route gives you time to appreciate the architecture, mountain scenery, and changes between restored and unrestored sections.

The Crouching Tiger Great Wall

 Many significant sections existing on this trek and will be an excellent experience! Gubeikou, a portion of the wall used for defending the enemy. We will hike into Jinshanling, a lovely mountainside section with watchtowers across the whole landscape. We will camp for the night in a famous watchtower, once guarded for protection. Then onto Wohushan, which has the Crouching Tiger Mountain, a trek not known too many visitors that will have you amazed. A perfect time to take in some incredible scenery and take pictures. We finish your Great Wall adventure by hiking the Jiankou-Mutianyu trail, photogenic ruins that have been widely photographed and are best known for its unique character.

TOUR 4E: Great Wall Hiking plus Camping for Jiankou Purists

Day 1: Jinshanling to West Simatai

4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing — mountain landscape and Great Wall towers

 We will drive 2.5 hours to Jinshanling to start. 

Jinshanling is one of the best parts of The Great Wall as it has many original features. It was crowned “Second Valley” because it was built on the Greater and Lesser Jinshan (‘Gold Mountain’) Ranges. A tablet with the Chinese inscription for Jinshanling Great Wall was set into this section. This section of the wall has been left untouched since 1570. It is a remote and relatively isolated section of the Great Wall.
 

Tonight, we will camp on the Great Wall in an ancient watchtower at Gubeikou.
 

INCLUDED

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Accommodation: Camping on the Wall

Day 2: Gubeikou to Jinshanling

4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing — mountain landscape and Great Wall towers

We will wake up at 5:30 a.m. to welcome the amazing sunrise at Gubeikou. 

Explore Gubeikou’s winding ridges and varied watchtowers on a hike of about 10 km toward Jinshanling. The route moves between original and restored Great Wall masonry, with sunset adding a different light to the mountain setting.

INCLUDED

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Accommodation : Jiankou Hostel

Day 3: Crouching Tiger Mountain

4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing — mountain landscape and Great Wall towers

 The Crouching Tigers Mountain runs along the left side of Gubeikou. "Crouching tigers" comes from the shape of the mountain, as it looks like a pair of tigers with one pushing up and one pushing down acting as protectors of Beijing. The ancient status and amazing views of the Great Wall here remain perfect, despite its age as it has changed for hundreds of years from the Ming Dynasty.

We will transfer to Jiankou to sleep.

INCLUDED

Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner 

Accommodation: Jiankou Hostel

Day 4: Jiankou to Mutianyu

4E: Hike the Great Wall around Beijing — mountain landscape and Great Wall towers

Our last day will start at Jiankou.  

The Jiankou section is known for its ruggedness and wild beauty, and you will be in awe of the marvelous views it affords. As soon as we reach Jiankou, we will see a deserted watchtower that gives you a panoramic view of the entire valley.  We will cross over onto Mutianyu, a section of the wall that has been largely restored. Mutianyu offers some breathtaking views of the valley and wall below. 

You can hike down or take a toboggan ride (slide) down to meet our driver. 

We will drive to Jinshanling to spend the night! An experience you will love!

INCLUDED

Meals:  Breakfast & Lunch

Testimonial

"Absolutely fantastic Experience!"

We recently did a 4 day hike of the great wall with Great Wall Adventure Club and it was a truly unforgettable experience. The Great Wall of China is an amazing landmark and what better way to really see it than to walk it for 4 days. The walking was challenging yet rewarding, the accommodation we stayed in was fine and the food over the few days was incredible. Our leader Aaron was fantastic, very talkative, knowledgeable, friendly and spoke good English. Our driver was also great! Highly recommend this company to anyone wanting to see the wall or hike the wall.

-  Streety101, Melbourne, Australia on TripAdvisor.   

Date of experience: 13 Sep 2016 

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