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Meet up with your friendly, expert driver at your centrally located hotel at a prearranged time. Then, board your private, air-conditioned vehicle and enjoy your comfortable road journey to Jinshanling Great Wall which will take 2.5 hours. Admire the beautiful views over Beijing city as well as the countryside, once arrive, your driver will help you to get the entrance tickets, and you will enjoy this hike at the Great Wall, afterwards, dropping you off at your centrally located hotel. Jinshanling Great Wall is about a 2.5 hours drive away from Beijing. It has been listed as one of the most beautiful sections of the Great Wall. Highly recommended by photographers, it is also a good section for experienced hikers. The transfer service is for 8-9 hours, you will have plenty time to explore the wall at your own pace.

Your guide will meet you at 8am and then drive to Simatai West. You will start the hiking around 10:30am, and it will take about 3 hours to complete. A lunch at a local farmer’s restaurant will be organized after the hiking before returning to the city. This section offers arguably the finest hiking anywhere on the Great Wall. It is extremely photogenic, with over 15 watch-towers, and steep gradients that give constantly changing perspectives and wide, open views. There is fascinating variety in the watch-towers here. Some have two storeys, others three. Some have flat roofs, others rounded and others again are pitched with upturned eaves. This section of the wall is wild, ruined, preserved and original. On a clear day, it is difficult to fail to take good photographs here. 

Hike the Picturesque Great Wall at Jinshanling The Jinshanling section of the Great Wall is half repaired. On this trip, you will see both a repaired section of wall and the original wall in ruins. There will be no crowds around you, so you can get the most out of China's legendary landmark as you tread the Wall's centuries-old stone steps or walk through a ruined ancient watchtower. The wild section gives you a sense of what it would have been like in its original glory. While the repaired section will transport you back in time to the heyday of imperial China. The Great Wall at Jinshanling has the most beautiful natural scenery. You will get a wider variety of shots than you can at any other section of the Great Wall. Many professional Great Wall photos are taken at this section. Your guide will hike all the way with you. He/she will help you take photos, tell you the best location for photos, and give you information about the wall. WHY CHOOSE US? · Since 2010, we've conducted OVER 40,000 TOURS, delighting 15,0000+ visitors worldwide · We understand the significance of your visit, which is why we're committed to showcasing the very best of Beijing through immersive 4-hour-long tours · We have accumulated over 4000 reviews on other platform and the reviews here are just a glimpse of our excellence! · Excited for the fun? Choose your booking date, pack your curiosity, and walk with us to explore the best section Great Wall with OPTIONS! We offer multiple Options with the total time frame from 8-10 hours to meet your different requirements Option 1: Meet the guide at the fixed meeting point in the downtown area to have group Jingshanling Wall Tour. Option 2: Private Jingshanling wall tour with round transfer from your hotel in the downtown area. Option 3: Private Hike from Gubeikou to Jiingshanling section with round transfer from your hotel in the downtown area. Option 4: Private Jingshanling wall with Gubei Water village and sunset Simtai wall with round transfer from your hotel in the downtown area. Option 5: Summer Palace with Jingshanling wall sunset Tour Option 6: Forbidden city with Jingshanling wall sunset Tour Option 7: Jingshanling wall with hutong food tour Option 8: Jingshanling wall with just transportation and ticket (No Guide No Cable Car) Pls select the one that you like most and suitable for you then.

Your English speaking guide and private car will pick you up at your preferred time in your hotel's lobby. Then heading to the Jinshanling Great Wall, the trip will take about 2.5 hours. While driving your English speaking guide will explain the histories and stories about the Great Wall of China, sit back enjoy the beautiful countryside view of the Beijing. Once arrive at Jinshanling Great Wall, you will enjoy a less hurried tour with your guide, you can decide how far you want to hike and how long you want to spend at the Wall. Your tour guide will accompany you all the time , and will be available to take photos of your group so that you have amazing shots from your day out at Jinshanling! The Jinshan ling Great Wall was first built in the sixth century during the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420-589). Along it are 67 watchtowers, all in different styles, at average intervals of 150 meters.Jinshanling is also relatively undeveloped for those looking for a more authentic Wall experience. Viewed from a distance, the Jinshan ling Great Wall is like a giant dragon, curving its path over the mountain peaks whose line it follows. Afterwards, you will stop at a local restaurant for lunch. Your wonderful day tour will end with your Beijing city hotel drop off. You also can customize the tour to your wish, here are few options 1: Combine Jinshanling and Mutianyu Great Wall After hotel pick up, your first stop is Mutianyu Great Wall, follow your tour guide to take the ski lift up to Wall, hike up and down for 1.5 hours to explore different towers, then enjoy the fun toboggan down to the ground After lunch spend the afternoon at Jinshanling Great Wall. This tour will last about 9-11 hours. 2: Combine Jinshanling with Gubei Water Town and Simatai Great Wall After hotel pick up, you will visit Jinshanling Great Wall first, after 2 hours hiking, enjoy lunch in the local restaurant then explore the Gubei Water Town and Simatai Great Wall in the late afternoon. Built at the foot of Simatai Great Wall, Gubei Water Town used to be an important military site and attracted numerous literati and hosted more than 3 emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasty. Now it is becoming a popular resort for photographers and foodies. Stroll around Gubei Water Town with your tour guide and take the cable car to discover the charms of Simatai Great Wall. Tour ends with your downtown hotel drop off.

The group English guide and chinese speaking driver will hold your name logo and wait for you at your hotel lobby within 3rd ring road of Beijing between 7:AM to 7:30AM in the morning. Then drive around 1.5 hours and reach at Mutianyu Great wall park lot approx 9:30am, Start the journey on the eastern section of the wall with plenty of photo opportunities of the surrounding foliage, architecture, and towers along the way. Be surrounded by ancient architecture to marvel at the along hike. Take time to enjoy the breathtaking sights along the parapets on this relatively less crowded section of the wall with room to stop and admire the views. This section of the Great Wall offers a look at each unique tower along the way, ensuring there is always something new to discover. Later on have lunch and visit a Jade or cloisonné factory to experience traditional Chinese culture, then enjoy interesting Chinese tea ceremony at tea house before returning back hotel.

Please Note: Jinshanling's East Gate (Simatai West) will be closed from November 15th to March 15th. Tour only the western part of the Jinshanling Great Wall during this time. Beat the crowds during the early morning visit to the Jinshanling Great Wall. This early morning tour means leaving early and coming back early as well. Starting early time can avoid the morning rush hour. The traffic jam in Beijing is very horrible. Meet your guide and driver at your downtown hotel on time, then head up to Jinshanling Great Wall. We will spend about 3 hours hiking from Jinshanling Great Wall (Jinshanling West) to Simatai West( Jinshanling East); you will go up to the wall at Brick Crenel and walk to East Five-window Tower, a 6-kilometer trek with your guide who will accompany you throughout. Where you can enjoy hiking or photo taking and then have lunch; after lunch, we will take you back to your hotel.

Pick you up at your Beijing hotel at 7am and drive 2.5 hours to Jinshanling East. A 40-minute walking up will lead you to East-Five-Eye watchtower. You may take a few breaths before reaching the Wall, and will be rewarded by the breathtaking panoramic view of this amazing human constructions. Once standing on the top of the Wall, you could see Simatai, Jinshanling and Gubeikou in a clear day, what a spectacular view! You will walk mainly on brick steps at Jinshanling section and some of them are big. This section of the Wall is very popular among keen photographers for its intact watchtowers, beacon towers and other solid constructions. The steps rise up and down constantly and scenery is changing at every watchtower. Take a short break and some photos here, you will then walk westward to Jinshanling. You will get through Shalingkou and Zhuanduokou and then off the Wall at Taochunkou. Walking on the hilly trail for some 1 hour and taking a break at the cottage at Jinshanling West Gate. Continuing the walking through jungles for half an hour, you will come back to the Wall again at 24-Eye Watchtower at Gubeikou. You could see the panoramic view of the Tiger Hill in a distance if weather permits. The rest of 1.5 hours’ walking on the Dragon Hill is relatively flat and easier. Our driver is waiting for you at the end of Gubeikou. You will drive 2.5 hours back to Beijing.

Note: After booking this tour, please send your passport name, passport number and date of birth to the local service provider. Please also provide your email address, mobile number and whatsapp number. The local service provider will send the QR code for the tickets directly to your email address, mobile number and whatsapp number. You can choose a car package to Jinshanling Great Wall from this tour option, then scan the QR code sent by your local service provider at the entrance and enter the attraction. The Jinshanling Great Wall has a long history and splendid culture, and is 120 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. The Jinshanling Great Wall starts from Wangjing Tower in the east and ends at Longyukou in the west, with a total length of about 15 kilometers. The wall is generally about 7 meters high, 7 meters wide at the bottom and 6 meters wide at the top, which can accommodate five horses. On this section of the Great Wall, enemy towers, battle platforms and bunk houses are densely packed, of which there are 155 enemy towers and battle platforms. As the most well-preserved section of the Ming Great Wall, the Jinshanling Great Wall has profound archaeological value. In addition, the Jinshanling Great Wall attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists with its precipitous terrain, unique architectural style and natural scenery that varies from season to season. The flourishing flowers in spring, the sea of forests in summer, the red leaves in autumn, the snowfields in winter, as well as the steamy clouds in the early morning and the red haze at dusk, are all unique beauties. The Jinshanling Great Wall itself is a symbolic cultural symbol. The Ming Dynasty is one of the brightest pearls in China's long history. In a certain sense, the Great Wall has become a symbol of Chinese history and culture like ceramics and silk.

Note: After booking this tour, please send your passport name, passport number and date of birth to the local service provider. Please also provide your email address, mobile number and whatsapp number. The local service provider will send the QR code for the ticket directly to your email address, mobile number and whatsapp number. You can take a taxi to the Jinshanling Great Wall, scan the QR code sent by your local service provider at the entrance and enter the attraction. The Jinshanling Great Wall has a long history and splendid culture, 130 kilometers away from downtown Beijing. The Jinshanling Great Wall is densely covered with enemy towers and battle platforms, totaling 168, which not only have a defensive function, but also serve as an important physical material for the study of the military defense system of the Ming Dynasty. 1987, the Jinshanling Great Wall was announced by the State Council of the People's Republic of China as the third batch of national key cultural relics protection units. In addition, the Jinshanling Great Wall attracts a large number of domestic and foreign tourists with its precipitous terrain, unique architectural style and natural scenery that varies from season to season. The flourishing flowers in spring, the sea of forests in summer, the red leaves in autumn, the snowfields in winter, as well as the steamy clouds in the early morning and the red haze at dusk, are all unique beauties.

The Jinshanling Great Wall, renowned as the ""Most Popular for Hiking and Photography" is situated 150 kilometers from Beijing with a 3-hour drive away. Our bus tour follows a self-service travel approach that we have pre-booked all tickets for you, including Great Wall entry ticket and cable car ticket. Upon arrival at the Great Wall, customers are free to explore for 4 hours. After the tour, take a bus back to the Beijing downtown. Tour Itinerary 08:00: Bus depart from the meeting point. 10:30: Arrive Great Wall and start free sightseeing 14:30: Bus depart from the Great Wall. 17:00: Arrive the meeting point and tour is over.