Tour Code: GW10,GW11
- Great Wall Hiking Tours
Jiankou Great WallGW10Beijing - Badaling - Huanghuacheng - Jiankou - Mutianyu - Beijing
To go to Badaling, you can take the Bus No.919 at Deshengmen Gate and get off at Badaling Great Wall stop. Also you can find the special buses at Tiananmen Square. It will take you about one hour to get to the destination. After your hiking tour, if you charter a car to Huanghuacheng directly. If the car is not available, you may take bus No. 919 to Yanqing bus station and then find a car.If you want to go to the Huanghuacheng Great Wall directly, you may take bus No. 916 at Metting Center, Huairou (the ticket charge is CNY6.00 and CNY8.00 with the air-conditioner, and the buses are available before 19:00), then you may change a minibus to Xishuiyu direction and get off at the Zhuangdaokou Village (the ticket charge is CNY4.50 and the buses are available in every 20 minutes), if you charter a microbus from Huarou, it may cost you about CNY40.00. You may stay overnight at a local farmer's house. Or, for your convenience, you may take a minibus at Erdaoguan bus stop to Huairou district to stay overnight, and get prepared for your next day's hiking.
On the second day, continue your hiking tour to Jiankou Great Wall. Charter a microbus to Jiankou Great Wall, and this may cost you CNY40.00 to CNY60.00. There are two routes to hiking for your reference:
One: Xizhazi Village Jiankou Great Wall - The Sky Ladder - Yingfeidaoyang - Xizhazi Village
Two: Xizhazi Village - Beijing Knot - Xizhazi
From Beijing Knot, you may go to the east direction to Mutianyu Great Wall to continue your hiking tour.
Tip: The buses of 'Chengde - Beijing' pass by near Mutianyu. You may take it to go back to Beijing.
Huanghuacheng Great WallGW11Beijing - Shuiquangou - Xishuiyu - Huanghuacheng - Beijing
You may take the Bus No.919 to get to Yanqing first and then transfer to a minibus to go to Shuiquanyu Folk Culture Village to experience the countryside custom. You also can take bus No. 925 at Deshengmen bus stop to Changping district and then to Longquanyu Folk Culture Village. After that, you're suggested to hike through the Heilongtan Canyon to reach Xishuiyu Great Wall.
Hilongtan Canyon is a scenery area composed of incomplete Great Wall and the pond. Here, no artificial trail and crowded visitors, this area still keeps its natural characteristics. Xishuiyu scenic area is mixed with the natural and historical sceneries. Among those, the most famous is the Great Wall built in Ming Dynasty, it is adjacent to east of Shifukou of Mutianyu Great Wall in the east, and join Juyongguan Great Wall in the west in majesty, the highlight of Xishuiyu is to visit the Great Wall on the water, which you can not see in other places except in Laolongtou of ShanhaiGuan Great Wall section. If you hiking to these two Great Walls, we suggest you go with friends and pay more attention to your safety. Tonight, we suggest you stay overnight at a locl family, or, you may take a minibus to Huairou District.
In the second day's morning, take minibus from Huairou bus station and get off at Erdaoguan bus stop, then go on walking eastwards and you will get to Huanghuacheng. Once finish your visit, you may take a minibus to Huairou Coach Bus Station and transfer to the Bus No. 916 to go back to Beijing.
More Great Wall Hiking Tours:
Badaling Hiking Tour: useful information about how to get Badaling, its ticket price, and other useful tips.
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Great Wall Hiking to Huangyaguan: One Day hiking tour to Huangyaguan Great Wall
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Questions & Reviews
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Jan. 30,2008 17:29 Reply
Mr.Brad June(Australia) said:
Hutong is one of the four famous characteristics of Beijing. There are a queue of rickshaws staying out of the hutong waiting for taking you for the hutong tour. The price ranges from Y80-Y120 per person. The tour generally departs from the Beihai Park at the Shichahai area. During the tour, you would visit the Drum Tower, the Hutong area with Sihe Yard and you could also choose to take a visit to the Prince Gong's Palace. You may try to experience the rickshaw driving, or you could walk around it freely. If you don't ask a guide to accompany you, you could wander around as long as you like.
The hutong area is the best place to touch how the old residence doing everyday thing and feel the local people's living. If you could speak a little simple Chinese, you may try to have a talk with them. All the Chinese people are very enthusiastic and hospitable.
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Sep. 19,2007 10:42 Reply
Mr.Jayspond Pons(France) said:
There is a great scam going on in Beijing. You usually get accosted by a cute girl or two, wanting you to look at the work of a "famous artist" who is in town for a few days. The goal is to get you to buy expensive copies of nice art. Lots of high-pressure sales. Just keep in mind that whatever they're selling you can get it cheaper and probably of higher quality elsewhere.