Which Section of Great Wall Best for Seniors

Plan your Great Wall Tour ? If you are a senior traveller, you may wonder which part of the Great Wall around Beijing is most suitable for the senior tourists ( not wheelchair users ) .

( PS: For wheelchair users, we highly recommend visiting Badaling Great Wall)

How to Hike Mutianyu Great Wall

After buying the entry ticket, you should take the shuttle bus behind the ticket office. You are required to buy a 10 yuan ferry shuttle bus. The ferry Shuttle Buses are 2.5km away from the Starting Points for the Mutianyu Great Wall.

When you get off the ferry shuttle bus, you need to walk along an accessible stone path (600 meters long ) leading up first to the entrance area for chairlift ( or toboggan down ), second to the walking path up to the Wall and last to the area for cable car up to the Wall respectively.

The Cable Car Station is at the end of the 600-meter stone slope. That said, there are three ways to go up to Mutianyu Great Wall.

Mutianyu Great Wall has 20 restored towers dotted on the wall snaking the ridge for about 3000 meters. The watch towers at the Mutianyu Great Wall are distributed at short intervals.

Tip: Hassle-free Beijing Guided Tours

If you don’t want to go the do-it-yourself route and prefer the hassle-free escorted tours,  here are some options for Beijing guided tours:

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