Badaling, Juyongguan, Huanghuacheng, Mutianyu, Gubeikou & Jinshanling Great Wall 5 Day Tour

Hiking Level: Intermediate

Cable car, Toboggan: Available

Best time to go: Summer & Autumn

Payment Types: Cash, Credit Cards

Tour Code: BGH-09

Day By Day Itinerary ( B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner )

Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel at 9:00am. Get to the Badaling Great Wallaround 10:30am. Badaling is known for its imposing magnitude. The wall here averages 7.8 meters in height and has a width of 5.7 meters at the top and 6.5 meters at the base. The walkway on top is 4.5 meters wide, making it possible for five horses or ten soldiers to march abreast. It is one of the most gorgeous and magnificent part of the Great Wall in Beijing. Hike the east section of Badaling Great Wall for 2 hours. Cable car is optional.

After lunch, drive to the Juyongguan Great Wall. Juyongguan Great Wall is sectioned into two semicircles - east and west. You are arranged to have a 2-hour's hike across the west section of the Juyongguan Pass Great Wall. The west part of the Juyongguan Great Wall is well known for its beautiful views and challenging hike. No cable car is available at Juyongguan Great Wall.

Tonight stay at Juyongguan Hotel by the wall. This 4-star courtyard hotel is located in the inner city of the Juyongguan Pass - one of the most spectacular Great Wall passes in China. Dinner will be arranged at the restaurant of Juyingguan Hotel.

After breakfast, take a walk in the inner city of Juyongguan Great Wall, taking fresh air and enjoying fantastic view of the wall in the quite morning. Then drive 40 km to the Huanghuacheng Reservoir. Walking along the reservoir for 1-2 hours enjoying the fantastic view of the Great Wall at Huanghuacheng built in Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 ). This section of the Grerat Wall at Huanghuacheng is not officially opened to the public. People have to walk around and see the Great Wall at a distance.

Check-in at Huanghuacheng Fuwang Courtyard Farmhouse. This inn is just located below the Great Wall at Huanghuacheng. Please have a low expectation from the inn. Dinner at the inn.

After farmhouse breakfast, walk close to the Huanghuacheng Great Wall for a nice view. It is one of the most ruined sections of the wall in Beijing. It has become popular with hikers in recent years. This section of the great wall is about 1000 meters long and connecting Juyongguan Pass Great Wall and Badaling Great Wall in the west and Jiankou Great Wall and Mutianuyu Great Wall in the east.

Then drive 35 km along the mountain road and get to the Mutianyu Great Wall. After lunch, hike the Mutianyu Great Wall for about 2 hours. The Mutianyu Great Wall is also one of most beautiful sections of the Great Wall in Beijing. It has an extemely beautiful natural landscape once you are up on the wall, green, densely wooded.

After visiting Mutianyu Great Wall, head to Gubeikou Village. Stay overnight at Longmeng Jixiang Inn and dinner included (a local inn near Gubeikou Village).

After simple breakfast at Longmeng Jixiang Inn, walk to Gubeikou Great Wall. The Wall was a strategic pass of the Great Wall in ancient times, offfering an important access to Inner Mongolia and northeast of China. The main part of the Gubeikou Wall was first built in the Ming Dynasty 1368, and composed of two main sections - Panlongshan Great Wall (The Coiled Dragon Mountain Great Wall) and Wohushan Great Wall (The Crouching Tiger Mountain Great Wall). You are arranged to hike Panlongshan Great Wall, nicknamed after the name of the mountain on which it lies - Panlongshan Mountain. Panlongshan Great Wall is mostly unrestored, oroginal, less tourist and one of the most beautuful sections of the Wall around Beijing. The hike up and down (no cable car ) takes you approxi 2 hours.

After Chinese lunch, then drive 60 km and get to Jinshanling Great Wall. Stay at Jinshanling Hotel below the Jinshanling Great Wall. This is the only hotel within the compound of the Jinshanling Great Wall administration area. Jinshanling Hotel is divided into three parts - Villa type house, courtyard house and independent house. Dinner at the hotel.

After checking in, hike up on the west section of Jinshanling Great Wall for a sunset view ( if fine weather ). Then return to the Jinshanling Great Wall Hotel for dinner.

Today start to hike the east section of Jinshanling Great Wallaround 9:00am and hike for 3-4 hour. The Jinshanling Great Wall was first constructed built in the Ming Dynasty. The famous general, Xu Da, of the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) supervised and directed the construction of the Great Wall. Later, Qi Jiguang led a number of defense works while guarding the north area in 1567. Each tower has its unique feature and look. There are relatively less crowded here at Jinshanling Great Wall, it is a nice place to explore the Great Wall in Beijing.

After the hike at the wall, you will be arranged to have Chinese lunch a local farmhouse. After lunch, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing