Amazing, no crowds, the real wall experience - An amazing experience. Adele our host could not have been any better. Her English is brilliant, her driver was the best we had in Beijing. I struggled with the heat (34 degrees) but Adele let me take my time and crawl up and down the extremely steep steps in parts. Highly recommended especially if you don’t like crowds and want to see the real wall !!

The perfect trip to the Great Wall - We had a trip of a lifetime to the Great Wall at Gubeikou and Jinshanling today. Not cheap but every bit as amazing as we had hoped and worth every penny. I have visited the sections at Badaling and Yuyongguan before but they were incredibly busy, commercialized and so perfectly restored that it felt like a Disneyland imitation. So I wanted a more authentic experience when visiting with my family this year. These sections are breathtakingly beautiful and we had it (almost) all to ourselves. And we were taken care of so well from beginning to end by Ricky at the office and David our knowledgeable and pleasant guide, as well as the driver. Highly recommended!!

Best tour - Most amazing tour we have been on in Beijing. Went with my dad not knowing what to expect except for the sunset at the end but we ended up enjoying a whole tour about the history of the great wall with our guide Adele. She was communicating both in English and Mandarin for my dad and I and especially accommodating to whatever pictures, routes or hiking preferences we had. Would 100% recommend. Her planning also endured that we had the whole wall to ourselves!!!

Worth every penny! - This was without doubt the most amazing experience. From the hotel pickup at 11.00am to the drop off at 10.00pm, every aspect of the tour was superb. Our guide Adele spoke perfect English, was incredibly knowledgeable and friendly. I would not hesitate to recommend this tour to anyone, but be aware, some of the steps are very steep and uneven.

Leave the crowds to the tourists - If you love crowded tourist spots and a Disney like experience this is not the tour for you. But, if like us, you enjoy a more authentic experience then I highly recommend this tour. The first stop was a section of the wall with minimal restoration done and almost no one else there. It was about a 20min hike up to the wall and from there we walked for almost 2 hours traversing the wall until we looped down to our starting point. We saw maybe 4 other people the entire time. It was very enjoyable. We had lunch at a local restaurant which was really good. The bok choy was amazing. We then went to what would normally be a crowded tourist location but because this was the late afternoon portion of the trip there were very few people there - maybe a dozen. I can only imagine how crowded it was earlier in the day - a place with a gondola. The hike up was about 20min and you definitely want to be ready for climbing some steps. The views were well worth it. Last but not least, our guide Leo really made it all the more exceptional. He is very knowledgeable about the history of the wall and China in general. He has a great sense of humor and we talked about many more things than just the wall. He’s also a pretty good photographer. :)

Great Tour - Our guide and driver are both incredibly friendly and helpful. The tour consists of two segments - one for Gubeikou, which is less well maintained, and one for Jinshanlong, which is better maintained, both are cool and the contrast is very interesting. Neither segment is crowded and for long stretches of time we’d be the only people around, which was great.

The BEST sunset view I could wish for! - I’m so very glad I booked this tour! My main focus was to walk as much of the walk as possible & I got the best of both worlds - old & new. The BEST part about it was the lack of tourists clogging up the view 🙌 it was really peaceful & I got the most iconic pictures - dreams really do come true 😎 I can’t remember my guides name now but she was fabulously informative & answered all my questions 👍

Absolutely worth it! - We had an amazing day with Adele and our driver. It was very cool to see two different, less touristy parts of the wall - there were hardly any other people there. Adele speaks great English and is very knowledgeable. Lunch was delicious and they catered to our vegetarian request. Highly recommend this tour! Thank you!

Pay for this tour, it’s worth it! - Wonderful experience from start to finish. Had both sections of the wall almost to ourselves. Our guide, Adele, was excellent, telling us the history of the wall and guiding us on the hikes (take trainers or walking shoes - it’s mainly good underfoot but there’s a bit of scrambling and uneven ground on the non-renovated section). Food provided at a local restaurant was fantastic. Last, but not least, the driver was excellent and was there at the end of each hike with ice cold bottles of water! Worth every penny.

Awesome experience with a great guide! - Awesome private hiking tour between gubeikou and shinjanling. Leo is a great host and very flexible, we initially started the hike in the rain and he adjusted the course so that we would not walk 4 to 5 hours under the rain. However the weather drastically improved after 30 mins and he called the driver to change pickup point as originally planned. We had a terrific hike, mostly alone on the wall until the very end. It was simply incredible. We arranged the tour on our own after email communication, he picked us up on time with the driver at our hotel. To note that Leo has great english communication skills, being able to have interesting discussion was definitely a huge plus point as well.