Great Wall of China at Badaling and Ming Tombs Day Tour from Beijing: Heritage Adventures

Experience the awe-inspiring Great Wall of China and the ancient Ming Tombs on a guided day tour from Beijing. Discover the best-preserved section of the wall and explore the largest Ming emperor burial site. Includes lunch, transportation, and expert commentary.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Great Wall at Badaling - Great Wall is the very symbol of ancient Chinese engineering. The Badaling section is a prime, preserved example of this colossal structure. Since Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC) and Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC), Badaling became a very important military strategic place Many incomplete parts of…
What's Included
  • Savor a delicious Chinese-style lunch
  • Guidance from a professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Convenient pick-up and drop-off for hotels inside the 4th Ring Circle Highway
  • Join the tour at Prime Hotel if staying outside the pick-up area
  • Travel in comfort with air-conditioned coach transportation
  • All admission tickets included
What's Not Included
  • Cruise port pickup is not available
  • Cable car fee
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore two of China’s iconic spots, the UNESCO-listed Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, on an all-encompassing guided day excursion from Beijing. Your itinerary covers the Badaling segment of the Great Wall, renowned for being exceptionally well-maintained, and a visit to the Chang Ling Tomb, the most prominent of the unearthed Ming dynasty…

Location
The Great Wall at Badaling
Badaling, Yanqing District,
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Anja_s
Oct 26, 2024
Recommended - Great Tour. Very nice guide. Thanks a lot! We really enjoyed it a lot. Pick up and drop off at Hotel.
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Tim
Oct 25, 2024
Great Tour - The Tour was well organized and the stations were varied. Especially the trip to the great wall was amazing and I could see a lot of the wall.
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Philipc
Oct 24, 2024
Great tour, lots of time... - Great tour, lots of time at each stop. Our guide, Mr Bruce Lee, was very informative and very helpful with all out questions! Especially enjoyed the traditional Chinese Tea ceremony.
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Patrick_s
Oct 22, 2024
a good tour - The great wall of china was fantastic and we visited a less crowded stretch of the wall. The was very steep in places.
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Nikolaos_p
Oct 11, 2024
Nice tour around Beijing - The tour itshelf was nice,we visited the Great Wall at Badaling by cable car and we had one hour to wander around.We also visited one of the Ming Tombs,but the tour operator told us that the other ones are exactly the same.Instead of losing time with sightseeing,the tour was more centered in shopping some jade,havsing lunch and some tea and such more money-bringing occupations. The people are typically chinese,so don't expect extra favours like driving to the airport or helping you with money exchange.Nevertheless,they helped me find a taxi and after some time I can say it was a nice day.
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Daniel_s
Oct 10, 2024
Excellent tour - We enjoyed this very informative and great tour with very good guide Simon Yao. He gave us lots of infos.
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Haley_m
Oct 4, 2024
Worth every penny! - The most wonderful day at the Great Wall & Ming Tombs lead by our guide Michael. We were expecting it to be busy being the day before Chinese National day so set off earlier than originally planned. Michael was a fantastic guide, giving us just enough historic information in each location we stopped at, with fantastic English may I add. At the Great Wall he told us the quietest route to walk so to avoid the majority of the crowds and left us to explore alone which we preferred. Inclusive of the Great Wall and Ming tombs he took us to a jade factory where we had a buffet style lunch and a tea house. Be prepared to be pressured into purchasing items in each of these places, not buy your guide but the people that work there. As long as you are firm with your no thank you you will be left alone to just browse. Overall myself and my partner would highly recommend this tour, maybe outside of the festival week as crowds are large and traffic heavy. Michael deserves 5 stars as our guide. Ask for him if you can :)
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Tal_m
Sep 29, 2024
Both the great wall and... - Both the great wall and the ming tobs were special places very much worth visiting the guide was very nice and kind although I expected more explanations on history of those places and China , mostly in the Wall. The visits to the gem factory and tea house was in my opinion less necessary and too commercial, could have replaced but another interesting site
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Subha_m
Oct 25, 2024
Experience of a lifetime but guide could have been a little more professional - Program was good and the visit to the wall was an experience of a lifetime. Only problem was our guide who seemed to have three agendas from the start of the day:- 1. Sell jade and get commission. Every story, every lecture was just meant to convince us to buy jade. 2. Visit a fengshui master and get commission. 3. And tips.
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848nkb
Oct 5, 2024
Be aware of the location of Ming Tombs - Great wall is a spectacular experience. But I was disappointed for the Ming Tombs. I should ask the exact location of Ming Tombs. I was expecting to visit Ding ling which is located under ground with the coffins of the king and queen... However, we only visited the Cheng ling. It looked like a small version of the imperial palace and did not visit the garden.
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From $87
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).