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Small Group unguided 1-day Jinshanling Great Wall hiking tour
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314 Ratings
Dong Cheng Qu
Escape the crowds and explore the wild and isolated Jinshanling Great Wall on this all-inclusive 1-day hiking tour. Enjoy the natural scenery and hike 6km from the middle gate to the east gate. Choose from three convenient pick-up options.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Jinshanling Great Wall - 07:30-08:30 Pick-up from your centrally located hotel in Beijing (less than 3km from metro station Nan Luo Gu Xiang.) or the meeting point, then drive directly to Jinshanling Great Wall, which is 136km away from center of Beijing.
10:15-10:30 Arriving at Jinshanling Great Wall. Start your hiking about 3.7 miles (6km).
Your driver will arrange ticket for you and you will be free after the entrance. You have approximately 3 hours on the Great Wall.
Get down the Great Wall from “East Five Window Tower” (between 1 April and 31 Oct). Walk along the small path in the mountain for about 20 minutes before you get out from East Gate of Jinshanling. The driver will wait for you at the parking lot out of East Gate.
NOTICE: Between 1 November and 31 March, you would have to enter and exit from the same gate (middle gate).
ATTENTION: This is an UNGUIDED tour WITHOUT LUNCH (texts in “overview” and “highlights” are old and out of date and unchangeable. Please read carefully the tour details.)
What's Included
- Round trip transfer in air-con car
- Pick-up & drop-off from centrally located hotel or meeting point
- Entrance ticket and shuttle bus ticket of Jinshanling Great Wall
What's Not Included
- hiking tour guide service
- breakfast & lunch
- Cable car ticket
Additional Information
Without paying too much, you’re able to experience the wild and Great Wall at Jingshanling. Far from the tourists and crowds. Moderate hiking 6km from middle gate of Jinshanling to east gate (from 1 April to 31 October).
Unguided self-hiking will enable you to have all the time by yourself. Not obliged to catch up with a big tour group or being forced to enter some shops.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Passport name, number, date of birth, gender, and country is required at time of booking for all participants
- Please wear comfortable hiking shoes or sneakers; Sunscreen, water, hat are highly recommended to bring
Location
Subway Zhangzizhong Road A Kou Station Bicycle Zulindian
Zhang Zi Zhong Lu
ATTENTIN: THE MEETING POINT IS by the road out of EXIT C of subway station Zhang Zi Zhong Lu of Line 5 (dark purple), NOT EXIT A.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(314 Ratings)
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Elena_t
Jul 19, 2024
Totalmente recomendable - It was a great experience with Jackie and Mr.Soon as driver. We were 5 people, they did a bigger group with another different-sizes groups, in total we were 10 kindly person. The trip was almost 3 hours, but the great wall was almost only for us. We had the best photos we could have taken, and they were very nice and puntual!
Thank you, guys!!!
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Mihail_g
Jul 6, 2024
Amazing Tour, really loved it! - It was an amazing tour! That side of the Great Wall was really beautiful and there are very few people which makes it much more enjoyable and walkable! Be prepares to walk and climb quite a lot, bit in the end the landscapes are just breath-taking!
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Merisa_v
May 11, 2024
Long, but ideal Great Wall Tour - Great tour, they handle all of the logistics. You are required to take your own lunch, which was a slight challenge but we found a takeaway wrap at a grocery store. The trek from one section through to the next was incredible, and you have it basically alone. So worth the 3 hour drive.
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Patriciahertel
Apr 23, 2023
Unbelievable experience at the Great Wall after Covid-19 in China - This was really a fantastic experience! I couldn't believe I could hike the Great Wall again soon after China is open. This time I took this private tour with my friend at Downtown Travel. Our guide Zak is perfect! He is very knowledgeable and patient, always ready to answer my question... And the tour was very well organized. We were rather flexible as there were only me and my friend in this private tour.
Jinshanling is by far the most appealing section of the Great Wall I've ever been (I took this tour years ago). I think will come back again to hike other sections of the Great Wall. For sure I will do again with Downtown Travel and Zak. I felt very happy!!!
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Katherine
Mar 13, 2021
Beautiful section of the Great Wall - It's a beautiful section of the Great Wall, with little crowds. Our group was the only one on the wall section, and after the first 15 min we had all spread apart enough that it really felt like you were alone on the Great Wall. There were plenty of bathrooms along the wall (very clean actually). There are vendors setup in some towers with cold drinks to sell you. They never bothered us, and we actually really liked having an ice cold drink. This is a very hilly section of the wall, and was pretty challenging. But the nice part is that the starting point is actually really low to the ground, so you don't have to hike up this big hill to actually make it onto the wall. The hills definitely start after you're on the wall itself, but it was nice to have the access point be really easy.
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Toastyyyy
Jan 8, 2020
Awesome! - It's the path less traveled so there is no crowd at all in winter, you also get to let less restored sections of the wall. The guide was also groundout and knowledgeable. The wall itself just blew me away!
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Flooore
Jan 4, 2020
Wobderful experience far from the croud - We book the group tour. Meeting point easy to access in beijing. This day (8th august) we were a "big group" of more than 20 people. Even though, on site just a little more people. We had some good explanations from the guide and then 3 hours to walk on the wall (some parts renovated, some less and at the end not at all so a complete idea).
We first eat and had some rest so after we were Alone along lots of part of the wall. Some part are quite difficult but it worth even if the weather was so hot.
Enough time to enjoy the wall and do the walk.
Way back on time un beijing.
We highly recommend this tour. We booked it directly at the ghesthouse (even if we were not sleeping here)
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Dukadon
Jan 4, 2020
The great Chinese Wall - We had booked a trip via our hotel Beijing 161 Courtyard for a hike. We were picked up by Joe and Iris our guide. She gave us lots of information about the wall and it was nice to walk in our own pace “the Wall” This hike was so nice with original pieces of the wall and more or less no tourists. The wall can be a challenge because it is quite steep sometimes but wort it a lot. Iris speaks English very well which is very handy.
Also the trip from Beijing to the Wall takes about 1,5 hours and gives a nice view also.
In wintertime it is quite cold so dress warmly🥶
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Idaayuni
Dec 26, 2019
Wonderfully plan and executed hike @ Jinshanling Wall - Feeling slightly under weather,I am worried that I was unable to complete the hike according to the given time. But Iris,the guide has been extremely patience, kind and encouraging. Iris spoke English well and was ever ready to answer all of my questions about the wall and took pictures for us.Credit also went to Joe, the driver for ensuring our 2-way ride was a safe and comfortable one. Overall, the surrounding view at Jinshanling Wall was breathtaking and amazing. It seemed that we have the stretched of walls to ourselves as there was hardly other hikers on the day we hiked. Well done Beijing Downtown Travel for arranging such a memorable hike!😁
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595josephinel
Dec 22, 2019
Worth the early waking hours - Iris was our guide and she was excellent!! Chirpy and fluent in both English and Mandarin, she gave a concise yet complete summary of the history of the section of the wall we were to climb this morning. Once up on the wall, the hike was free and easy, 6 km over 3 hours, at your own pace. The views were amazing with the snow as the background. Iris was very thoughtful and made it her responsibility to watch over the group for certain parts of the hike which were more rugged or made slippery by the melted snow. Altogether a very doable hike. I highly recommend this tour and do ask for Iris if you can. You won't regret your choice.
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