Tour

One-Day Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Hiking Tour

1 day

Challenging

This is the most classic hiking route on the Great Wall, taking about 5 hours to complete a distance of 10 km (6 miles) from Jiankou section to Mutianyu section.

Challenge the most precipitous Jiankou section of the Great Wall, wild, weathered and primitive. Photographers and hikers love this section, which is also the iconic image of the Great Wall as you can see in many photo albums. Mutianyu section of the Great Wall boasts the most beautiful scenery of all the sections. It is restored and tourist-friendly. Hiking the whole route is like traveling through time from primitive to modern, presenting three phases of the Great Wall with striking contrast from wild, half-repaired to totally repaired.

Tour Highlights

  • Challenge the most precipitous and wildest Great Wall at Jiankou.
  • Visit the most beautiful section of Mutianyu at full repair.
  • A travel of time to experience two sections of the Great Wall with striking contrast.
  • A unique Great Wall hiking experience escorted by professional guide.
  • Quality climbing and hiking equipment provided to ensure safety with all the adventure.

The Design of the Day Trip

  • Guide: better than a normal licensed tour guide; friendly and helpful with fluent English
  • Driver: reliable licensed local driver with at least 5 years' driving experience
  • Vehicle: Air-conditioned business car (max: 7 seats) with GPS facilities, big windows, and ample space
  • Trippest Beijing Office: 24/7 customer service, providing backup support
What's included?
    • Entrance fees to the Great Wall at Jiankou and Mutianyu.
    • Transport between Beijing hotel and the Great Wall.
    • English-speaking professional tour guide service.
    • Bottle Water.
    • You don't need to prepare trekking poles, water, hip bag, GPS, first aid kit, or walkie-talkie, because we will provide them FREE OF CHARGE (please let us known if you need them).
    Exclusions
      • Cable car at the Great Wall.
      • Lunch.
      • Gratuities to the tour guide & driver (usually CNY 50 - 100 per person per day for each of them, please tip them separately.). It is not compulsory but would be a great encouragement for them.
      • Airport transfer.
      Please note
        • Minimum number of participants required for the tour to run is 2. Tour may be canceled in case of minimum number of participants not met. You will get a full refund.
        • This tour will be not available on Winter (Dec. 01 - Feb. 28).
        • We don't recommend taking babies and children under 12 to do this Great Wall hike, as it requires sure-footedness and stamina, and is potentially dangerous.
        • The Jiankou section of the Great Wall is reopen to tourists now. But if this section of Great Wall is closed due to the government control and force majeure events, we will change Jinshanling section of the Great Wall instead of Jiankou which is also amazing at the same price. You can simply visit this link to see the details: One-Day Simatai West to Jinshanling Great Wall Hiking Tour.

        Hotel pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing, if it is outside of this area, we provide the following ways for you to meet the tour guide:

        • Go to one of meeting hotels below. Transportation is at your own expense. Meeting time will be confirmed and emailed you one day earlier.
          The Regent Beijing, address: No.99, Jinbao Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing. Closed to Exit C of Dengshikou Subway Station (Line No.5). Taxi from aiport: 27km far, cost approx. US$20 one way.
          Gehua New Century Hotel Beijing, address: No.19, Gulou Outer Street, North 3th Ring Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing. Closed to Exit E of Anyuanqiao Subway Station (Line No.8). Taxi from aiport: 27km far, cost approx. US$20 one way.
        • Book additional transfer service with us. Cost will be advised by your travel advisor according to your hotel location.
        • In order to save your valuable time, according to current traffic condition, the tour guide might arrange a private DiDi Taxi (Uber) for you to return your hotel after tour. Your Didi car can be monitored on DiDi APP, and the tour guide will also call your hotel to check if you arrive safe.
        • If you are not sure whether your hotel is within our pickup area, please kindly check with your hotel. Or add WeChat ID: trippest666 for more assistance.
        • This hiking route is comparatively more difficult to hike because of its craggy and unrepaired condition. It requires average fitness to complete, very suitable for hikers of previous mountain climbing experience. As for children, parents should decide whether or not to take them based on children's physical situation.
        • The part from Xizhazi Village at mountain foot to Zhengbeilou Watch Tower takes almost one hour of tough climbing. The mountain is craggy with no fixed paths. The only way is to walk through the jungle and keep staring at your destination (Zhengbeilou Watch Tower) on top of the mountain in order not to get lost.
        • The real hiking starts after climbing up to Zhengbeilou. The majority parts of Jiankou Great Wall are heavily weathered with no steps. Its slippery and steep slopes (almost 90 degrees) are also full of ripraps. As you leave behind Jiankou and enter Mutianyu Great Wall, which is fully repaired, you'll feel suddenly entering into an open space where the roads are smoother and your views panoramic.
        What to bring

          comfortable hiking shoes

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