Two-day Great Wall Hiking: East Qing Tombs-Huangyaguan-Qianganjian

D1: Visit East Qing Tombs, Hike from Taipingzhai to Hangyaguan
The guide and the driver will pick you up from your hotel in Beijing and then we drive to East Qing Tombs. It takes about 2.5 hours to get there. Unlike the Ming Tombs in Beijing, this place is much less famous and has not as many tourists as its predecessors. However, it is a very good place for you to learn and appreciate the ancient Chinese culture. There is a seven-kilometer-long sacred way here with splendid gateways, decorated pillars, and pairs of stone statues of human beings and animals, leading to the tombs of the Qing Dynasty Emperors. We will spend about 1.5 hours here and then drive to a small village near Huangyaguan to have lunch.
After lunch, we begin our afternoon hike, which is quite easy. We will walk from Taipingzhai to Huangyaguan on the Great Wall and it takes about 1.5 hours. You may take as many photos as you like on the way. Tonight we will stay overnight at the hotel located at the bottom of Huangyaguan Great Wall.
D2:  Hunagyaguan to Qianganjian
After breakfast we continue our hike from Huangyaguan section of Great Wall. Today will be a hard day and we will walk for about 5 hours. We will pass the Heaven of Ladders near the top of Huangyaguan and there are about 300 steps leading us up the cliff. It is quite challenging and breathtaking to conquer them. After that we will walk along the old wall and in the end arrive at the village of Qianganjian where we will have lunch in a local farmer’s restaurant.
After lunch we drive directly back to Beijing.