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The Great Wall is one of the most fantastic wonders in the world，it has long been regarded as the symbol of China. Chairman Mao has said “He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man”. The walls wave up and down on the ridges of mountains, cliffs, plains and sparse desert more than 10,000 miles. The Great Wall were mostly collapsed in time or destroyed by modern civilization, but a few of them still remains in good shape as witness of history. Trekking on this great building will be an amazing experience for any of the visitor.

China Exploration chose a few good reserved sections to meet the dream of great wall trekker based on our former customer’s experience. In these sections, through the hiking in the mountain, village and on wall, people can know more about China and the Great Wall. And you can choose which one to hike according to your time and health condition.

 

 

 

Route 1:   2 Days Jinshanling and Simatai Hiking

Hiking Grade: Mild, normal health condition can do.
Itinerary:
D1  Beijing / Gubeikou / Jinshanling   ( Trekking 6 hrs )
Drive to Gubeikou in 1 hr in the morning. Gubeikou and Jinshanling between are far from tourist track, we will start our trekking from here. Trekking will be on the ruin of walls mostly; but gradually the shape will be better when we are far from the main road. Enjoy the villages en route. Arrive in Jinshanling Pass in the late afternoon. Night in hotel.
D2 Jinshanling / Simatai / Beijing     ( Trekking 3 hrs)
Today we will ascend the wall again and trek from Jinshanling to Simatai. The walls in this section are in good reservation, and mountain in this area are also deep, it can bring you back to the war of ancient China. It is good for taking pictures today. Arrive in Simatai at noon, and we will visit one of local village. Then drive back Beijing.  

Route 2:  4 Days Jinshanling, Simatai and Huangyaguan Trekking

Hiking Grade: A bit hard , ordinary strong health condition is required.
Itinerary
D1  Beijing / Gubeikou / Jinshanling   ( Trekking 6 hrs )
Drive to Gubeikou in 1 hr in the morning. Gubeikou and Jinshanling between are far from tourist track, we will start our trekking from here. Trekking will be on the ruin of walls mostly; but gradually the shape will be better when we are far from the main road. Enjoy the villages en route. Arrive in Jinshanling Pass in the late afternoon. Night in hotel.
D2 Jinshanling / Simatai / Huangyaguan Pass     ( Trekking 3 hrs)
Today we will ascend the wall again and trek from Jinshanling to Simatai. The walls in this section are in good reservation, and mountain in this area are also deep, it can bring you back to the war of ancient China. It is good for taking pictures today. Arrive in Simatai at noon, and we will visit one of local village. Then drive back to the Great Wall in Huangyaguan Pass.  
D3 Huagnyaguan / Qian Village  ( Trekking 5 hrs)
Today will be the most difficult for us because we will mainly trek on the ruins and ridge of stiff mountains. It will take about 5 hours, and we will arrive in pretty Qian Village ( 5 hrs ). We will enjoy a local villagers’ dinner. Night in local villager’s house
D4 Qianganjian Village / East Tomb / Beijing
Drive to East Tomb in the morning, where many emperors of Qing Dynasty were buried. Then we will drive back Beijing. In the evening we will have a delicious Chinese banquet with the well-known Beijing Roast Duck , where every course of dish will be a fine arts .

Route 3:  Laolongtou, Jiaoshan, Tuofengling, Pingdingyu, Huangyaguang, and

Jinshanling Trekking

Hiking Grade: Hard. Strong health condition is required.
Itinerary :
D1 Beijing
Arrive in Beijing and meet tour leader. Free to prepare for hiking.
D2 Beijing  / Laolongtou / Shanhaiguan/ Jiaoshan Great Wall
Head for Laolongtou ( the Old Dragon Head ) in the morning. Start hiking here and trek northwest to Shanhaiguan Pass, the first Pass Under Heaven along the Great Wall. Then we will hike to Jiaoshan top. It is steep, but not so difficult to hike up. Night in Hotel.
D3 Jiaoshan / Tuofengling Great Wall
Today is the first day we trek the unprepared wild wall. Be prepared for trekking in the wed and bush on the top of the mountain up and down. It is really a hard trekking for about 6hour along the wild Great Wall. Night in hotel.
D4 Dongjiakou / Pingdingyu Great Wall
Drive to Dongjiakou in the morning. Had been an important strategic point, this section fortified with 36 turrets, 28 ramparts and 16 beacon towers with a total length of 8.5 miles (we could walk part of it) . The highest altitude is 556m. We will hike from Dongjiakou to Pingdingyu. The architectural structures of the Great Wall are various. Some the relief carvings on the arched gateways are scanty in China. Night in local hotel or guesthouse. 
D5 East QingTomb / Huangyaguan Section Great Wall
Drive from Funing County to East Qing Tomb in Tianjin in the morning. Visit the Tombs of emperors in Qing Dynasty. Then drive to Huangyaguan Great Wall in the afternoon.
D6 Huagnyaguan / Qian Village  
Today will be the most difficult for us because we will mainly hike on the ruins of sparse walls. It will take about 5 hours, and we will arrive in pretty Qian Village ( 5 hrs ). We will enjoy a local villagers’ dinner. Night in local villager’s house
D7 Qian Village / Simatai Section Great Wall /Jinshanling Section
Activities: Drive to Simatai via Miyun County. Late afternoon we will trek from Simatai to Jinshanling section. And enjoy the breath-taking sun-setting view on the top of the Mountain.
D8 Jinshanling / Gubeikou Section Great Wall / Beijing
Continue hiking west from Jinshanling to General Tower in Gubeikou, on the way, you will pass a military area where you have to hike a short distance country road away from the wall. Drive back to Beijing.Relax us . 
D9 Beijing City Excursion
In the morning we will visit the biggest palace of China , the Forbidden City. In the afternoon we will walk around the heaven temple, then ride rickshaw to explore Hutong...
D10 Beijing City Tour
It is a great pleasure to make sightseeing by comfortable coach after hard warlking. The Confutius Temple, the Summer Palace all will drive away our exhaustion. We will have a delicious Chinese banquet with the well-known Beijing Roast Duck at dinner.
D11 Beijing
Today we will extend our trip to another part of China. END

 

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