Private Jinshanling Great Wall Hiking: 1-day All-inclusive & Away from Crowds
4.9
311 Ratings
Luanping County
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 - Pick-up from your centrally located hotel in Beijing(or PEK airport, or PKX airport), then drive directly to Jinshanling Great Wall, which is further away from Beijing than other sections, being spared the crowds, and you’ll be guaranteed a quieter and more adventurous encounter with the ancient stone barricade.\n\nJinshanling also offers the wall’s finest hiking trail, stretching 3.7 miles (6 kilometers). Your guide will be with you all the time and you can walk at your own pace. Take your time to linger over the impressive restoration, with 15 watchtowers and picturesque views over the ruins. Or, you can opt to take a cable car part of the way (own expense).\n\nThe tour also takes a peek at the steep and scenic ruins of the Simatai section of the Great Wall, which is rugged and unrestored. \n\nNo shopping, no stop for any tour shops, etc… Completely enjoy the Great Wall!
What's Included
- Air-conditioned transport
- English-speaking guide
- Pick-up & drop-off at hotel/airport
- Complimentary bottled water
- Jinshanling Great Wall entrance included
- Lunch provided
What's Not Included
- tour guide service
- breakfast & lunch
- Cable car ticket
Additional Information
Experience the wild and isolated Great Wall at Jingshanling Great Wall. Far from the tourists and crowds. Enjoy the natural scenery of restored and unrestored Great Wall at Jinshanling Great Wall. Hike 6km from middle gate of Jinshanling to east gate, being a little challenging, but really interesting and effort-worthy. You’ll have all the time by yourself, without being obliged to catch up with the group or being forced to enter some jade factories or shops.
3 options for pick-up point:
Option 1: pick-up from your centrally located hotel in Beijing. Please leave the name of your hotel in the remarks;
Option 2: pick-up from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK). Please leave your flight info (flight No., departure city, arrival time) in the remarks;
Option 3: pick-up from Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX). Please leave your flight info (flight No., departure city, arrival time) in the remarks;
- 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
Jinshanling Great Wall
Chengde Shi
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(311 Ratings)
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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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Lukas110
Dec 4, 2019
Incredible - Just came back from the tour from Jinshanling to Simatai West and I am still heavily impressed by this incredible monument of Chinese history. This tour avoids the highly frequented parts of the wall and so we could admire it calmly. Iris did a wonderful job guiding us and showing it to us. The tour was very instructive and above all Iris was very friendly and always had a smile on her face. Recommended to everybody who wants to experience the Great Wall off the beaten tracks.
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Juan
Dec 2, 2019
Amazing tour along the Great Wall - Iris was such an awesome tour guide. She told us loads of information about the history of the Great Wall and she was a vital moral support to finish the route safe and sound. I highly recommend you to go with her and do this challenging hiking. One of the best things of doing it from Jinshanling was that we were on our own!! Most of the tourists go to other sections instead.
Thanks for the amazing trip.
Juan
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Yesij1
Nov 30, 2019
Remarkable Trip to the Great Wall - I joined the tour due to recommendation from the hostel I stayed at. The tour was great and Iris was very informative and cheerful. She picked me up at the hostel in the morning, I was traveling alone and joined this group. Iris hiked with us all the way from the start to the end, so I didn't need to worry about getting lost.
The driver was very friendly too.
The great wall itself is majestic!! the hike is not hard because Iris make it slow so we had enough time to enjoy all the sceneries.
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