This is probably the best Outdoor combination you can experience. Get relaxed and clean in a fantastic countryside hotspring after 2 days great wall hiking and camping.
Day 1
From the second defense wall of Hengling Village it's only a short hike to reach the wild Great Wall. A friendly smile from the local apple farmer will set us of for a 4 to 5 hour hiking on the wild Great Wall. Small in the beginning, majestic at the end. Halfway the hike we go cross country passing a 700 years old Ming Dynasty village where we have a small lunch. Desert will be a beautiful, up hill hike until we reach an amazingly well preserved great wall. There no better place than this Yangbian Great wall to set up your tent, take your favorite bottle of liquor and share your toughest stories just like the Ming dynasty warriors did 600 years ago.
You can pitch your tents on the wall, in a watchtower or for the real outdoor lovers just sleep under the stars.

Day 2
Day 2 Another 10 km of great wall hiking but this time we end our hike at a restaurant and enjoy some great local food before head to the hot spring. Once soaked and relaxed enough you can go for a massage, a game of snooker or fall asleep watching a movie in a super deluxe easy chair.

Day 3
After breakfast you can enjoy the hotspring again for a few hours before we will have a smooth train ride home to Beijing Railway station.


What to bring
*dont forget to bring enough water, sun screen and a hat.(water bottles
* It's always good to bring some snack like energy bars, nuts,... to give you extra energy during the day.
* At the meeting point we will provide you with lunch packets, tents and sleeping bags so a medium size backpak is needed.
* It's best to bring a swimming suit for the hot spring since skinny dipping is not allowed (towels are provided)
* You will need your passport to check in the hot spring.
* The overnight stay in the hotspring is included. Your bed will be a super-deluxe easy-chair with personal tv. Foots massage until you fall asleep optional ;-)
* if you wish to sleep in a private room their will be an extra charge of 260 ￥ per room

Northwest of Beijing, between Yan and Taihang Mountain, lays Hengling Valley. In ancient times this was the main path Mongolians took to attack the Central Plains. They crossed the Inner Mongolia prairie west to east, passed Xuanhua, Huailai, Yanqing, Nankou, uyongguan, and attacked Beijing. Only a few passes are leading to Beijing, Hengling is one among these.
During a war with Mongolians, emperor Yingzong of the Ming dynasty came out of his way and led the army. Unexpectedly, he was...

Northwest of Beijing, between Yan and Taihang Mountain, lays Hengling Valley. In ancient times this was the main path Mongolians took to attack the Central Plains. They crossed the Inner Mongolia prairie west to east, passed Xuanhua, Huailai, Yanqing, Nankou, uyongguan, and attacked Beijing. Only a few passes are leading to Beijing, Hengling is one among these.
During a war with Mongolians, emperor Yingzong of the Ming dynasty came out of his way and led the army. Unexpectedly, he was captured by a Mongolian chief. For 18 years the emperor had been trapped in the remote Mongolian prairie. During the captivity the Mongolians fiercely attacked Beijing at loss of hundreds of thousands deaths or wounds.
Before they occupied Juyongguan, a Mongolian detachment crossed Baiyangkou and Henglingkou west of Juyongguan, and threatened Beijing at her moat. Captain Yuqian, who was assigned at this turning point of history, successfully launched a counterattack to defend Beijing and so rescued Ming Dynasty.
Intending to build defensive lines for Central Plains, Ming Dynasty constructed fortresses, towers and studs along the existing great wall and inside the valleys,. Lots of these castles rarely being known today were hidden in mountains and so have been well preserved, Hengling city is one of those.

The Jimingyi posthouse, in what is now Huailai County, Hebei Province, was established during the Yuan Dynasty when Kublai Khan went on a western expedition. It was refurbished and expanded in 1420 during the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, and has played a major role in the history of Chinese posts and communications. When the northern warlord government decided in 1913 to eliminate the ancient posthouse system and set up a modern post office system, Jimingyi went into decline. However, it remains today the biggest and best preserved ancient posthouse in China.

Kublai (or Khubilai) Khan was the fifth Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294 and the founder of the Yuan Dynasty in East Asia. As the second son of Tolui and Sorghaghtani Beki and a grandson of Genghis Khan, he claimed the title of Khagan of the Ikh Mongol Uls (Mongol Empire) in 1260 after the death of his older brother Möngke in the previous year, though his younger brother Ariq Böke was also given this title in the Mongolian capital at Karakorum. He eventually won the battle against Ariq Böke in 1264, and the succession war essentially marked the beginning of disunity in the empire.Kublai's real power was limited to China and Mongolia after the victory over Ariq Böke, though his influence still remained in the Ilkhanate, and to a lesser degree, in the Golden Horde, in the western parts of the Mongol Empire. His realm reached from the Pacific to the Urals, from Siberia to modern day Afghanistan – one fifth of the world's inhabited land area.
In 1271, Kublai established the Yuan Dynasty, which at that time ruled over present-day Mongolia and China, and some adjacent areas, and assumed the role of Emperor of China. By 1279, the Yuan forces had successfully annihilated the last resistance of the Southern Song Dynasty, and Kublai thus became the first non-Chinese Emperor who conquered all China. He was the only Mongol khan after 1260 to win new great conquests.

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