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Welcome Friends

If you are looking to hike, camp, or trek on the Great Wall without crowds, you found the right people.

Off the beaten path hiking is what ChinaHiking is all about, so check out our China Adventure chapter for exhiliarting mountain treks, desert crossings, rafting or horse riding adventures.

Planning a trip far in advance? You can click on the calendar to see our Hiking Agenda for the upcoming year.

Hiking Agenda
2019-2020

Looking for a last minute hike?

Have a look at our upcoming trips

We offer open and private tours!

Open tour

Are you planning far ahead but your favorite trip is not on our schedule at the time you’re coming to China?

Are you an independent traveler that wants to keep the costs as low as possible?

Just let us know your favorite trip and starting date at least 6 weeks in advance and we will add your trip to our hiking agenda.

As soon as we have 6 people joining the trip we are good to go!

Private tour

Private tours are great ways to travel if you have a group of friends, family or colleagues ready to explore nature together.

Also for school trips or company team building activities, a private tour is the way to go.

We have experience guiding groups up to 100 people from international schools and companies.

Let us know your desires and we will customise a trip for you.

Wild Wall – see it before its too late!

This trip was perfect – awe-inspiring, informative, sometimes challenging. We did a 2 day 1 night camping trip, visiting Jiankou and Huanghuacheng. We were in expert hands with our guides Jimmy and Mike. Communication with the company during booking and preparing to come was quick and easy. The food was great, the equipment was good and the Great Wall was a sight to behold. This is definitely an off-the beaten track tour and I am so glad I had this experience.

Sheritt T

Great hiking AND food

This was an amazing two day experience with lovely guides that introduced us to two remote sections of the Great Wall. Day 1 of the two day hike was on an unrestored section of the wall and a choice of camping in a guardhouse or staying in a local farmhouse. We opted for the farmhouse for a comfortable night’s sleep. On Day 2 we got to hike a restored section of the wall. Both hikes featured some steep climbs at just the right pace. Though the tour states it includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the food was as much a highlight as the hike! Over the two days we tried over 20 dishes, beer, and rice wine. Amazing! Definitely a highlight of our time in China. The guides were knowledgeable, patient, and friendly. We learned about the wall and also about their lives in China.

Thomas Fosli Solaas

Great Trip

Had a fantastic time with China hiking. Great guides with brilliant knowledge of the wall take you away from the crowds at the restored sections to the unrestored sections that we had all to ourselves. Totally recommend this as your view of viewing the Great Wall of China.

Shane H

Everything we hoped for!

Our two day trek on the wild Wall with our guide Jimmy and our driver Jet was the highlight of our two week trip to China, and the fulfilment of a lifelong dream.

From the moment we booked, ChinaHiking looked after us. Chloe in the office looked after us and made all the arrangements, and was super quick in all her responses. Fred met us with Jimmy and Jet when we set off, and then was there to greet us when we returned – and then walked us back towards our place.

We could not have asked for a better guide. Jimmy was knowledgable, attentive, considerate, complimentary and encouraging. And very very funny! In other words he was great company for two days as we headed from Gubeikou to West Simatai via Jinshanling. We stayed in a farmer’s house rather than camp on the wall, in a valley with the wall above us.

We ate like kings and queens the whole way.

I can not recommend ChinaHiking more highly, they were awesome from beginning to end, and made possible this trip of a lifetime. Thank you guys!

Hugh B