Great Wall Trekking
Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall Trekking
Embark on a fantastic 14km Great Wall trek from the picturesque Wild Gubeikou Great Wall to restored fortresses of the Jinshanling Great Wall. Stay overnight a cozy farmhouse with view on the Wild Jinshanling Great Wall makes this trip a fantastic cultural experience combined with nature and some of the most amazing views the Great Wall has to offer.
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Meeting/drop off point: Lama temple subway exit B (How to get there?)
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Private tours are great way to travel if you have a group of friends, family or colleagues ready to explore nature. Also for school trips or company team building activities a private tour is the way to go. We have experience guiding trips with up to 60 people from international schools and companies. Price of private tours will vary depending on the number of people, the chosen transport and accommodation. Let us know your desires and we will customize a trip for you. 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 indepentdant 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 prices for Gubeikou- Jinshanling Great Wall Trekking 2 Days
Prices are per person and include:
Pick up and drop of by private bus at your hotel ( Please let us know the pick up address)
English speaking guide, entrance tickets, hiking sticks
All meals as described in the itinerary and water for during the hike
Overnight stay in the farmhouse
| Group Size | Price pp in CNY | Price pp in USD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adults | Kids <18 | Adults | Kids <18 | |
| 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 4 | 1950¥ | 1755¥ | 295$ | 265$ |
| 5 | 1750¥ | 1575¥ | 265$ | 238$ |
| 6 | 1650¥ | 1485¥ | 250$ | 225$ |
| 7 | 1550¥ | 1395¥ | 234$ | 211$ |
| 8 | 1500¥ | 1350¥ | 227$ | 204$ |
| 9 | 1450¥ | 1305¥ | 219$ | 198$ |
| 10 | 1400¥ | 1260¥ | 212$ | 191$ |
| 15+ | please contact us for larger group prices | |||
Day 1: Gubeikou Great Wall
Hiking distance: 10km / 4-5h
Farmhouse stay
Incl. meals: lunch, dinner
Day 2: Jinshanling Great Wall
Hiking distance: 4km / 2h
Incl. meals: breakfast
Highlights
Wild & restored Great Wall
Authentic farmhouse meals
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Detailed Itinerary
Day 1: Hike from Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall
From our meeting point (Lama Temple Subway exit B), our drive will take 2-hour before we reach the border of Beijing and Hubei province. Our first stop is at our farmer friends living next to the Gubeikou Great Wall. They a run a small homestay at the back of a valley surrounded by the Great Wall. With a view of the Crouching Tiger Great Wall, we enjoy a delicious lunch in their backyard. From here our adventure starts.
Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall trekking. The long views all the way to Simatai
It takes us only a 15-minute hike up the hill behind the farmhouse before we get our first glimpse of the Gubeikou Great Wall. After a few turns on the little dirt trail, we reach the Great Wall. We hike from tower to tower and take breaks on top of different watchtower. These breaks are a great chance to take some awesome pictures of this 1400 years old section of the Great Wall.
Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall trekking.
3 hours into the hike we arrive at the highlight of today’s trail, the Gubeikou General Tower. From this tower, you can see the “whole Gubeikou to Jinshanling trek” from the start to the end. On a clear day, we can even see the highest tower at the end section of the Simatai Great Wall.
View of Jinshanling Great Wall the Gubeikou General tower
Here we side track a bit from the Wall to get around the restricted military section of the wild Gubeikou and Jinshanling Great Wall. It’s a really beautiful trail that meanders through farm fields and over the hill ridges next to the Wild Jinshanling Great Wall. Just when you think “we are in the middle of nowhere’ a small farmhouse appears. The farmers have been living there for 3 generations and will prepare us an excellent dinner. They love playing badminton so if you are up for a game with Great Wall as a background, this is your chance.
Day 2: Hike from Wild Jinshanling Great Wall to the restored section of the Jinshanling Great Wall
We get up early in morning for our perfect snapshot of the “Great Wall sunrise” and head down back down to our farmer friends for breakfast. With renewed strength we head straight to the Great Wall again. A small trail will bring us past an excellent view point and in no time we are on the Wild Jinshanling Great Wall.
The 10-km long Jinshanling Great Wall shows us some amazing defensive features like barrier walls, battlement walls, watchtowers, gun emplacements, shooting holes, horse holes, horse blocking walls.
We hike down the crumbled section of the wild Jinshanling for about 30 minutes till we reach at the most famous and best preserved and partly restored section of the Great Wall. Here you can see how the Great Wall of China looked like during the Ming Dynasty.
Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall trek. Our last climb on the restored Jinshanling Great Wall
After a short hike on the restored Jinshanling Great Wall we take a small staircase from one of the battle stations and make our way to the parking lot where our driver will be waiting for us. By 2 o’clock we will be back at our Lama temple meeting point.
Level 2: Medium-Strong
The Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall is long but comfortable trip as there are no really steep sections to hike so it suitable for people in normal to good shape.
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