Jinshanling to West Simatai Group Hiking Tour - See both the unrestored and restored Great Wall

LIMITED TIME DISCOUNT FOR EVERY TRAVELER 

Original price:  CNY 549 or US$79/person.  

NOW

11% off for the 1st guest;

22% off for the 2nd guest;

33% off for the 3rd guest and more guests;

44% off for seniors of 65+ or kids under 12;

Extra 5% off on the top of above discounts for college students. 

Highlights:

* If you are looking for breathtaking views with a relatively more affordable walk, then this hike will be right up your alley!

* No booking deadline, even past the midnight. So you can make your last-minute booking with no worry.
* Catch stunning views and meet NO crowds on great rolling terrain.

* 3-3.5 hours of walking on the Great Wall with a distance of roughly 6 kms.

* Walk from the restored part to the original wide side.
* Suitable for families with kids or seniors.

* Group size varies from 5 people to 25 people depending on the signups of each day
* English-speaking tour guide

* Included: General admission to the Great Wall!

* Included: Snack and bottled water for early morning pickups and gourmet Chinese lunch prepared freshly! Vegetarian food can also be accommodated.
* Included: Free hotel pickup in the morning if your hotel is within the 2nd Ring Road Loop! 

* Easy-to-find meeting point at a Subway Station if you are outside the 2nd Ring Loop

  VIP sedan hotel pickup outside of the 2nd Ring Road Loop, add CNY 69-139 (US$9.99-US$19.99) per vehicle

* Optional extension to camp on the Great Wall for an extra CNY888 or USD125 (TOUR A5+) for an enhanced full experience

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[Detailed Itinerary]

Between 6:20 am and 7:30 am, you will be picked up from your hotel or go to our meeting point at Chaoyangmen Station Entry/Exit A of Subway Line 2 or 6 to meet your guide and bus. Please visit this meeting page for the details. 

From there we will make the approximate 2.5 hour drive to the Great Wall at Jinshanling. A day earlier, you’ll hear from your tour guide about the estimated pickup time from your hotel’s phone or your personal Chinese mobile phone. If you have to skip your breakfast, we have free breads and bottled water for you on board. 

The Great Wall at Jinshanling is one of the best preserved parts of the Great Wall with many original features. It got its name because it was built on the Greater and Lesser Jinshan (Gold Mountain, literally) Ranges. A tablet with the Chinese inscription for Jinshanling Great Wall was set into this section. The Jinshanling Great Wall has not been repaired since 1570. It is a remote and relatively isolated section of the Great Wall. As there are relatively few tourists at Jinshanling Great Wall, it is definitely a good place to explore on foot and see the real Great Wall. 

After about 90 minutes of hiking we will eventually pass over into the West Simtai which is now a part of Jinshanling geographically. The hills in the west are sloping gently, with 20 watchtowers remaining in good shape. The Simatai section of the Great Wall is one of the few sections to retain the original appearance of the Great Wall. Incorporating a variety of characteristics of other sections of the Great Wall, Simatai also displays some unique features of its own. It is often described with the following five words: perilous, dense, diverse, artful, and peculiar.

Following our trek, we will stop at a local restaurant where you will have a gourmet lunch with fresh and authentic rural Chinese dishes. 

Since this trip goes very far to Jinshanling and then returns, and in order to ensure that guests spend enough time touring Jinshanling, we are afraid we will not drop off guests at each place (hotels, primarily) after the group returns to Beijing around 6 pm, right in the middle of the horrible rush hour. Instead, we will drop everyone off at the Dongzhimen Subway Station to save your time. Guests can take subways, buses or taxis to return to their own hotels or somewhere to enjoy the night in Beijing. 

Extend Your Great Wall Experience with Camping on  the Great Wall Tonight (TOUR CODE A5+)

For an additional CNY888 or USD125,  you will have the chance to sleep on the Great Wall tonight. After you finish your lunch, our local support staff will meet you in the restaurant and transfer you to Gubeikou of the Great Wall where is our camping site.  Gubeikou is a completely unrestored part of the Great Wall, 30 minutes away from  Jinshanling. You will relax and have a chance to watch the beautiful sunset.  Toward evening, we will treat you a country-style dinner in our camping base, a  family-owned hostel. After dinner, our friendly support employee will set the  camp for you to sleep on the Great Wall. The next day morning, our staff will send you to a public bus that takes you to Dongzhimen Subway Station of Beijing where you can conveniently manage your return from there. For more  details of this camping program, please visit the Affordable Group Hiking and Private Camping page. 

What Our Recent Guest Said about His Experience

"A great trip, well organized, with a friendly group. It was everything we wanted it to be: we got the hike (wonderful), we got snacks and water, we were picked up and delivered back, and we had a great lunch to round it off. Absolutely recommended. I'd go with GWA again, no hesitation. The four of us were also extremely grateful to GWAC for refunding the money of the fifth member of the party, who was too ill to come, without any quibbles. That was kind, and left us with a very good feeling!" - Nick H. from U.K., on TripAdvisor. Experienced 3 AUG 2019

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