Jinshanling to West Simatai Group Hiking Tour - See Both the Unrestored and Restored Great Wall

UPDATE

We will provide you a personal pickup from your hotel between 7 and 7:30 am to transfer you to the meeting point of this group tour. 

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 wild 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: Free hotel pick up 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 expansion to camp on the Great Wall for $259 for an enhanced full experience

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.