We don't take you to tourist shopping or eating emporiums, just good local sources.
Overnight Great Wall Three Sections 2 Day Trip
Includes one night accommodation in a fish farm village
Tour code: GWS-3
Your Private Tour Includes:
English speaking guide, driver and vehicle.
All admission tickets to tourist sights.
Meals as specified.
Free bottled water kept in the vehicle.
Itinerary Details:
Day 1
Pick up at your hotel
Walk on the Olympic Green and view the Swim Cube and the Bird's Nest from the outside. This does not include an inside visit to venues.
First walk the Sacred Way then visit
the underground Ding tomb or the Chang Ling Tomb (above ground). Your choice. Fits in with a trip to the wall. If you go in the morning look at our Ming Tombs lunch options.
Only offered after visiting the Ming Tombs in the morning. Your choice of Gourmet Local Chinese or Peking Duck. McDonald's or KFC are available at the same price.
About 1 1/4 hours drive from Beijing, this section of the wall is less touristy than Badaling. Includes gondola tickets up and either gondola or toboggan sled down. If going in the morning you can enjoy a lunch including fresh fish (trout) if you like.
Only offered when overnighting at Jiankou Great Wall or visiting Mutianyu in the afternoon. You have a Chinese style lunch including fresh trout (pick your own from the pond in summer). Also includes an assortment of other Chinese dishes both veg and meat. You can also have a stroll in a rural area, see fish ponds and use poles to catch big fish.
Check into hotel in Jiankou Great Wall
Day 2
Check out of Jiankou Hotel
Hike on the Great Wall in one of the most beautiful sections.
As of June 2010 Simatai is closed for reconstruction. Your hike from Jinshanling and can exit the wall before Simatai for a 4 mile / 7km hike, or you can go from Gubeikou to Jinshanling which is a longer hike.
Jinshanling is 2 1/2 hours outside Beijing. The hike itself is about 2-4 hours and is on a partially restored section of the wall. Please bring snacks to eat while hiking. We provide Chinese style lunch after the hike in the early afternoon.
Return to your hotel
Our service style: Most budget tour operators require you to spend hours of your day in overpriced tourist shops so they can collect commissions. These stops are usually not on the itinerary and just "come up" (ask them when booking). We don't take you on surprise shopping stops. If you want to shop we can help you find what you want at a fair price. We have no hidden costs, such charges for extra drinks at meals, admission tickets, cable cars and bottled water.
We can add airport transfers, hotels, domestic flights and train tickets to any tour, please ask for a quotation.
Cost per Person
Remember when comparing price, you get what you pay for. We don't earn money by taking you commission shopping, a common practice in China, wasting your time. Our guides are carefully selected and highly trained to be friendly and patient travel companions. We don't cut corners on meals, there are no extra charges for drinks or additional food. We are not the cheapest, but we are one of the best.
Payment Methods:
Cash upon pickup
Visa, Mastercard, Amex or JCB (via Credit Card Form, by phone or upon pickup)
Bank Transfer
Notes:
Meals include unlimited standard drinks. Free bottled water kept in vehicle.
Children under age 12 receive 25% discount. Children under 5 free.
Tipping of guide/driver recommended for good service on a 2:1 ratio.
Save money: Tour Matchmaking
Join someone else's group or start your own for this tour on your dates.
You can also make a custom itinerary for others to join.
The China Guide
7-1-8-1 Jianguomenwai Waijiaogongyu
Beijing, China
Telephone: (+8610) 8532 2274 or 8532 1565 (English hotline)
