Others

1. Entrance Fees: to scenic spots as listed in the itinerary 2. All the activities fee mentioned in the itinerary 3.Arrangements: the tour cost includes planning, handling, operational and communication charges

Accommodation

Hotel fees are based on two people sharing one room with twin-bed. All hotels as listed in the above itinerary serve daily western or Chinese breakfast.

Insurance

Travel Agency Liability insurance

Guide

As outlined in the itinerary an English-speaking guide and driver will be provided in each city, who will remain with you throughout your time in that city. A new guide and a new driver will meet you at each city on your tour, to provide you with the best local knowledge available

Meals

All meals as indicated in the itinerary (B-breakfast, L-lunch, D-dinner).

Transport

All air and train city transfers indicated in the itinerary and transfers between airports, hotels and scenic spots while sightseeing during the trip by private air conditioned vehicle with a driver.

Not included:

Others

1. China entry visa fees 2. Excess baggage charges 3. Personal expenses: expenses of a purely personal nature such as laundry, drinks, fax, telephone calls, optional activities, sightseeing or meals which are not included in the tour itinerary 4. Meals: any meals which are not specified in the tour itinerary 5. Single room supplement 6. Please notice that the price will be much higher during the festival of Labors’ Day, National Day, spring festival 7. Tips to tour guide and driver (recommended USD10-15/guest/day). 8. Tourist accident insurance. NB - you are strongly suggested to buy travel and health insurance before you start out from your home country.

Flights

International airfare or train tickets to enter or leave China

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Day 1 Day 1: Arrive In Beijing (D)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1: Arrive In Beijing (D)

You will be met at Beijing International Airport by our CAT guide and transferred to a boutique hotel in central Beijing. Today you will have an opportunity to rest and recover from the long flight. In the late afternoon, there will be a briefing about the Great Wall Trekking in the following 7 days. Welcome dinner will be followed by that.
Day 2 Day 2: Beijing City Tour (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 2: Beijing City Tour (Bld)

After breakfast, we will go to visit the Temple of Heaven which was the venue for the Ming and Qing emperors to offer sacrifices to the Heaven and pray for harvest. This temple was built in the 18th year during the reign of the Ming Emperor Yongle in 1420. Then transferred to visit the famous Forbidden City, the symbol of China, also called Gu Gong. It was the imperial palace during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

After lunch, take you to visit Summer Palace. Summer Palace located in a northwestern suburb of Beijing, it is an immense park containing some Chinese traditional architecture and arts. It was built and served as a royal garden during the Qing Dynasty. It exhibits the quintessence of the Chinese classical landscape gardening. The halls, the pavilions, the corridors, the pagodas, the bridges and the water were elaborately arranged. The long Corridor is one of the most exquisite structures in the garden. It is over 700 meters long and decorated with thousands of Chinese traditional paintings.
Day 3 Day 3: Beijing / Dayingpan / Yangbiancheng (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 3: Beijing / Dayingpan / Yangbiancheng (Bld)

Dayingpan/Yangbiancheng 10km/ 6hrs hiking

Beijing/Dayingpan 100km/2-2.5hrs driving; Dayingpan/Badaling 40km/50mins driving

After breakfast, check out the hotel and take 2-2.5hrs to the entrance of the wild wall on the border of the Yanqing County of Beijing and Huailai County of the Hebei and the beginning of our trek. Today we can enjoy the beauty and tranquility of this idyllic spot in the absence of other tourists. This section of the wall was built up in the year of 1520 during the Ming Dynasty. We have time to take in the intriguing rock formations of the wall before trekking to view a huge dilapidated water gate. We stop for some lunch before continuing in the afternoon trekking through canyons and across fields, gradually climbing until we have the wall on one side and the ancient village of Dayingpan on the other. Here we have a chance to meet some of the local villagers and take in traditional life before trekking back to our awaiting coach. Then take 50mins drive to tonight’s lodging place.
Day 4 Day 4: Badaling/ Shixiaguan(Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 4: Badaling/ Shixiaguan(Bld)

Badaling/ Shixiaguan 10km/4.5-5hrs hiking;

This morning, we will take a short drive to the start point of today’s trek – ruined Badaling Great Wall. As its name hints, this section of the Great Wall is partially restored and more adventurous, while not being easy to climb. After about 2-3 hours of hiking, we’ll cross over into Shixiaguan (Stone Gorge) Pass, 5km southwest of the Badaling section of the Great Wall. It is one of the most intact parts of the whole Great Wall. In spite of serious damage, the winding wall set in the lofty mountains reveals its grandeur. However, a castle in Shixiaguan was pulled down during the Great Leap Forward. Nevertheless, the wall remains relatively intact because of its strategic location. Shixiaguan Pass was originally built in the reign of Ming Emperor Wanli (about 1600 AD), which was then a key pass guarded by a large number of soldiers. There are sites such as official residences, the ancient castle, clay walls and brick walls in the village. After another 2-3 hours of hiking, we’ll walk down the Great Wall and have a late lunch. Then we’ll drive back to the hotel.
Day 5 Day 5: Badaling/Huanghuacheng/Xishuiyu (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 5: Badaling/Huanghuacheng/Xishuiyu (Bld)

Huanghuacheng/Xishuiyu 8km/4hrs hiking;

Badaling /Xishuiyu 65km/1.5-2hrs driving;



This morning, after check out he hotel, our guide and drive will transfer you to Huanghuacheng section of the Great Wall. Huanghuacheng Great Wall is the only one section in Beijing that was built through a lake. The whole section is defined in three segments by water.

There are several up-and-down parts today, however fortunately the mountains here are not that high or steep. First, there is a good trail alongside the Wall, after about half an hour we will get to a watchtower on the cliff. Here is a great place to take photos, one of which must be of the moon-shaped reservoir at the bottom of the mountain. Then, after another half-an-hour hiking, we will reach the highest point in this area, on the pinnacle of which there is a broken watchtower. From this vantage point you will have a nice sunny panoramic view of the whole wide valley, stretching even further toward the west.

Unfortunately, from here on, the Wall is really too broken to traverse safely, so we will instead follow a pleasant mountain trail downwards into Xishuiyu Village.
Day 6 Day 6: Xishuiyu/Jiankou/Mutianyu (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 6: Xishuiyu/Jiankou/Mutianyu (Bld)

Jiankou/Mutianyu 10km/4-4.5hrs hiking; Huanghuacheng –Jiankou: 74km/1.5-2hrs driving

After breakfast, drive 2 hour to Xizaizhi village at the bottom of Jiankou Great Wall. We will spend the day on the Jiankou section of the Wall, recognized as one of most beautiful parts of the “Wild Wall” near Beijing, and much-loved by photographers. Not visited often by “typical” tourists, this section is really rough and broken. Although we will have to be careful walking on it, the opportunity for pictures in this section is unequalled!

The hike along the wall will take about 4 hours, and it is unlikely you will meet any other tourists along the way. Although the Wall follows the mountain crest, it is gently undulating and, although there are areas of disrepair to be navigated with care, it is fairly-easy hiking. One highlight is the enemy observation tower known as, "Ying Fei Dao Yang", so named because this watchtower was erected on the highest peak in the area, and eagles and hawks often perch on it. Although the majestic wall is slowly being conquered by small trees and brambles, the view from the top is still stunning! Taking the chairlift down to the bottom of Mutianyu Great Wall, enjoy a late lunch and check in the hotel.
Day 7 Day 7: Mutianyu/Wohushan/Campsite (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 7: Mutianyu/Wohushan/Campsite (Bld)

Wohushan Great Wall 5km/2hrs hiking; Gubeikou town –camp site 4km/3hrs

Mutianyu-Wohushan: 130km/2hrs driving

After breakfast, a scenic drive of about 2 hours takes you to Wohushan section of the Great Wall for 2 hours hiking. Wohushan (otherwise called Crouching Tiger Mountain) Great Wall snakes its way over the ridges of the rocky mountains of Wohushan, so named because two distinct peaks resemble a pair of tigers, one looks up and the other bends down. The Wall winds through Wohu Shan for 13.6 kilometer; along the way, 20 towers decked its spine. Our hike will cover part of them. This is the Wall which is not seen by tourists! After a late lunch, take a short drive to Gubeikou section of the Great Wall, trek 3hrs to tonight’s camping site. The hike will take us to a military area along the Wall, which we must bypass. We will take a pleasant diversion to a friendly village where will be our tonight’s camping site

At 18:00pm, we will start our tonight’s BBQ dinner & Bonfire party, it will be arranged at the yard of local guest house.
Day 8 Day 8: Campsite/Jinshanling/Erchu/Gubei Water Town (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 8: Campsite/Jinshanling/Erchu/Gubei Water Town (Bld)

Camp site-Jinshanling-Erchu 10km/5-6hrs hiking;

Jinshangling/ Gubei Water Town 18km/30mins driving;

We will be up before sunrise to catch the sun throwing soft morning light onto the Wall itself, great for pictures! Simple breakfast will be followed, then we will continue to hike from our camping site eastward to Jinshanling section of Great Wall. The panoramic view is wonderful – partway along the hike. After a 2.5 hours hike, we will arrive at Shayukou Tower, you could down to the bottom of Jinshanling Great Wall through a mountain path. From here, for the participants with good physical strength, they could continue to hike 2.5hrs eastward to Erchu ( Wuyan tower), where we could enjoy a good view of Simatai Great Wall and overlook the surrounding. Then we will down to meet the driver in the parking lot at the bottom of Jinshanling.

Take a short drive to Gubei Water Town, check in the guest house and have a rest.
Day 9 Day 9: Gubei Water Town- Simatai (Bld)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 9: Gubei Water Town- Simatai (Bld)

After a refreshing breakfast, do a 2hrs round hike on the spectacular Simatai Great Wall. Our hiking on Simatai stops at Tower 10 where we could watch a beautiful sunset on the top of Jinshanling Great Wall and overlook the surrounding. Then we will down to the bottom of Simatai. Then we will you will have a leisure time to enjoy the beautiful view of Gubei Water Town.

Gubei Water Town is situated in Gubei Township of Miyun County northeast of Beijing, hence the name of Gubei Water Town. It has a charming location with a massive backdrop of the world famous Simatai Great Wall, accompany of the romantic Yuanyang Lake ( Mandarin Duck ) and the ancient Simatai Village that was developed from Simatai Castle built during the reign of Emperor Wanli ( 1573 -1620 ) in Ming Dynasty ( 1368 – 1644 ). So the Gubei Water Town resort is a rare combo of Great Wall, Mountains, Lakes and Ancient Villages.

After lunch, drive back to Beijing, check in the hotel and have a short rest.

This evening will be more exciting. First of all, we will have a farewell Peking duck dinner - the capital’s most famous dish. Once imperial cuisine, now the legendary duck dish is served at restaurants around the world.

Then we will go to Beijing Temple Theatre to watch a Chinese opera performance. Highlight: before the start of the show, We can go to the backstage to look actor makeup process. The Beijing Temple Theatre which we will watch the opera is the living fossil of China’s ancient opera towers. One of the few remaining industrial and commercial guildhalls in Beijing, Temple Theatre (Zhengyici) was also called ’Banking House Guildhall’. The two-storey opera tower in the temple theatre is unique among guildhall opera towers and is honored ’the living fossil of China’s ancient opera towers’.
Day 10 Day 10: Beijing -Home (B)
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 10: Beijing -Home (B)

Free in the morning, then we will transfer to Beijing International Airport for our return international flights.

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10 Days Authentic Beijing Exploration

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Itinerary of your trip 10 Days Authentic Beijing Exploration

Day 1: Arrive In Beijing (D)

Day 2: Beijing City Tour (Bld)

Day 3: Beijing / Dayingpan / Yangbiancheng (Bld)

Day 4: Badaling/ Shixiaguan(Bld)

Day 5: Badaling/Huanghuacheng/Xishuiyu (Bld)

Day 6: Xishuiyu/Jiankou/Mutianyu (Bld)

Day 7: Mutianyu/Wohushan/Campsite (Bld)

Day 8: Campsite/Jinshanling/Erchu/Gubei Water Town (Bld)

Day 9: Gubei Water Town- Simatai (Bld)

Day 10: Beijing -Home (B)

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