4 Days Juyongguan, Mutianyu, Jinshanling and Simatai Tour

Note：The Simatai Section Great Wall has been closed since 2010.06.17, and the opening date is not clear yet.

Our tour guide will pick you up at your hotel at 9:00am. Get to the Badaling Great Wall around 10:30am. Badaling is known for its imposing magnitude. The wall here averages 7.8 meters in height and has a width of 5.7 meters at the top and 6.5 meters at the base. The walkway on top is 4.5 meters wide, making it possible for five horses or ten soldiers to march abreast. It is one of the most gorgeous and magnificent part of the Great Wall in Beijing. Hike the east section of Badaling Great Wall for 2 hours. Cable car is optional.

Have lunch at Badaling Great Wall Hotel. The first floor is a huge shop selling various kinds of tourist stuff. The restaurant is on the second floor. The restaurant offers very good buffet lunch. After lunch, drive to the Juyongguan Pass Great Wall. Juyongguan Pass Great Wall is site of an ancient military town which is replete with military installations, watch towers, official residences, temples and other structures.

The Juyongguan Pass Great Wall is sectioned into two semicircles - east and west. You are arranged to have a 2-hour's hike across the west section of the Juyongguan Pass Great Wall. The Juyongguan part of the Great Wall for its beautiful views and challenging hike. No cable car is available at Juyongguan Great Wall.

Tonight stay at Juyongguan Hotel by the wall. This 4-star courtyard hotel is located in the inner city of the Juyongguan Pass - one of the most spectacular Great Wall passes in China. Dinner will be arranged at the restaurant of Juyongguan Hotel.

After breakfast at the hotel, take a walk in the inner city of Juyongguan Great Wall, taking fresh air and enjoying fantastic view of the wall in the quite morning. Then head to Mutianyu Great Wall. The drive takes about 1 and half hour. The Mutianyu Great Wall is also one of most beautiful sections of the Great Wall in Beijing. It has an extemely beautiful natural landscape once you are up on the wall, green, densely wooded. This section of the Great Wall is comparatively smoother and less crowded than most of other sections. Hike for 2-3 hours at Mutianyu Great Wall.After lunch, then drive 60 km and get to Jinshanling Great Wall. Stay at Jinshanling Hotel below the Jinshanling Great Wall. Dinner at the hotel.

After breakfast, around 9:00am starting the hike from th east section at Beijing Jinshanling Great Wall to the west section of Beijing Simatai Great Wall. The hike is about 12 km and takes about 4-5 hours traveling across 30 towers! Simple box meal on the way.

Get down the wall at the foot of Simatai at about 04:00pm and check-in at a local inn - Simatai Great Wall Courtyard Hotel under the Simatai Great Wall. Take a bath and have some relaxation. Enjoy a local dinner at the hotel.

After breakfast at your hotel, hiking the east section of the Simatai Great Wall for 2--3 hours in the morning. There are in total sixteen watchtowers built at intervals along this space and it will take about 2-3 hours to reach the twelfth watchtower. Beyond this stage the condition of the stairs and walkways is poor and the passage becomes both steep and narrow which means that it is often safer to use the adjacent footpath rather than try to walk on the Wall itself. So the towers from 13th to 16th are not allowed to hike.

Have lunch at local farmhouse restaurant and get back to your hotel downtown Beijing later afternoon. ( B L )