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Great Wall Hiking and Camping
Experience
2-in-1 Package for Cheap
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The First Flat Rate Great Wall Hiking and Camping Adventure
$252
original
price
$222
promotional angel price
(save $30)
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN PRICE
* Full scale day hike of 3.5 hours on the
Great Wall with a group
* The privilege of camping on the
Great Wall and exclusive access to the camping watch tower
* Private camping with camping gears such as tents & bags
provided
* Entry fees to the Great Wall
* Lunch, dinner and breakfast
EXTENDED HIKE
* If you wish
to hike at Gubeikou for 2 hours before you go back to
Beijing, please add $39.
*If you wish to hike from
Gubiekou to Jinshanling for 4.5 hours, add $99.
Guaranteed no detours to
shops or markets, etc.
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TRAVEL INSURANCE
If you currently don’t have travel insurance then
you will be required to purchase our PICC (People's Insurance
Company of China) travel and accidental insurance.
The fee will be $9.99 per person, and will cover the duration of
your hiking/camping/trekking in order to ensure that you are
comprehensively protected if injured.
For more information about our travel insurance policy please
see our insurance page.
QUALITY VEHICLES
YOUR SAFETY
IS OUR
TOP PRIORITY!
At the Great Wall Adventure Club, we only use quality vehicles such as VW Passat
and Buick Minivan
for your safety and comfortable trip!
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Affordable Group Hiking and Private Camping on the Great Wall of
China
Route 2GC1: Flat-rate Group Hiking
to Jinshanling and West Simatai with Private Camping at Gubeikou
Great Wall
 
The outdoorsman: Stay overnight on the Great Wall of
China
"When people come to the Great Wall of
China, they want to explore the history and see why it
was built. A day trip to the tourist sites won’t achieve
that, but a sleepover on one of the world’s most storied
ruins certainly will. The Great Wall Adventure Club
organizes trips to sleep in a watchtower where soldiers
were formerly garrisoned. When night falls, the only
thing above is the stars, while the incredible land of
the surrounding hills is absolutely silent ... (June 11,
2021)"
Guaranteed camping in an ancient watch tower with tents!
Highlights:
* If you are looking for breathtaking views with a relatively
more affordable
walk, then this hike will be right up your alley!
* 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.
* If
you are looking for
unforgettable camping experience at the Great Wall, then this
program will be right up your alley!
* Flat rate program in English
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Group size
varies
from
5 people to 25 people depending on the signups of each day
* Lunch, dinner and breakfast are included
* AVALAIBLE EVERY DAY
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Day 1: Hike the Magnificent Jinshanling and
West Simatai Great Wall
Between 6:30 am and 7:30 am, you will be picked up from your
hotel by your English-speaking guide and driver if you are
staying in a hotel within the 2nd Ring Road. Otherwise, you will
meet us in the Chaoyangmen Subway Station to board the bus for
today's tour. If you are in a hurry and can't have a breakfast,
we have bread and bottled water for you on the bus.
From Chaoyangmen, 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. Please have a
big breakfast and bring some snack with you for this long
day.
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’) 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 a good place to explore on
foot. The Jinshanling Great Wall was initially built from 1368
to 1389 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), and in 1567 and 1570
rebuilding of the Wall was mainly directed by General Qi Jiguang
(1528-1588). Poems and tablet writings can be found on the
Jinshanling Great Wall left from the time when Qi Jiguang
directed the rebuilding of this section of the Great Wall.
This section of the Great Wall is renowned as the “Paradise of
Photographers.” The majority of China’s published pictures or
paintings are based on the magnificent appearance and
exhilarating scenery. Use your cameras to take the beauty home!
Gradually, you will walk to the west side of
Simatai where the Wall is separated
into eastern and western halves by a valley, with a rainbow-like
chain bridge over the valley. That is why this part of the Wall
is also called "The Second Valley" by the local villagers who
enjoy the reputation for being polite and helpful to the
tourists.
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.
Upon reaching the gate of "the Second Valley" (east gate of
Jinshanling), you have officially completed today's hiking.
We will treat you a gourmet lunch in a local restaurant. Soon, our
local support staff will meet you in the restaurant and transfer
you to Gubeikou where 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.
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Day 2: Watching the Beautiful Sunrise
Waking up at about 5
am in the summer or 6:30 am in the winter, you
will meet the magnificent sunrise from the Great Wall. Take a lot of
pictures and videos!
After your continental breakfast, our local support staff will send you
to the bus terminal at Gubei Watertown.
You will take an express line to Beijing for two and twenty minutes.
The bus will take you to
Dongzhimen Station, a large transport complex where you can find
the connecting subway or bus to go to your hotel or other
destination.
The bullet train line between Gubeikou and Beijing have
been operating. It is even more convenient and comfortable to use
the train to go back to Beijing at 10:00 am and arrive 2 hours
later.
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Extended Hike
from Gubeikou to Jinshanling on Day 2
Add USD39 to walk 2 hours at
Gubeikou
Add USD99 to walk 4.5 hours to Jinshanling
Don't' want to go back to Beijing so soon?
You can walk an additional 2 hours at Gubeikou where you have
just camped and leave at 10 am for Beijing.
You will walk with a local guide who has assisted you with the
camping last night. The fee is $39. Or, you can walk from Gubeikou to Jinshanling
for 4.5 hours and take the bus back to Beijing at noon. The fee
is $99.
Gubeikou Great Wall occupies a strategically important location,
which is difficult to access. Situated between
Shanhaiguan Pass and
Juyongguan Pass, and about 62 miles to Beijing, it is the
bastion protecting the northern gateway to the capital. There
are 14 beacon towers, 143 watchtowers, 16 strategic pass, three
citadels and many other military constructions. Many of them are
famous cultural relics, such as the Big Flower Beacon Tower of
the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fairy Tower, General Tower, and the
dominant Wangjing Tower.
In 1933, when Japanese forces invaded China, the Chinese army
at Gubeikou fought hard to resist the enemy. it marked the beginning
of China's eight-year-long war to fight against Japanese invasion in
the World World II.
Much of the hiking that we will do on Jinshanling today is
different from what you have had yesterday, as much of the wall
here is little restored and the surface smooth. Jinshanling has
five main passes and 67 watchtowers. Every 100 meters (328
feet), there is an enemy tower each of which is about ten meters
(33 feet) high. Featuring various structures and having various
functions, those watchtowers are either one tiered or
two-tiered. Among them, the most celebrated are the Big and
Small Jinshan Watchtowers. The Wangjinglou Tower, the General
Tower, the Black Tower and the Taochun Tower are also must-sees
on the Jinshanling Great Wall. Each tower has its legend. Legend
has it that the stone bars used to build the Wangjinglou Tower
were carried to the mountaintop by Er Lang Shen, the nephew of
the Jade Emperor. The general tower was named to commemorate Wu
Guihua, a heroine who sacrificed herself to resist northern
invader's invasion in the Ming Dynasty. The Black Tower and the
Taochun Tower were christened to commemorate two girls, Heigu
and Taochun, who made great contributions to the construction of
the Great Wall.
When completing the above 2-day hiking and camping, you have
finished one of our most popular program
2AB at a lower
cost.
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