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Badaling Great Wall: Our most recommended tours and activities

Beijing: Private Roundtrip Transfer to Great Wall of China

1. Beijing: Private Roundtrip Transfer to Great Wall of China

A private transfer is the best way to start your holiday and will avoid you having to search for a taxi or ride in a crowded bus to reach your destination. Your driver will pick you up at your hotel in Beijing city center and will drive you to the Great Wall. Once arrived, your driver will assistance you to purchase your tickets(at your own cost), and tell you where he will be waiting for you, then you will enjoy your own time to explore the Great Wall. After your self guided tour, meet your driver, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing. Please note this is only a private transfer service, entrance fee, meals and tour guide are not included. Your driver speaks basic English only, and if you have any questions on the road, you can use the driver's mobile phone to reach out the local operator. Here are some sections of the Great Wall you can choose: 1: Mutianyu Great Wall - most popular section among foreign tourists It is 75km away from Beijing downtown, offers great landscape of well-preserved walls and towers as well as beautiful surrounding greenery. Its road steps are also well paved. Driving Time: 1.5 hours Entrance fee 60rmb p/p, cable car round trip or ski lift up and toboggan is 140rmb p/p 2: Huanghuacheng Great Wall – unique lakeside Great Wall Some parts of Huanghuacheng are submerged by a big beautiful lake, which make the Great wall look like paddling in the water. It is less crowded than the other sections. Driving Time: 1.5 hours Entrance fee 65rmb p/p, no cable car 3:Juyongguan Great Wall - the closest section of the wall to visit from Beijing Unlike most of other sections of Great Wall which are just walls and towers, Juyongguan has an impressive fortress which used to controlled the access to Beijing for centuries. Driving Time: 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes Entrance fee 45rmb p/p, no cable car 4:Badaling – the most famous as well as most crowded section of Great Wall Open to tourism in 1957. Badaling Great Wall is the most visited section as well as the most commercialized section. No recommend to visit during public holiday, traffic will be bad. Driving Time: 1.5 hour Entrance fee 45rmb p/p, cable car 120rmb p/p

From Beijing: Return Bus Transfer to Badaling Great Wall

2. From Beijing: Return Bus Transfer to Badaling Great Wall

Save time and money taking this dedicated bus direct to the Badaling section of the Great Wall. Climb aboard the bus departing from downtown Beijing City and arrive at Badaling (the tour guide will offer the tickets service on the bus). Start to explore the area by yourself.  Enjoy 4 hours of free time for hiking and exploring the museum. See the "Hero Slope", named after Chairman Mao's famous saying: "Before you reach the Great Wall, you're no hero". Marvel at this amazing structure that has been visited by many celebrities including President Nixon. Upon exiting the Great Wall, meet your guide at the meeting point at a dedicated time and take the bus back to Beijing City. You can choose to get off at the iconic Water Cube and Bird's Nest stadiums, instead of the departing location.

From Beijing: Badaling Great Wall Bus Group Tour

3. From Beijing: Badaling Great Wall Bus Group Tour

You can take subway and meet the group guide and tour bus at subway line 10 of "Beitucheng" Station Exit C at 7:50 AM, then drive to amazing part of Badaling Great wall directly. The accompanying group guide will guide you to visit the Great Wall exhaustively in Chinese and English, and the butler service is always ready to solve your problems during the trip, and provide you with one-stop queue-free ticketing service, entering the scenic area directly by swiping your passports to enter the site, eliminating the pain of queuing. Then you will have 3 hours to hike and take in the appeal of this ancient one of seven wonders. Later on you can have lunch by yourself, then drive back and drop off some of clients at Olympic park area , if you are not interested in it, you will still follow bus and stop at "Beitucheng" Station again, then you can take subway to go back hotel by yourself. Note: If you book the tour 24 hours in advance, a professional English-speaking guide is guaranteed to lead the group. If you book this product within 24 hours, there will be a possibility that a Chinese-speaking guide will lead the group, which is a mixed group of Chinese and international tourists. So please book the tour as far in advance as possible.

From Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Private Tour with Lunch

4. From Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Private Tour with Lunch

Avoid the Beijing traffic leaving early in the morning to visit the Mutianyu Great Wall before the crowds form at this famous landmark. After meeting your guide and driver at your downtown Beijing hotel, start your drive to the Mutianyu Great Wall. Once you arrive, marvel at this iconic landmark. Walk along the wall with your guide learning about its history and taking in the amazing sweeping views. After your guided tour, enjoy a delicious lunch before you start your drive back to Beijing. Reflect on your experience on the way back, and complete your tour once you are dropped off at your hotel early in the afternoon.

Beijing: Longqing Gorge w/Great Wall or Guyaju Private Tour

5. Beijing: Longqing Gorge w/Great Wall or Guyaju Private Tour

Embark on a private day trip from Beijing to explore Longqing Gorge. Choose to spend a day here to cruise on clear water and hike the mountain or combine the tour with a visit to Badaling Great Wall or Guyaju Caves. A: Longqing Gorge Private Day Tour Including Cruise/Hiking or Cable Car (6-7 Hours) Meet your tour guide in your hotel's lobby, hop in to a private car heading directly Longqing Gorge. Upon arrival. Follow your tour guide to explore the Longqing Gorge. You will take the fun dragon escalator up then experience a cruise along the beautiful lake which will give you a nice memory, enjoy amazing view of the area and be amazed by the beauty of the nature. Explore the temples and island with your tour guide. Due to the weather at Longqing Gorge is very different than city, cable car might close, if the cable car closed, your tour guide will take you to hike up to the mountain and enjoy amazing views of the surroundings. You also can choose to visit the nearby site such as Ming tombs or Juyong guan Great Wall instead. If the cable car is running, you will take the fun cable car up to the mountain to explore the Taoist temple up there, get to know its stories and histories, then take your time to enjoy amazing views of the surroundings. After the tour you will have lunch in a local restaurant, then heading back to your hotel in Beijing. B: Longqing Gorge and Badaling Great Wall Private Day Tour Including Cruise and Cable Car(7-9 hours) Meet your tour guide in your hotel's lobby, hop in to a private car heading directly Longqing Gorge. Upon arrival. Follow your tour guide to explore the Longqing Gorge. You will take the fun dragon escalator up then experience a cruise along the beautiful lake which will give you a nice memory, enjoy amazing view of the area and be amazed by the beauty of the nature. Explore the temples and island with your tour guide. After lunch in the local restaurant, heading directly to Badaling Great Wall of China, an iconic landmark illustrating the innovation of ancient Chinese engineering. Take the cable car up to the Badaling section, one of the best-preserved parts of the structure, and listen as your guide provides an engaging narrative about the attraction’s history. Tour end with hotel drop off. C: Longqing Gorge and Guyaju Cave Dwellings Private Day Tour (8-9 hours) Meet your tour guide in your hotel's lobby, hop in to a private car heading directly Longqing Gorge. Upon arrival. Follow your tour guide to explore the Longqing Gorge. You will take the fun dragon escalator up then experience a cruise along the beautiful lake which will give you a nice memory, enjoy amazing view of the area and be amazed by the beauty of the nature. Explore the temples and island with your tour guide. After lunch in the local restaurant, finish your day tour with a visit to Guyaju Caves, a multi-village complex of more than 170 dwellings carved directly into the rock face before returning to your hotel.

Beijing: Longqing Gorge, Ming Tombs & Lunch Private Day Tour

6. Beijing: Longqing Gorge, Ming Tombs & Lunch Private Day Tour

Your English speaking guide and private car will pick you up at in your hotel's lobby.  Heading directly to Longqing Gorge, on the way you will driving pass by Juyongguan Great Wall and Badaling Great Wall, your tour guide will explain the related histories and stories, sit back enjoy the sceneries along the way. Upon arrival. Follow your tour guide to explore the Longqing Gorge. You will take the fun dragon escalator up then experience a cruise along the beautiful lake which will give you a nice memory, enjoy amazing view of the area and be amazed by the beauty of the nature. Explore the temples and island with your tour guide and spend about 2 hours inside the Long Qing Gorge Stop at a local restaurant  for a delicious Chinese countryside style lunch. Then heading directly to Dingling at the Ming Tombs. Once arrive at Dingling Tomb, your guide will give a detailed stories about the Ming dynasties history and tell the life story of the owner of this tomb. Be amazed by the complicated burial culture in the Ming Dynasty, feel free to ask questions if you have. After the Dingling visit, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

Beijing: Badaling Great Wall Adventure w/Optional Attraction

7. Beijing: Badaling Great Wall Adventure w/Optional Attraction

Your private tour guide will meet you in your Beijing hotel's lobby, then hop into your private vehicle heading directly to Badaling Great Wall. It takes about 1.5 hours driving. Your tour guide will give you an explication of the Great Wall and the related Chinese history and culture on the way. Upon arrival, you can choose to use the cable car round trip to make the trip easy or follow your tour guide to hike up and down to explore different watch and beacon towers. Gain deep insight into the Great Wall's history and stories. Your lunch will be served at a local restaurant. Badaling Great Wall usually is crowded, so we recommend to visit Badaling Great Wall as one day tour. But if you have choice to combine these sites to make a full day tour. 1: Combine with Chunhuiyuan Hot Spring. The hot spring here comes from 1230 meters underground, and it's abundantly rich in minerals and elements. The temperature of water here ranges from 29 C to 90 C. All the pools – of various sizes, temperatures and bubbliness – are filled with different remedies, including flora, rose, red wine, milk and more. After the Great Wall hike, soaking yourself into the pool, you can pamper your eyes and calm yourself with the mesmerizing view of the lake with the modern buildings opposite. 2: Combine with Ming Tombs The mausoleums of thirteen emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644). The layout and arrangement of all the thirteen mausoleums are very similar, but they vary in size as well as in the complexity of their structures. You will visit the Dingling tomb. Built from 1584 to 1590, it is the mausoleum of Emperor Zhu Yijun, the thirteenth emperor of the Ming Dynasty and his two empresses. The highlight part is the stone Underground Palace, which was discovered between 1956 and 1958, and had a great deal of precious relics unearthed. 3: Combine with Juyongguan Great Wall Juyongguan Great Wall is considered as the north gateway to Beijing and Juyongguan Pass is one of the three major passes in the Great Wall. You can appreciate beautiful views, fine stone carvings, 14 watchtowers while hiking, and learn some Chinese history and culture in the temples. Besides, there are less tourists, which will make your tour more enjoyable. 4: Combine with the Summer Palace The Summer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing. It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Spend some leisure time here to stroll around the courtyards with your tour guide and learn the history and stories behind. At the end of the tour, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

Beijing Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Tour

8. Beijing Badaling Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Tour

Beat the crowds during the early morning visit to the Badaling Great Wall. This early morning tour mearns leave early and back early as well. Save your valuable time to do something else. Starting early time can avoid the morning rush hour. The traffic jam in Beijing is very horrible. Meet your guide and driver at your downtown hotel on time, and head up to Great Wall Badaling. Afterwards, drive to a local restaurant for a Chinese lunch. After approximately 1 hour drive, continue to explore the Summer Palace, The Summer Palace is the summer resort for the Qing dynasty's royal family.It is covered 3/4 with the water,the rest are hills and palaces.The Long corridor is the longest corridor in the world. We will visit the garden by east side, no visiting inside The Tower of Buddhist Incense, The Garden of Virtuous Harmony, and The Suzhou Shopping Street.

From Tianjin Xingang Port: Private 2-Day Beijing Tour

9. From Tianjin Xingang Port: Private 2-Day Beijing Tour

See the Great Wall of China and discover the most important sights of the Forbidden City, with a stop at Tiananmen Square. Learn about the history and architecture of the areas you visit from your local expert guide. Day 1: Pick-up service from Tianjin Port, Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City(L) Your Beijing English-speaking guide will be holding a sign with your name on it and waiting in the lobby of Tianjin Port at 08:00. After 2.5-hours of driving, you will visit Tiananmen Square to observe monuments created from Mao's influence on China's modern history. From there, proceed to the Forbidden City, the largest and best-preserved ancient imperial palace with 600 years of history in the world. Visit the Forbidden City along the central axis from south to north for approximately 2-hours. Then, you will have a chance to visit a Silk Museum and learn about traditional silk culture. After having a short stop, have a typical Chinese lunch for about 40 minutes in a local restaurant. Later, go back to your hotel. Day 2: Great Wall and the Summer Palace(L) On the second day, you will experience China's No.1 highlight attraction, the Badaling Great Wall through Juyongguan entrance side. This is the less crowded and quieter part of the Great Wall. After your visit, enjoy a Chinese lunch at the authentic Jade Gallery Restaurant, then you can also experience interesting ancient Chinese Jade culture there, later on visit the most impressive and beautiful Summer Palace, the largest and most beautiful Chinese imperial garden. Stay for about 1.5-hours before you leave to enjoy an amazing Chinese tea ceremony at a local tea house. Then, you will be transferred back to your hotel. Please note the hotel is not provided.

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