Walking The Great Wall

Name: Walking The Great Wall
Brand: Exodus Travels
Price: 1749.0 USD

China

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Book this tour through our partner: Exodus Travels

The original adventure and activity holiday company specializing in cultural, walking, cycling, winter and wildlife adventures.

Trek one of the seven wonders of the world

Itinerary

Arrive Beijing; free afternoon and Beijing duck dinner

Drive to Huanghuacheng Great Wall section; afternoon begin trekking.

Morning trek from Mutianyu to Jiankou, passing many watchtowers.

A challenging but beautiful morning trek at Jiankou’s ‘wild’ wall; transfer to Gubeikou and explore this section.

Hike the Great Wall Jinshanling section; transfer back to Gubeikou.

The most challenging walk today along the Panlongshan section; return to Gubeikou for the night.

Majiagou Hill walk with views of Crouching Tiger Great Wall; drive to Beijing via Niangniang Temple.

Beijing city tour visiting hutongs, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

Our trips ends today in Beijing after breakfast.

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Stepping out across the peaceful semi-ruin of a section of the Great Wall is like walking in the footsteps of the past. Far from the tourist crowds we are able to get a great sense of the scale and majesty of this remarkable piece of engineering without rushing through in a big group. We trek along various contrasting sections of the wall, both dilapidated and rebuilt stretches. The old portions have a romantic feel, but the new ones may look odd to people who are used to seeing their ancient monuments in a poor state, though since the wall was constructed over a 2000 year period, the new sections are just a continuation of that process. We will get closer to day-to-day life in rural China before returning to Beijing, a city steeped in history yet plunging headlong into modernity.