Tour Code: GWHTPH105

Departure: Daily

Tour Type: Private guide, vehicle and driver

Pick up point: Hotel

Pick up time: Around 7:00 am - 8:00 am 
Drop off point: Hotel

Drop off time: Around 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Hiking Time: 4 hours

Hiking Level: 5

Jiankou Great Wal

Jiankou Great Wall is the steepest great wall in Beijing. It is one of the most dangerous, magnificent and famous great wall of the Ming Dynasty. Natural weathering serious and no artificial repair that you can enjoy authentic ancient landscape of the Great Wall Jiankou often appear in all kinds of pictures of the Great Wall in recent years，it is always a focus of Great Wall Photography.

Itinerary:

Your tour guide and driver will pick you up at the hotel in the morning (7:00 am in summer and autumn; 8:00 am in spring and winter), it takes about 2.5 hours by driving to Jiankou Great Wall.

We start the hike from team 5 of Xizhazi Village, after about 50 minutes walking along the mountain path, we will climb on the west section of Jiankou Great Wall and get to the West Big Wall. Then we begin hiking on Jiankou West from north to south first, after getting to Eagle Flying Tower, continue to hike towards east. During the hike, we will pass over 20 towers and pass through Beijing Knot Tower, Eagle Flying Tower, Sky Ladder Tower (the highest tower on Jiankou West ) and General Guarding Pass Tower, come down from the Great Wall along the mountain path nearby General Guarding Pass Tower. The Jiankou West Great Wall is much dangerous and more challenging than the section from Zhengbeilou Tower to Mutianyu Great Wall which we hike usually (Jiankou east to Mutianyu hiking), some parts on Jiankou West are very precipitous, nearly full of dangerous along the whole way during the hike, but the scenery is very beautiful and unique, you will get a quite different hiking experience.
 

(Note: The travelers who are afraid of height are not recommend to take this tour.)

Hiking level is about 5 (Max 5).

The hiking time is about 4 hours and the hiking distance is about 10 km (6.2 mils).

Then the guide and driver take you to have lunch. After lunch, transfer back to your hotel.

Price: (Based on RMB/pp)

Cost Includes:
1. Private transfer service between hotel and the Great Wall.
2. Professional English-speaking tour guide service.
3. Cost of entrance ticket of mentioned attraction in the itinerary list above.
4. Chinese lunch
5. Mineral water

Cost Excludes:
1. Tips to guide and driver as your wish. (Based on the well-done job of the guide and driver.)
2. Travel insurance
 

Important Notice:
1. Please take Hiking boots, sticks or trekking sticks, backpack, sun-glasses, sunscreen, snacks, camera for this hiking tour.

2. The traveler whose body is not fit for the hiking such as arthritis, heart disease, hypertension, asthma, and the traveler who are drunk are not recommended to take this tour.

3. Don’t take baby less than 3 years old for this tour, and the traveler who are more than 80 years old are not recommended to take this tour.

4. Do not wear short pants.

5. Please go to toilet at the entrance of the wall before the hiking, there is no toilet on the Wall. Please carry toilet paper by yourself always.

6. This tour is not available under the following weather condition: Rain, Snow, Strong Wind, etc.

How to book this tour:

You could book this tour by email: greatwallhikingtour@outlook.com or book this tour on line.

How to pay:

5% of the total payment is required as deposit, you could pay the deposit by PayPal or bank wire transfer. Pay the balance by cash to your tour guide on the day. (Both RMB & USD are acceptable.)