Private Tour
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Visiting the Great Wall is definitely a must for the first-time visitors to Beijing China. This private one day tour will take you to Mutianyu Great Wall where you can enjoy the breathtaking views with fun toboggan ride. Then you will enjoy an exciting evening tour to the Gubei Water Town and Great Wall at Simatai Section. Choose a departure time that works best for you. This private tour includes tour guide, entrance fees, Great Wall cable car/ toboggan ticket, lunch, private vehicle, and hotel pickup and drop-off.
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
The tour is about 8-10 hours, if you want to extend the tour, please pay 30USD for each extra hour to your guide and driver
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Professional guide
Cable car round trip at Simatai Great Wall
Lunch
Hotel pickup and drop-off(for hotels within the 4th ring road)
Cable car round trip or ski lift up and toboggan ticket at Mutianyu
Transport by private vehicle
Entrance Fee
Gratuities
Select a pickup point
Mutianyu Great Wall
Your friendly tour guide will come to pick you up in your hotel lobby at prearrange time. Then take you to Mutianyu Great Wall directly. On the way, about 1.5 hour drive, your tour guide will explain the history and stories about the Great Wall. You will also enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery on the way. Once arrive at the The Mutianyu Great Wall, you’ll enjoy a less hurried experience and take time to marvel at this wondrous structure and the surrounding hillsides. Take the cable car round trip or fun ski lift up and toboggan to save your energy. Then hiking up and down for about 1.5 hours at the various sections of the Wall, exploring the watch and beacon towers.
Gubei Water Town
After a lunch in the local village, heading directly to Gubei Water Town (About 1 hour drive). Accompanied by your tour guide, start your walking tour to discover the charms of the Gubei Water Town. Gubei Water Town is a replica of Wuzhen Water Town in the Southern China. You will find many interesting shops, tasty restaurants, and distinctive hotels there.
Your tour guide will pick you up in your hotels lobby by holding your name sign
Pickup included
11 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Zener T,
Nov 3, 2025
- Review from Viator
Great way to see the great wall of china during the day and at night in 2 different parts of the wall. Be prepared to walk and walk and climb and climb! Only wished our guide Jimmy could prepared us a little better before the night climb at simatai. It was a little dark and more climbing than expected.
ericrK4933ZL,
Oct 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Our tour guide Alen gave us an amazing experience. His knowledge of the walls was extensive and showed us great views for photos! Would highly recommend this tour to anyone who wants to visit two sections of the wall in one day.
tonigD8872LH,
Sep 1, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Leo was an amazing guide and his English is excellent. He was patient with me and made sure I saw everything I wanted to see and more being a great photographer! He is knowledgable and engaging and the drive was amazing too and very funny. When booking I thought this tour was expensive as a solo traveller but it was worth every penny! Picked up at 1pm home at midnight. Stunning places, great food, unbelievable memories x






Mobile611217,
Aug 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
This tour was truly one of the best tours I’ve ever experienced. We had wanted to see 2 sections of the Wall and to see one of them at night. This was exactly what we were looking for. The scenery was stunning - watching the sun set on the Wall is not to be missed! And Andy was a phenomenal guide. He was incredibly knowledgeable, but also really friendly and funny. Plus he was very patient with our slow climbing! I will definitely seek him out again the next time I’m in Beijing. Fantastic tour, fantastic guide, highly recommended!
Lizangelica1923,
Jul 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
This was completely andbutterly breath-taking. I couldn't believe we made it to the Great Wall of china. We actually went with Jessy Jones Xuelian on FB.. she was the best. We wanted to get there before the tour busses and it worked out perfectly. We arrived at 745 and it was almost empty. She waited for us and helped us buy the tickets for the slide down and the cabin going up.





E7047ADglenns,
Jan 28, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
Our tour guide Lilly went above and beyond to make this an unforgettable experience. Definitely recommend We would do again
annamC9857PZ,
Oct 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
This is be best tour you can ever book if you want to see 2 sections of the Great Wall. Mutianyu is as one might imagine… spectacular! The view and the guide (Anson) was great! He lead us up and told us where the best views were for pictures. His knowledge and information was amazing. Then we went Simatai section that was lighted up at night where you have to go through the Water Town. Another spectacular experience there as the night views were beautiful.
Scafe O,
Jan 27, 2024
- Review from Viator
Great experience! We visited Mutianyu Great Wall in day view and Simatai Great Wall in night view. Night view at Gu Bei water town very nice. Good weather and not so crowded as it is first day of snowing. The eatery they brought us to served nice food. The tour guide was also very informative and helpful. The 6 seater mpv are comfortable. We enjoy the trip :)
zarkoshark,
Nov 7, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
I was hoping to get tickets to visit Simatai Great Wall by night as it is the only segment of the Great Wall which is open after dark. Unfortunately it was near impossible to figure out how to book tickets. We were lucky to chance upon this tour organised by Discover Beijing Tours which conveniently included a visit to both the Mutianyu and Simatai segments of the Great Wall near Beijing. Our guide Anson picked us up at 10 am from our hotel in a comfortable new six-seater which had ample room for all of us. We got to Mutianyu first and got a choice of chair-lift / cable car up to the nearest watch-tower. (There is also a toboggan slide on the way down, but we didn't try it out.) We then had a delicious lunch at a restaurant recommended by Anson for authentic Dongbei Chinese cuisine, before taking a short drive to Gubei Water Town, which was recently constructed around Simatai and features many small shops and eateries together with scenic views. We then took a cable car up to Simatai Great Wall (only two watch-towers are open for visiting at night). Our guide Anson was very knowledgeable and gave us a detailed explanation of the history of the Great Wall's construction over the centuries in both English and Mandarin. All the attraction tickets and transport (such as cable cars, chair-lifts and so on) were arranged for us and we didn't have to lift a finger. I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone visiting Beijing. Pros: Travel in comfort; attraction tickets and meals are taken care of Cons: Tour runs pretty late (returning at 9 pm or later if you left at 10am), requires some stamina if you want to climb 2 segments of the Great Wall in 1 day





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