Private Tour
Great Wall Private Hiking Day: Gubeikou to Jinshanling w/ Lunch
Overview
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8 hours
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Accompanied by your experienced English speaking guide, enjoy an uncrowded adventurous hike to see the Great Wall from Gubeikou then walk along to Jinshanling around 5 hours hike with earlier departure. This is a medium difficulty hike and is appropriate for children from age 8 and up or those who are keen hikers. Entrance fee, lunch and round trip transportation from your hotel are included.
Additional Info
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
For the lunch, you will be taken to the authentic Chinese local restaurant catering for the locals and the lunch has its budget
Dress code is smart casual
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Infant (1-3 years old) and children who are under 8 years old are not suitable to take the hiking tour
Extra fee is requested after 9 hours tour
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
What To Expect
Early morning Pick up from your hotel. 9:30 – 13:30 Hiking on the Great Wall from Gubeikou to Jinshanling. The adventure begins gently at Gubeikou village with a short climb up to a broken tower. Walk eastward and enjoy plenty of photography stops before you reach General Tower. From there you will capture the true nature of Gubeikou mountain. After 1 hours’ gradually climbing through several towers, then you will reach 24th window tower. At here, a large part of the wall belongs to the military area. You will descend into the basins of the Spider Valley. From here it is a gentle walk through the corn fields to the hilly trail. Along the way, you will pass through an abandoned house, complete with a well and a mid-sized water store in the middle of the Valley. Going through the hilly trail in 1.5 hours then walk back to the wall Jinshanling west. After a short climb, you will reach West five window Tower. Here you can sit in the tower and gaze down the spider valley. 14:00 You’ll get off the wall at the renowned Zhuanduokou. Enjoy a yummy farm style lunch then drive back to your hotel.
What‘s Included
Bottled water
Lunch at the local Chinese restaurant
Entrance Tickets to the Sights
Gas, toll & parking lot fees
English-speaking tour guide service fee
Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver
Accommodation
Dinner
Gratuity to the guide and driver
Round trip cable car up & down the wall
Pickup points
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Private Hiking Tour
Pickup included
Reviews
15 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Great wall
sergioaG7281GX,,Nov 27, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00It has been an amazing day. The great wall is astonishing. Our guide was very attentive to us. We would definitely repet it again.
Amazing Great Wall
Irena Ž,,Aug 2, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Great Wall experience We booked our trip to Wall in January and were anxious if everything would go the right way. With great tour guide Leo it went everything very smoothly. Communication, organization of hike and choice that we got, just worked like Swiss clocks. We traveled about hour and half. He was really educated about Chinese history so we got little historical insights about wall and dynasties etc. Our hike started in Gubeico. And he try to our physic with first hill. This way leaded to ancient part of wall without reconstruction. So we saw old bricks with emperor sights, battle tested gates etc. then we got two choices, got back to car and drive to Jinsanling (reconstructed part of wall like in movies) or cross forest and go by feet to Jinsaling. So forest was the way, hour long journey and we were right in middle of majestic wall. Then it was just paradise, fotos videos of the view. Indisputably one of the greatest places we ever been before. Then we hit the road on wall to the east gate hour and 10 minutes long. In total we were amazed, no more words needed. Three things to be aware of when you decided to go in summer. It’s hot, sunny weather, so you need a lots of bottle of water and bring SPF 50 cream. Second thing be ready it’s up and down so great psychic is advantage. But last and not least travel with tour guide Leo.
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Laurence W,,Nov 8, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We made two visits with Catherine Lu to Beijing: hike on the Great Wall in Jinshanglin and private tour of the Forbidden City. In both cases, our guide Justin was charming, giving us both explanations about monuments and history but also a lot of information about current life in China: super interesting! The organization was perfect and perfectly matched what we had agreed before our trip. We had defined what we really wanted to do through exchanges with Catherine Lu by email and then by wechat: a super responsiveness with answers usually given at the latest the next day The most complicated thing was to pay the deposit via bank transfer to a Chinese bank: Two weeks of trouble!
Tough hike! Great views!
susiemA6728CU,,Dec 5, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00An amazing tour. I will say, it was a tough hike. Be sure that you are in shape and are in for an adventure. There were many areas with rough terrain. I've hiked 2 other sections of the Great Wall and Jinshanling is definitely the toughest. Lunch afterwards was delicious.
Breathtaking views but a...
susie m,,Nov 19, 2023
- Review from Viator
5.00Breathtaking views but a difficult hike. Be adventurous and in shape to complete it! Our guide was great and lunch after was delicious.
A Texan on the Wall
Curious Cowboy,,Oct 4, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A little about me: I’m a 22 year-old Texan who came to China because I am curious. Justin was professional from the start, very punctual. We left from my hostel and drove to the Great Wall. He knew all of the locals, so we were able to start our hike immediately. We pretty much had the Wall to ourselves, which was remarkable during China’s “Golden Week”. I was profoundly impressed by the diverse architecture of the wall, as well as the natural beauty around it. We had a delicious lunch afterwards. The cost of this trip made me nervous, particularly because I don’t have much money and am a student, but it was 100% worth it. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience that I will tell my future children about. You get what you pay for.
Great hiking in the Great Wall
450marsm,,Aug 31, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Catherine took us to Jinshanling and Gubeikou and it was an amazing experience. We were almost alone (not turists at all) and we had two beautiful and enjoyable hiking excursions. Unforgettable landscapes and moments. Catherine told us about the historical facts of the Great Wall while hiking. Unforgetable.
Great Wall Hiking Tour
roblI1487CU,,May 31, 2021
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00The trip was amazing and many thanks to Peter and Catherine for guiding me every stip of the way. There were no crowds and the scenery was spectacular. I really enjoyed seeing the different countryside and wilderness. It was very well organised, the guides were very helpful and they were on time. The Great Wall was absolutely awesome. It is a big walking day but I would recommend it for anyone who wants a different experience. We stayed on the wall to watch the sunset, which was a memorable experience. Take something warm as it gets windy in the evening.
The best hike of my life
Susan J,,Nov 3, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00This is one of the most amazing tours I have ever taken. Standing on the Great Wall of China, with no-one else around apart from my partner and our wonderful, knowledgeable guide Nico, was one of the best moments I have experienced while travelling. Nico and our driver Mr Li picked us up at our hotel for an early start. We immediately liked them both, for their care for our comfort, for Nico's warmth in sharing his experience of becoming a father of a baby boy, for Mr Li's calm driving in the busy Beijing traffic. For the first half of our journey Nico explained the history of the Dynasties in China and how the Great Wall came to be constructed. Nico is a History graduate and was extremely knowledgeable- he was able to tell us detailed information in a very interesting way that made us all the more excited to see it. We then had a short rest in the car before arriving in a remote village, where Mr Li dropped us off so we could hike up to the wall. Seeing the Great Wall for the first time was a transformative and humbling experience for me. It is difficult to express just how impressive it is, and against the history we had heard this wonderoous construction took on life and meaning that was quite emotional. We hiked up to, along and over the other side of the wall for about one hour, and then hiked back up from the north side and along the wall again to Jinshanling (where there are 5 star bathrooms). Every view is breathtaking. Nico was the perfect guide- informative, congenial company, solicitous (it is quite hard work, climbing up to and walking along the wall, so we had to stop for a breather now and then). It was the best hike I have ever taken. I was truly sad to come down from the wall and leave the experience behind. After our hike, we had lunch in a local village. Nico ordered a selection of local food that was all delicious. We then had a nap in the car on our drive back to Beijing. This was our first guided tour in China, the start of our wonderful but too short visit to this culturally rich and fascinating country, our first experience of the warm and friendly welcome of Chinese people.
Great Wall Visit
Geordie1414,,Sep 15, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00A fantastic day with Justin! What a lovely incredibly knowledgeable guide. - love the way he gave us privacy but was there to help in any way. Our day trip and lunch were just fantastic- great driver too! Thank you for making our trip a memorable one! Denyse
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