The Great Outdoors, All

Hiking on the Wild Great Wall From Gubeikou to Jinshanling

  • Destination

    Beijing

  • Trip duration

    2 days, 1 night

  • Price

    From 1450 cny

  • Availability period

    6 Jun. 2025 - 31 Oct. 2025

  • Min/Max travelers

    Min. 2 Max. 10

  • Transport

    Van & Foot

  • Accommodation

    Camping

The hike is not particularly intense, and suitable for energetic kids. Pace will be your own and the wall do not report dangerous parts. Our guides provides drinks, energetic bars, and are first aid trained.

sunrise in the great wall of china
A camping tent glows under a night sky full of stars. Outdoor Camping adventure.

Our guides are Wall Guides: they spend over 200 days per year on the Wall only. You will come back with much more than the pleasure of a great hike.

BEIJING, CHINA

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Day 1

GUBEIKOU GREAT WALL

After meet your guide at 8:30 am, we embark on a 2.5 hrs drive to the Gubeikou section of the Great Wall. Built as a strategic military strongpoint between Shanhaiguan and Juyongguan passes, this was once the only way to cross from Liaodong flatland and Inner Mongolia to the central plains of China. This led to it being a point of furious battles, especially during the Liao, Jin, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Upon arrival, we start our trek through a quaint village and across vast farmland before ascending the Gubeikou Great Wall. After three to four hours hiking, we arrive at the wall’s highest section, the 24-hole Guard Tower which is the last watchtower on this stretch of the structure. Along the way, our informative guide will reveal the history of the area prior to the second Sino-Japanese War. Once we reach the destination, you will relax and enjoy a picnic lunch you have packed yourself. From the tower, the hike is around 1.5 to 2 hours to the campsite by the Great Wall, where your tent will be waiting for you. At the end of the day, we will spend time together and feast on a BBQ dinner

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Accommodation

Camping

Day 2

Jinshanling Great Wall - Beijing City Centre

Start the day on a high watching sunrise from Jinshanlin Great Wall, an area dotted with ancient watchtowers. After the breakfast at the campsite, we will make our way to the Jinshanling Great Wall. It will take about 4 hours to reach the East 5-Hole Guard Tower. Those who would like to hike father can continue for another 800 meters then return to meet the group. After descending the mountain, we will have lunch and return to downtown Beijing or Beijing railway station. This concludes our two-day adventure that has seen us conquer some of the most impressive sections of the mighty fortification.

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Beijing, home of many Emperors, shaped by the Khans, and reshaped by China's magnificent economic boom of the past four decades, offers a perfect mixture of ancient and modern, and of tradition and progress.

Beijing, home of many Emperors, shaped by the Khans, and reshaped by China's magnificent economic boom of the past four decades, offers a perfect mixture of ancient and modern, and of tradition and progress.

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