Walking the Great Wall
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- No booking fees
- COVID-19protected
- Trekking and Hiking
- Adventure
- Cultural, religious and historic sites
- Family
- Customizable
- duration 9 days
- tour type Small group Request as private
- age requirement 16-95 yrs
- max group size 16
- guiding method Fully guided
- Tour Code BM-7832
- Footprint Carbonneutral CO2 emissions resulting from all trips on Bookmundi will be offset via investments in carbon reduction projects.
- Operated in English
- Trek alongside mountains on lesser-visited parts of the wall
- Experience rural life first hand in little villages
- Guided tour or Beijing's 'hutongs', Tiananmen Square & the Forbidden City
- Possibility to add Terracotta Warrior extension
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.
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Day 1: Arrive Beijing; free afternoon and Beijing duck dinner
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Day 2: Drive to Huanghuacheng Great Wall section; afternoon begin trekking.
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Day 3: Morning trek at Mutianyu, passing many watchtowers.
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Day 4: Trek at Jiankou's "Wild Wall"
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Day 5: Transfer to Jinshanling; Hike the Great Wall Jinshanling section.
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Day 6: The most challenging walk today along the Gubeikou section
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Day 7: Panlongshan section of the Great Wall
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Day 8: Beijing city tour visiting hutongs, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.
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Day 9: End Beijing
- All accommodation
- All breakfasts, 6 lunches and 6 dinners included
- All transport and listed activities
- Arrival and departure transfers
- Tour leader throughout
- Travel insurance
- Single accommodation (available on request)
- Chinese Visa - GBP201 with Travcour or GBP151 plus GBP18 special delivery direct with embassy
- Vaccinations
- Personal Itinerary can be tweaked and customized.
- Protected Travel within your own bubble.
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No additional cancellation fees apply for this Walking the Great Wall tour. You can cancel the tour up to 93 days prior departure and avoid paying the full amount, but your deposit paid is non-refundable. No refund applies for cancellations within 92 days of departure.
PaymentFor any tour departures within 19 July 2024, full payment is required. For tours that depart later than 19 July 2024, a deposit of 25% is required to confirm this tour, and the remaining balance will be charged 92 days before trip departure.
Travel InsuranceWalking the Great Wall tour requires that you have adequate and valid travel insurance covering medical and personal accidents, including repatriation costs and emergency evacuation. World Nomads offers travel insurance for independent travelers and intrepid families.
VisaFor this Walking the Great Wall tour getting the required visa(s) is the responsibility for each individual traveller, as visa requirements vary depending on your nationality. We recommend to check with your local embassies representing the countries that you are traveling to, as part of this itinerary.
COVID-19 Safety MeasuresThis trip incorporates the following COVID-19 measures:
- This tour has received the World Travel and Tourism Council’s ‘Safe Travels’ stamp, which provides travellers with assurance that COVID-19 health and hygiene protocols have been adhered to.
- Group sizes are kept small to maintain a low risk ‘small group bubble’, with an average of 10 guests in each group.
- Hygiene safety measures and distancing will be followed in transportation, accommodation and meal venues.
- Several COVID-19 distancing measures have been adopted on this package tour to keep travellers safe.
- All travellers will be required to be fully vaccinated no less than two weeks prior to travel.