Great Wall Hiking Tour from Jinshanling to Simatai West

The guide will pick you up from your hotel in Beijing downtown at 07:30 a.m., and head up to the Jinshanling Great Wall. It takes an average of 3 hours on the bus to get to the foot of Jinshanling Great Wall. The whole trip of hiking is approximately 3.7 miles. You don't need to worry about the hiking, as you can hike on your own pace and meet the tour guide at the other end. What a challenging but amazing experience it makes! Because of the terrain, the last 1.8 miles to Simatai Great Wall was closed by the local government. However, we take you right up to the west edge of Simatai Great Wall. As the most popular hiking trip of Great Wall around Beijing, it will show you both Jinshanling Great Wall and west Simatai Great Wall sections within 3 hours. Due to the recent closure of Simatai section, we cannot walk through all the way to Simatai. We will walk from Jinshanling Great Wall eastward to Simatai West, to the 22nd tower. You can also take the cable car to go directly from the 1st tower to the 16th tower and then hike the rest, just that you need to pay the cable car ticket by yourself. It is the best place for keen photographers along the wall. Regarding fitness it is a medium-level hiking for all ages. This section offers arguably the finest hiking anywhere on the Great Wall. It is extremely photogenic, with over 15 watch-towers, and steep gradients that give constantly changing perspectives and wide, open views. There is fascinating variety in the watch-towers. This section of the wall is wild, ruined, preserved and original. On a clear day, it is difficult to fail to take good photographs here. You will visit the best parts of the Great Wall (Jinshanling Great Wall). Unlike other sections of the wall that are crowded by tourists and vendors, this section of the Great Wall is rather tranquil, and the stones that make up the ruins are hundreds of years old, most of them even in their original condition. The views are some of the most breathtaking ones that you'll see all around China.