1 day

About this activity

Meet your guide at 8 a.m. and drive for 2.5 hours to visit the Beijing WTown, popular known as the Gubei Water Town by locals. It is located at Simatai Village, Gubeikou Town, Miyun County, about 100 miles (155 kilometers) from downtown Beijing. The WTown integrates sightseeing, vacation, leisure, business, and exhibitions with creative culture, making it a comprehensive tourist destination. Based on the historical relics of the Simatai section of the Great Wall, the entire area is around 5.5-square miles (9 square kilometers), and it is divided into six themed areas and three scenic valleys. Apart from natural beauty, streets-capes of the Republic of China (1912-1949), an ancient village, and folk customs are also accessible for visitors.
Besides enjoying the natural beauty of the WTown, you will also learn to make several popular Chinese handicrafts. You can make your own souvenirs and take them home with you.
After enjoying your lunch at Wangjinglou Hotel, you will hike on the Great Wall at Simatai, considered one of the most beautiful sections of the Wall because of its steep summit. You can optionally take a cable car to save energy and spend more time on the actual Wall. There are total 35 beacon towers along this 3.3-mile (5.4 kilometer) section of the Wall. After the wonderful Great Wall hiking experience, you will take a romantic scenic boat ride to the Gate of WTown (30 minutes).
After tour is finished, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing.

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Included

Hotel pickup and drop off
Transport in a comfort vehicle
Experienced English-speaking guide
Cable car for Great Wall,DIY fees, One way Oar boat ride
Mineral water and Quality meal with Great Wall view
Entry/Admission - Simatai Great Wall
Entry/Admission - Gubei Water Town

Not included

Gratuities

Additional

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Adult pricing applies to all travelers as long as they take a seat
Departure time will be 12:00 pm if you want to see the Wtown with lights on. Please specify it in the special requirement field when finalizing your purchase
Oar boat is not available in winter season, Golf Cart ride will be offered instead
Please choose 3 different DIY experiences (Chinese Lantern, Kate, Shadow Leather, New Year Paintings, Paper Cut)
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Features

Tourism

95%

Cultural

90%

Original

40%

Reviews

5.0

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Joanna H

5 | 2017-03-24

Lili was amazing! She was so friendly and considerate - not to mention prompt and cheerful : We went to GuBei Water Village and made a few crafts - paper lanterns, paper cuts, and a dyed cloth. It was really quite easy to relax and just have fun in GuBei. Lili is really quite good at staging photos, and taking them when we weren't paying attention, so now we have some lovely pictures of us enjoying ourselves. We went in the off-season, so there weren't many places that were open for buying trinkets or souvenirs, but it was great to walk around and really see everything, rather than just seeing crowds of people everywhere. This tour would be great for anyone with kids. There's a lot of crafty things to do in the village and there's even a kind of play area for younger kids. Or, you can do what my sister and I did and pretend that it's totally normal for 20-somethings to be making paper-lantern crafts and tye-dying cloths while your elderly father makes fun of you for being childish The section of the Great Wall that we climbed - Simatai - was absolutely gorgeous! We could see it all day from the Village and the restaurant where we ate lunch. There weren't too many people on the wall and we took a cable car most of the way up so we only had to climb a couple hundred steps, instead of 1,000, to get onto the wall. Lili was great about making sure we stopped so that our knees could have a rest every now and again. I now understand why everyone says that they climbed the Great Wall, rather than walked on the Great Wall -- even once you're on it, there's still a lot of steps and climbing to do, but it was completely worth it just for the view and the appreciation we gained for the men that once built and lived on the wall. This tour was amazing, and Lili was fabulous, and I can't wait to go back to Beijing so that I can go back to Gubei. It's a beautiful place to visit and I'm sure it's bustling and packed in the summer months, but I'll bet it only adds to the experience

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