Private Hiking Day Tour: Jiankou Great Wall from Beijing with Lunch

Jiankou Great Wall is located at Xizhaizi Village, 30 km from Huairou District, and 70 km from Beijing. It will take about 2 hour and 30 minutes driving from Beijing downtown. Originally Jiankou Great Wall was built in Tang Dynasty and was restored largely in the Ming Dynasty. It connects to Mutianyu Great Wall in the east and Huanghuacheng Great Wall in the west. It’s the most dangerous and steep section of all Ming Dynasty Great Wall. It stretches from “The Ox Horn Edge Wall” in the east to “The Nine-Eye Tower” in the north via “The Beijing Knot” with total length of 9.3 miles. Different from the building material – bricks - at Mutianyu and Simatai sections, Jiankou section was mainly built with local material – dolomite, which made the base of the wall harder and stronger. Therefore, Jiankou section is more steeper, higher and vaired compared with other sections of the Great Wall near Beijing. At the foot of the Xizhaizi village, you will see the clear dolomite base of the Great Wall.

Jiankou Great Wall consists of 28 towers, and the most popular towers includes: The Nine-Eye Tower, The Beijing Knot and Stairway to the Heaven. One section called 38 Big Steps is really steep with an angle of 80 degrees. Zhengbeilou Tower is the right place to appreciate the beauty of sunrise and sunset.

Your profession hiking tour guide will pick you up from your hotel at 8:00am, and then you will take your private transfer to Jiankou Great Wall. During this tour, you will hike on the Wall for about 4 hours, and the total distance is about 12 km. Normally, you will have picnic lunch on the wall, which is prepared by your tour guide. However, you might have your lunch meal at the local restaurant or farmer's house depends on the conditions.

After hiking, you will be transferred back to your Beijing hotel.