Things were all set for our friday the 13th hike on the great wall of china.
Jiankou to mutianyu great wall hiking tour.
We decided to go thru both wild and renovated parts of the great wall and here is what i found useful.
Your tour guide will pick you up at the hotel in the morning 7 00 am in summer and autumn.
This is the most classic hiking route on the great wall taking about 5 hours to complete a distance of 10 km 6 miles from jiankou section to mutianyu section.
Challenge the most precipitous jiankou section of the great wall wild weathered and primitive.
8 00 am in spring and winter if you would like to watch the sunset on the great wall the departure time will be delayed accordingly it takes about 2 5 hours to the jiankou great wall.
After another 10 minutes hiking you will arrive at the western end of the well preserved mutianyu great wall which reveals a totally different view from the wildness of jiankou great wall.
Enjoy great views and firsthand experience of this remote section of the great wall.
Jiankou mutianyu great wall.
Hiking jiankou to mutianyu.
This one hour uphill walk is done along a narrow and steep bushy mountain path in a beautiful pine forest.
Photographers and hikers love this section which is also the iconic image of the great wall as you can see in many photo albums.
Gubeikou jinshanling great wall.
Photographers and hikers love this section which is also the iconic image of the great wall as you can see in many photo albums.
Get to the no.
Explore the great wall of china from jiankou to mutianyu on a full day hiking tour from beijing.
Pick you up at your hotel in beijing at 8 am and drive to jiankou 2 5 hrs.
We offer many great wall hiking tour lines from 1 day hiking tour to multi day hiking tour our team knows the detail very well about all the wild great wall we select for the travelers so we can provide more professional.
For this hike we hired a guide using the tour company great wall hiking.
14 watchtower before 17 00 to catch the last cableway downhill.
For the first hour we will clamber up the mountain and get to zhengbeilou tower on the wall atop the mountain ridge the one hour ascent to zhengbeilou tower from team 2 xizhazi village is the most difficult part on your trip hiking from jiankou great wall to mutianyu great wall.
Enjoy a moderately challenging hike with your guide along the mountain ridge that ensures a memorable experience of this world famous monument that is also a unesco.
You will start the hiking around 10 30 and it will take about 5 hours hiking on the wall.
When we complete the hiking and arrive at mutianyu there s a sharp contrast between restored wall and original wall.