Beijing born, hutong raised. Fifteen years guiding English speakers through the palaces and out to the Wall. I run early: the Forbidden City at 8:30 and Mutianyu before the coaches… View guide profile
Leave the city at 7, be on the wall by 8:30, and have Mutianyu's watchtowers almost to yourself for the first hour. Cable car up, walk the restored stretch and as far into the wild section as you like, toboggan down if you want to. Lunch in a farmhouse at the foot of the wall, back in Beijing by mid-afternoon.
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Private van from your hotel; 75 minutes north through the orchards of Huairou.
Cable car to tower 14, then walk east toward tower 20 where the restored wall ends and the wild wall begins. Two to three hours at your pace.
Trout from the stream, stir-fried greens, and dumplings in a courtyard below the wall.
Drop-off at your hotel, or at the Summer Palace if you still have energy.
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Private transportation. A private car with driver is included from your hotel and back.
Your hotel lobby · 酒店大堂
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Mutianyu for most people: closer, cable car, toboggan, good restoration. Jinshanling if you want a 3-hour walk with almost nobody; it is 2.5 hours each way and I run it as a 10-hour version.
Yes from about 6 with an adult. It is a metal slide with a hand brake; the attendants control spacing.
Winter is the quietest and clearest season. Dress in layers; the wall is windy.
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