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Great Wall Of china trek
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Challenge yourself on this 9-day adventure to one of the world’s most famous landmarks. Over 5 days of trekking, you will see spectacular panoramic views, trek crumbling pathways, and experience the deep history of this ancient wonder. There will be steep climbs, breath-taking scenery, and you will cap it all off with a celebration dinner in bustling Beijing!
We will meet our group and Action Challenge staff at the airport and check in together before boarding our flight to Beijing.
Flights will arrive in Beijing in the morning. Once arrived in Beijing airport, we will transfer by coach to our comfortable hotel. On arrival, we will have time to freshen up before lunch. We will then enjoy a free afternoon to relax followed by dinner. The evening will conclude with a detailed briefing from one of our knowledgeable guides, providing final tips and essential information before the adventure begins.
After breakfast, we will take a short transfer to begin our trek along the Chenjiapu Great Wall. The Chenjiapu Great Wall is located in Hebei Province, west of the Badaling section of the Wall. We will then stop and take a break at a suitable time, to enjoy the views and recuperate over lunch, before continuing with our afternoon trek. Most of the Wall we’ll see on the hike today can be dated to the later part of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in particular the large brick towers and crenelated side walls. As evening approaches, we will return to the hotel for an early dinner and sleep.
Trek Day 2 will commence after another delicious breakfast. We will begin our day with a transfer to the unrestored section of the old Badaling Wall to avoid the busy crowds. From the high points of the Wall we will have beautifully extensive views of misty mountains fading far into the distance. We will walk on the less-visited part of Old Badaling and finish the hike at Shixiaguan. A perfect opportunity for some pictures! After lunch we will head to our cosy night lodge at Jiankou village. Here we will have a group dinner and a well-deserved rest.
Today after breakfast, we will go up to Zhenbeilou tower at Jiankou Great Wall. Jiankou to Mutianyu offers a wonderfully satisfying experience of the Wall. It has superb scenery, dense vegetation and many fine watch towers in an excellent restored section which is about six meters broad. The first one hour is going straight up and reaching the wall, and then hike unrestored towers. You will be rewarded when you approach Zhenbeilou Tower, where you will have a breath-taking view of Jiankou section. We will have a late lunch and then drive to Gubeikou village.
This morning, once again after breakfast, we will start the trek right away from the village. Gubeikou was once a town of military significance and an important passage to the capital city. It is extremely beautiful, although it was never reconstructed and so it is rather broken and fragmented. The Yanshan Mountain Range winds from east to west and is cut off at Gubeikou forming a natural narrow pass where our trek begins. This section of the wall is known as the ‘Wild Wall’ and our trek will pass through remote rural farmland, and many crumbling watch towers. The impressive Simatai Ridge remains visible in the far distance throughout the day. We will head to Jinshanling village for dinner
and overnight.
This is the last day of the challenge! For our final day, we will trek for around five hours from Jinshanling West to East. We will stop along the route to enjoy the views and a delicious packed lunch to fully absorb the scenery on our final day. The day will consist of a long trek, in which around 30 towers will be visited, including some beautiful sections that have been left as ruins. Emotions run high as the group takes its final steps off the Wall and the challenge comes to an end. The transfer back to our hotel in Beijing is approximately 2 – 3 hours. In the evening, we will enjoy a celebratory dinner in a local restaurant.
The day will commence with our final breakfast of the trip. After breakfast, we will visit the historical Tiananmen Square, most famous for the 1989 student protests which ended in massacre. This will be followed by a city tour of the Forbidden City, soaking up the history and taking lots of photos. After lunch, we will pass the impressive Olympic Park, and if time permits we will make a visit to a local silk factory. In the evening we will enjoy our last dinner together at an authentic Chinese restaurant. This will be our final night as a group, so we can share and reflect on our amazing shared experience. We will then end the evening in a comfortable hotel, for our final night.
This is our final day waking up in China. We will enjoy our final breakfast at the hotel before checking out and heading to the airport for a flight back to the UK. Depending on departure time, this flight may land the following day.
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