Highlights
- Explore the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall
- See Changling's exhibition of treasures excavated from Dingling
- Visit Dingling's only excavated underground palace and see its layout
- Admire Sacred Way's huge sacred animals and guardians carved from white marble
Description
Today, our experienced guide will show you the Great Wall of China in the early morning without crowds. Next, tour one of the 13 emperors’ tombs, as there is not enough time to see all of them. In the afternoon, you can choose to visit the Sacred Way and see its large sacred animals and guardians carved from white marble.
Beijing is too big to tour by yourselves, long distance to drive with heavy traffic and huge sights to tour around.
Our experienced guide will use their knowledge and experience to smooth your trip to accomplish your dreams in Beijing.
Sample Itinerary:
Hotel pick up in the early morning( 7:00am, 7:30am or 8:00am, the early the better, if you really don’t like crowds and queue.)
Drive 1.5-2 hours to reach the Great Wall which is 76KM away from the city center.
Take the shuttle bus for about 4 minutes from the tourists center to the entrance of the Great Wall
Take the chairlift up mountain to reach the entrance of the Great Wall near the No. 6 watchtower. Enjoy your hiking for 1.5-2hours.
After the Wall, drive around 10 minutes to the nice restaurant for local restaurant near the Great Wall
After lunch drive 1 hour to the 13 emperors’ Tombs of Ming dynasty, tour the one of them about 40 minutes.
(Changling for the surface palace which is a museum for treasures excavated from Ding Tomb.
Dingling for the underground palace where emperor’s and empresses’ coffins were buried)
(Note: choose one among these two tombs)
If you choose the option that includes the Sacred Way, drive 10 minutes there to see the huge sacred animals and guardians lined up to protect the royal family, then tour for 30 minutes.
(Please note that there are two options to choose from)
In the end, drive around 1.5-2 hours to take you back to your hotel.
Finish the big day happily
Includes
√ English-speaking tour guide service fee for 9 hours of service per day ( if option selected)
√ Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver for 9 hours of service per day
√ All entrance tickets to the sights listed above
(Changling or Dingling, choose one of them)
√ Lunch in a local restaurant near the Great Wall ( if option selected)
√ Round Trip ticket of cable car up & cable car down the wall near the Tower NO.14 or round trip ticket of chair lift up & toboggan down the wall near the Tower NO.5 ( for Mutianyu Great Wall option)
Excludes
╳ Tips for your tour guide and driver
╳ Accommodations
╳ International flight tickets and China tourist visas
╳ Personal costs
╳ If you want to choose the cable car up and toboggan down the wall, you have to pay the cost difference, which is 100CNY per person, as the cable car and toboggan belong to different companies, you need to buy two single way tickets
Easy cancellation
Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
