The Best Place to Hike the Great Wall of China

If you’re planning to hike the Great Wall of China then, you need to understand everything about the best place to hike. In order to make this hike easy yet adventurous keep reading the blog. 

1 The Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Hike

This pathway to the great wall is both paved and wild, so don’t worry, if you have not tried any adventure in your lifetime. This route will not only provide you with the great experience of the hiking but you will be amazed by seeing the great man-made wonder of the world. 

The scenery around the wall is just breathtaking, you will get to know much history about the walls if you opt. to go with a group of trek leaders. You will start your trek by rising to Zhenbeilou watchtower at Jiankou, and continue with the path to cableway at Mutianyu to tumble down from the wall. 

While trekking to Great Wall tour in Beijing, you will get to see stunning and eye-catching scenery and the historic wall, tablets imprinted with Chinese calligraphy and beautifully architecture stone statues. Mutianyu’s great wall is an absolute dissimilarity to wild Jiankou. 

You will be amazed after seeing the antique watchtowers as they are wholly refurbished to their former glory. Trekkers will notice a huge dissimilarity in walking conditions between eastward to Mutianyu. The pathway at Jiankou is really rough and steep, while Mutianyu is less lined and steep. 

Hiking Level: Intermediate to advanced 

Hiking time: it will take almost 4 to 5 hours 

Location of Jiankou Great wall: North of Beijing, Huairo County (distance is about 82km from the city)

2. The Gubeikou to Jinshanling 

This trek is also known as Simatai Great wall-like and is very steep and craggy. If you want to experience adventure then this is the perfect route for you but it is recommended that before starting hiking, do not forget to understand all the tactics of hiking. 

There are so many small villages that you will get to see while trekking and this is the beauty of this trek. Trekkers will not only experience adventure and fun but also the culture of the locals. You can make one day stay in the village and enjoy their culture and food. 

While trekking to Jinshanling, you will get to see panlongshan’s wall, which is not an only less-visited wall but the original one. If you want to explore something different then this route is only made for you. The entire trek is loaded with the beauty of nature. 

Some sections of Jinshanling's wall are original and got ruined at the time of war, some of these walls of restored. Trekking to Great Wall tour in Beijing at Jinshanling, trekkers will get to see 2 ancient forts and 15 towers. 

Simatai’s wall is one of the most beautiful and ancient parts of the Ming Dynasty great wall that was antiquely structured and designed by the finest architecture of the time. Trekkers will trek along the pathway seems like the zigzag way on the steep mountain crumples. 

You can visit the museum with amazing and expensive vestiges and collection of historical papers of the development of the Great Wall of China which is situated near Simatai. 

Location of Gubeikou: Northeast of Beijing, Miyun county (distance is about 150km from the city centre).

Hiking level: Intermediate to advanced 

Hiking time: It will take about 5 hours from Gubeikou to Jinshanling and another 3 hours to Simatai. 

In this blog, we will discuss with you some best place to hike the Great Wall Of China, so while planning your trip, you would not face any kind of difficulty.