1 Day Tour : Great Wall and Ming Tombs

Tour Overview

Duration: Start from 7:00~8:00 am, finish around 5:00~6:00 pm.
Tour Type: Private Tour or Small Group (6-10 persons) Coach Tour
Departure: Everyday.
Similar Tour: 1 Day Mutianyu Great Wall Private No-shopping Tour

Tour Itinerary

Pick up from your hotel, and then drive to Badaling Great Wall (60 miles away from downtown, about 1.5 hours driving). Tour guide explain the sightseeings along the tour. Hike on the most famous part of the Great Wall, Badaling section (for about 2-3 hours), which is the longest defensive wall in the world.

Visit scenic spots: Badaling Great Wall, Badaling fortress, beacon-towers, "looking-toward beijing stone", etc.
Optional Cable Car  you can choose hike the wall or take a cable car to the top of the wall, to take the whole beautiful bird view.

Driving to restaurant nearby the Ming Tomb and having typical Chinese lunch (1.5 hours).

After lunch, driving (20 minutes) to the Ming Tomb(Changling), the best preserved Chinese imperial tombs with 500 years history, visiting Changling, the largest one, Emperor Yongle's Tomb, for about 1.5 hours.

Visit scenic spots: 1.ling en gate, 2.ling en palace, 3.soul tower, 4.the great red gate, 5.the stele pavilion, etc.

Transfer you back to your hotel after the tour.
Optional Evening Show  Peking Opera Show, Acrobatic Show or Kongfu Show.

☆ Badaling Great Wall is one of the most magnificent sections of the Great Wall. Since the Great Wall has become a national icon of China, whoever come to China would visit it. It is one of the greatest man-made wonders over the world. It was built as an ancient military defense project which was actually worked in the history.
☆ Changling Tomb is the tomb of Emperor Zhudi, known as Yongle (1360-1420), and his empress Xushi. Yongle was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Construction of his tomb began in 1409 and was completed in 1427. Changling Tomb, built the earliest among the 13 Ming Mausoleums, is the largest and most magnificent one.

Price Includes:	Price Excludes:
Entrance ticket: Great Wall (45 CNY) and Ming Tomb(45 CNY).	Tips for the tour guide and driver.
Transfers: Pick-up and drop-off from your hotel, air-conditioned vehicle.	Cable car fee - optional cable car to the top of Great Wall.
Chinese lunch with drink.	Transfer from(to) airport or hotels in airport or remote area.
English-speaking tour guide. (other language available at extra cost for private tour)
Children: Child taller than 1.1 meter will be charged full price, child smaller than 1.1 meter will be charged half price.

For Coach Tour:
- Our small group coach tour is composed of 6-10 tourists picked up from different hotels.
- Suitable for tourists who have limited budget and would like to travel with others from different countries.
- Two shopping stops for group tour:1. jade museum at lunch time, 2. tea shop in the end of the tour.
For Private Tour:
- More flexible and time saving. No need to wait for other tourists from different hotels.
- Allow you to customize to your own tour itinerary. A designated car and a private tour guide will be at your service.
- One shopping stop for private tour: 1. jade museum at lunch time.
For No-shopping Tour:
For similar itinerary and no shopping guaranteed, please check No Shopping 1 Day Mutianyu Great Wall Private Tour .

How to Book?
1. You can book online and pay cash to tour guide, just inform us your hotel in Beijing, we will send you confirmation email.
2. When you arrive in Beijing, our tour guide will call you the night before the tour to inform pick-up time in the next morning.