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Two-day Hiking on the Great Wall along
the Pacific Coast
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PRICE TABLE
(Per Person)
# of Head |
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1 |
684 |
2-3 |
499 |
4-5 |
467 |
6-9 |
417 |
10+ |
350 |
WHAT'S INCLUDED IN PRICE
* Personal transfers from and to
hotel
* Entry fees to the Wall and Old Dragon's Head
* Two lunches, one dinner and one breakfast
* Quality vehicle, professional driver and
English-speaking tour guide
* Free membership card
* A credit of RMB50 when you reserve the next tour with
us
There are no unscheduled or
mandatory shopping stops.
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TRAVEL INSURANCE
If you currently don’t have travel insurance then
you will be required to purchase our PICC (People's Insurance
Company of China) travel and accidental insurance.
The fee will be $5 per person, and will cover the duration of
your hiking/camping/trekking in order to ensure that you are
comprehensively protected if injured.
For more information about our travel insurance policy please
see our insurance page.
QUALITY VEHICLES
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Old Dragon's Head-Shanhaiguan-Sandaoguan-Jiaoshan
Two-Day Hike
Route
2F : Two-day
Great Wall Hiking Tour
on Great Wall from the Pacific Ocean
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WELCOME TO THIS WEBPAGE!
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to
visit our website! We know that making a choice about your China
trip can be a very big decision, and that's why we want to make sure
that you have as much information as possible at your disposal. No
other tour operator will give you this much info, and we take it as
a point of pride in making sure that our clients are the most
informed before their departure. Unlike many Chinese sites, our
pages are all in English, and if you find any issues or errors in
anything you read, please do not hesitate to contact us. Once again,
thank you for visiting Great Wall Adventure Club!
Highlights:
* You will visit sections of the Great Wall that are
often missed by western tourists, so you will see why they are one of
China’s best kept secrets!
* Explore the Great Wall from its easternmost point and then continue
westward back to Beijing
* Take part in an epic Great Wall odyssey that will show you more than
just the usual stop at Badaling
Day-by-day Hiking Itinerary (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
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Day 1: Beijing- Old Dragon’s Head (Laolongtou)-Shanhaiguan-Jiaoshan
(L+D, 6km/3.5 miles, 4-5 hours)
We will meet you at your hotel in the morning between 7:30-8am, and
from there we will make the 4 hour drive to the Shanhaiguan Pass
(The First Pass of Great Wall), which
is in a town situated in the northeast of Qinhuangdao City, Hebei
Province. It adjoins the Bohai Sea to the southeast and the Yanshan
Mountain to the northwest. We will start our hike at Old Dragon’s
head, also known as Laolongtou. Laolongtou is the most eastern
beginning of the Great Wall, which extends into the Bohai Sea.
Standing here is almost like being on a peninsula as you can feel
the overwhelming power of the rolling sea.
After marveling at the scenery here, we will make our way to the
Shanhaiguan Pass Fortress, which is also known as “The First Pass
under Heaven”. The “First Pass under Heaven” is actually the east
tower of the Shanhai Pass, called Zhendong Tower. It is 13.7 meters
(44.95 feet) high with two floors. On the tower is a big board on
which there are five huge Chinese characters 'tian xia di yi guan'
(the ‘First Pass under Heaven”) inscribed by a calligrapher in the
Ming Dynasty. Climbing up the Zhendong Tower, you will see that to
one side of the tower is the rolling sea, while on the other lies
the lofty Great Wall. Furthermore, the Jingbian Tower, Linlu Tower,
Muying Tower and Weiyuantang Hall stand on the same axis with the
Zhendong Tower. Depending on the complex geographic conditions,
these five buildings provided a strong protective screen. We will
then enter the Shanhaiguan Great Wall Museum, where we will learn
about the history and military strategy of this section of wall, as
well as displaying military relics.
Located at about 3km/2 miles from Shanhaiguan is the Jiaoshan Great
Wall, and this will be our next stop. Like Jinshanling, the wall
here is divided into restored and unrestored sections. We will start
today from the restored section and pick off tomorrow on the
unrestored section. The repaired section of Jiaoshan Great Wall
starts from no.10 watchtower and ends at the No.3 watchtower. The
gate of the wall is an imitation of the architectural style of the
Ming Dynasty. Its appearance is very much like the Chinese character
"\q". Measuring about 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the whole journey is a
40-minute walk, the external side of the wall is precipitous, while
the internal side is low and convenient for climbing.
For the night we will stay at the Jinshan Hotel by the First Pass and have a tasty
dinner of Northern Chinese cuisine to get you started for tomorrow’s
hike.
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Day 2: Jiaoshan-Dongjiakou (B+L, 10km/6 miles, 5 hours)
After waking up and having breakfast, we will pick up where we left
of yesterday on our hike. Unlike the newly restored wall,
Jiaoshan
ancient wall provides you a sense of historical vicissitude. Walking
on the dilapidated wall is a great challenge. The wall appears more
and more crumbled and deformed as you forge ahead. In some sections,
the wall is only built on
one side, with the other side being the
deep cliffs. In some sections, the mountain ridge is functioned as
the wall, which is called by experts "mountain-supported wall".
Watch your steps when you enter this zone. After a one-hour's
difficult climb, you will arrive at Dapingding Peak, the main peak
of Jiaoshan Mountain. You will get a panoramic view of the Changshou
(Longevity) Mountain Scenic Area. To the south, you can see the full
shot of Jiaoshan Great Wall and Shanhaiguan City, if weather
permits, Laolongtou Great Wall and Bohai Sea can also be vividly
recognized afar.
After our hike through Jianshan we’ll meet up with our van and make
the quick drive to the Great Wall at Dongjiakou, which is where we
will resume our trek. The Dongjiakou (sometimes called Jizhen) Great
Wall was initially built in 1381 AD, In 1571AD, Qijiguang, a famous
general in the Ming Dynasty transformed it into a first-class border
wall. With a length of 8.9 kilometers, this portion of the Great
Wall winds its way up and down the Stone Step Mountain, the Damao
Mountain, and (finally) the Rock Mountain. It has 2 strategic
passes, 31 Watchtowers, 14 Beacon Towers, and three Fortresses: the
Pochengzi Fortress, the Dongjiakou Fortress, and Damao Fortress.
(Today, only the ruins of the Damao Fortress can be found, south of
Dongjiakou village). Although the Dongjiakou Great Wall of the Ming
Dynasty is more than 620 years old, it has remained one of the
best-preserved sections of the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty.
At Dongjiakou you will be privileged to see a rare sight - the Cihou
Tower. Cihou is a solid command post with no roof, giving the
defenders a 360-degree-view of the whole area. This 4-sided
structure has 24 observation holes (6 on each side). This structure
can not be found anywhere else. It is interesting to notice that
there are quite a few watchtowers named after the surnames of
various historical commanders: the Sun's Watchtower, the Gen's
Watchtower, the Wang's Watchtower, etc. And one will find the Sun,
Gen, Wang are the three most-common surnames of the villagers. We
will hike through Dongjiakou for about 2-3 hours.
We will have a lunch and then drive back to your hotel in Beijing.
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