A private transfer is the best way to start your holiday and will avoid you having to search for a taxi or ride in a crowded bus to reach your destination.
Your driver will pick you up at your hotel in Beijing city center or airport and will drive you to the Great Wall. Once arrived, your driver will assistance you to purchase tickets(at your own cost), and tell you where he will be waiting for you, then you will enjoy your own time to explore the Great Wall. After your self guided tour, meet your driver at the parking lot, you will be transferred back to your hotel in Beijing/airport.
Please note this is only a private transfer service, entrance fee, meals and tour guide are not included. Your driver doesn't speak English, and if you have any questions on the road, you can use the driver's mobile phone to reach out the local operator.
If you have a layover, please indicate your flight details when make booking, local operator will send the meeting point and pick up time by email.
Here are some sections of the Great Wall you can choose:
1: Mutianyu Great Wall - most popular section among foreign tourists
It is 75km away from Beijing downtown, offers great landscape of well-preserved walls and towers as well as beautiful surrounding greenery. Its road steps are also well paved.
Driving Time: 1.5 hours
Entrance fee 60rmb p/p, cable car round trip or ski lift up and toboggan is 140rmb p/p
2: Huanghuacheng Great Wall – unique lakeside Great Wall
Some parts of Huanghuacheng are submerged by a big beautiful lake, which make the Great wall look like paddling in the water. It is less crowded than the other sections.
Driving Time: 1.5 hours
Entrance fee 65rmb p/p, no cable car
3:Juyongguan Great Wall - the closest section of the wall to visit from Beijing
Unlike most of other sections of Great Wall which are just walls and towers, Juyongguan has an impressive fortress which used to controlled the access to Beijing for centuries.
Driving Time: 1 hour - 1 hour 15 minutes
Entrance fee 45rmb p/p, no cable car
4: Badaling – the most famous as well as most crowded section of Great Wall
Open to tourism in 1957. Badaling Great Wall is the most visited section as well as the most commercialized section. No recommend to visit during public holiday, traffic will be bad. Everyone have to take the attraction's shuttle bus which waste time.
Driving Time: 1.5 hour
Entrance fee 45rmb p/p, cable car 120rmb p/p
5: Gubei Water town and Simatai Great Wall - explore beautiful water town and visit the Great Wall at night.
Gubei Water Town is actually a replica of the Wuzhen Water Town in Southern China. Stroll around old streets, try local Chinese snacks, shop at the outdoor bizarres which is especially beautiful at night. While Simatai Section of the Great Wall is one of the more wild and authentic sections of the wall and has a beautiful view of Gubei and the surrounding mountains from the top.
Driving Time: 2 hours
Entrance fee 280rmb p/p, inculding cable car