Gubeikou to Jinshanling Hiking Trail

Today the famous Gubeikou Great Wall stretches for more than 40 kilometers (25 miles). There are 14 beacon towers, 143 watch towers, 16 strategic pass, three citadels and many other military constructions. Many of them are famous cultural relics, such as the Big Flower Beacon Tower of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Fairy Tower, General Tower, and the dominant Wangjing Tower. The Jinshanling Great Wall is situated on the Big and Small Jinshanling, hence its name. Based on huge stone bars, the Wall was then made by huge bricks, each of which weighed about 12 kilograms (26 pounds). It has five main passes and 67 watchtowers. On the first floor there are some windows for shooting arrows. The roofs of the towers are many and varied, flat, arched, quadrangular or octagonal. Some are used to store weapons and hay. Others are used as soldiers' bedrooms. Among them, the most celebrated are the Big and Small Jinshan Watchtowers.

Pick up from hotel around 7:00am. Transfer to Gubeikou Great Wall by car(approximate travelling time:3hours), hiking at Gubeikou section to Jinshanling section of the Great Wall(will takes approximately 4-5hours). The Gubeikou Great Wall construction rates highly as an architectural achievement. The scenic highlights include Wohushan and Panlongshan. And the Jinshanling Great Wall include the big Jinshan Watchtower, the Wangjinglou Tower, the General Tower, the Black Tower and the Taochun Tower. The Wall for Preventing the Horses, the Retaining Wall, the Bricks with Words Written on and the Kylin Screen are also renowned and worth a visit. Meanwhile, there is a three-kilometer Night Great Wall and an eight hundred meters cable way. Anyone who comes here should not miss them.Then picnic lunch at the Great Wall, food and drinks will be cater for). Transfer back to your hotel.