Great Wall Trekking & Camping: Five Days Along Remote Sections — 8 Days
Eight-day expedition featuring five days of guided trekking and camping along Huangyaguan, Gubeikou, Jinshanling, Simatai, and Mutianyu, with Beijing's central monuments at the start.
This eight-day expedition is designed for hikers seeking extended time on the Great Wall itself rather than day trips from Beijing. The core is a five-day trek across five distinct sections — Huangyaguan, Gubeikou, Jinshanling, Simatai, and Mutianyu — with nights spent camping directly along the wall. These sections mix restored wall with wilder, less-trafficked terrain. The trip opens with two days in Beijing (Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, and the Eastern Qing Tombs en route), then moves outward into the mountains. A support bus follows the route, and all trekking is guided. The physical demand is real — this is not a walking tour with frequent rest days — but the trade-off is solitude on sections where most visitors never venture.
Written by an AI model from Adventure Asia's own tour notes and checked by automated quality checks; tours the checks flag are reviewed by our team. Your advisor confirms every detail before you book.Highlights
Written by an AI model from Adventure Asia's own tour notes and checked by automated quality checks; tours the checks flag are reviewed by our team. Your advisor confirms every detail before you book.- Five-day guided trek across five separate Great Wall sections: Huangyaguan, Gubeikou, Jinshanling, Simatai, and Mutianyu
- Overnight camping at multiple points directly along the wall
- Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City in Beijing
- Eastern Qing Tombs, an imperial burial complex en route to Huangyaguan
- Overnight village stay during the multi-day trek sequence
- Access to both restored wall sections and wilder, less-trafficked terrain
Day by day
Written by an AI model from Adventure Asia's own tour notes and checked by automated quality checks; tours the checks flag are reviewed by our team. Your advisor confirms every detail before you book.1Arrival in BeijingBeijing
2Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden CityTiananmen Square · the Forbidden City
3Eastern Qing Tombs and Huangyaguan Great WallEastern Qing Tombs · Huangyaguan Great Wall
4Gubeikou to Jinshanling: Opening the Multi-Day TrekGubeikou · Gubeikou to Jinshanling · Jinshanling
5Jinshanling to Simatai Great Wall Trek with Village OvernightJinshanling to Simatai Great Wall · local village
6Mutianyu Great Wall: Full Day ExplorationMutianyu Great Wall
7Jiankou Great Wall and Return to BeijingJiankou Great Wall · Beijing
8DepartureBeijing
Where you go
- 1Beijing
- 2Tiananmen Square
- 3Jiankou Great Wall
- 4Beijing