Mutianyu Great Wall, Lama Temple & Nanluoguxiang

Pick up from your hotel in Beijing around 8:00am and drive to the Mutainyu Great Wall (2 hour hiking). Mutianyu Great Wall - located in Huairou district, 80 km from downtown Beijing. The Mutianyu Great Wall is less crowded than Badaling Great Wall. There are three ways to head up and down beside hiking on foot. One is the cable car, the second is a slideaway (toboggan) and the third is a chair lift. A lot of vendors will greet you on your way down .


Mutianyu Great Wall works as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. It is a green section of the great wall in Beijing with vegetation, green pines and cypresses covering 90 per cent of the section.

There are three ways to get onto the Wall. Apart from hiking up on foot, you can choose take cable car or chair lift (Optional).
To get down the wall, you can also take Toboggan slide down (Optional).

When you get off the ferry shuttle bus going from the shuttle bus terminal near the ticketing office, you still need to walk along an accessible stone path (600 meters long ) leading up first to the starting point for chairlift ( or toboggan down ), second to the walking path up to the Wall and last to the starting point for cable car up to the Wall respectively.

So the mostly used Cable Car Station is at the end of the 600-meter stone slope. That said, there are three ways to go up to Mutianyu Great Wall.

1) Taking chairlift to the Great Wall – to the 6th Watchtower ( or where you can take a toboggan down)
2) Walking up the Great Wall along the stone steps (like a mountain hike – 30 minute hike ) – to the 10th or 8th Watchtower
3) Taking cable car up to the Great Wall – to the 14th Watchtower

The Most Beautiful Part of Mutianyu Great Wall
The hike from Watchtower No. 14 west up to Watchtower 23 is the most scenic part of Mutianyu Great Wall. Many people would choose to take cable up to Watchtower No.14 and hike east to Watchtower No.23. You may retrace to Watch Tower No.14 and take cable car down the wall, or continue to hike down to Watch Tower No.8 and walk down the wall; or you may continue to hike down to Watch Tower No.6, then either take chairlift down or toboggan down.

Price Information
Cable Car：100 yuan（single way ); 120 yuan ( return )
Chairlift or Slide (Toboggan): 100 yuan（single way )
Chairlift + Slide (Toboggan): 120 yuan ( return )

Opening Hours:
April to October: 8:00 -17:00
November to March: 8:30-16:30

After Chinese lunch, you are transferred back to the downtown of Beijing and visit Lama Temple (1.5 hour). Lama Temple (Yonghegong)is a very important attraction just after Forbidden City and Temple of Heaven in the city center. A former palace of the emperor, subsequently given to the Lamas. A series of beautiful halls and pavilions comprise this Mongolian-Tibetan yellow-sect temple.


Then move on to Nanluoguxiang (1 hour). The hutong has a history of over 700 years dating back to Yuan Dyansty in 13th and 14th century. Running from north to south, this lane is about 800 meters long with 16 hutongs - 8 hutongs on each side of the lane. The lane is now famous for the cafes and bars and clothing and handcraft shops that line its hutong laneways as well as its traditional hutong and courtyards (siheyuan).


After the day tour, you will be returned to your hotel.

Lunch: Chinese lunch

Price List for this tour (Price per person in US dollars)

Price inclusion: 1.Private air conditioned vehicle 2.Entrance fees as listed 3.Chinese lunch 4.Englsih Speaking tour guide 5.The above private transfer is customized for you, your family or your friends exclusively. No other travelers will join in your group.

Price exclusion: 1.Gratuities to drivers and guides. 2.Cable at Mutianyu Great Wall

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