Great Wall Layover Tour: Experience Untouched Great Wall Scenery in 4-5 Hours
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Experience the untouched beauty of the Great Wall on a layover tour. Hike on the authentic wall, enjoy stunning views, and taste local food. Airport pick-up and drop-off included.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Huanghuacheng Reservoir - You will be picked up by private comforttable car with English speaking guide.

Then we will drive to original Great Wall (1.5 hours drive). After 1-1.5 hours visit, we will escort you back to your hotel or airport. The whole tour will last about 4-5 hours.

Original Great Wall:

This Great Wall located in northern Huairou district of Beijing. It is the only lakeside Great Wall in Beijing. About 80km away from airport. It is one of the top destinations for a Great Wall hiking tour and camping base. As this part of Great Wall is more original and no cable car there, so visitors should be in good physical condition.

What's Included
  • Local taxes included.
  • Professional English-speaking guide.
  • Complimentary bottled water in the vehicle.
  • All entrance fees covered.
  • Private air-conditioned vehicle with airport transfers.
What's Not Included
  • Meal
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This journey takes you to the untamed sections of the Great Wall which are less renovated and not overrun by tourists. Immerse yourself in scenic views without fretting about missing your subsequent flight, because there are no time-costly transport services or ticket stands. You can explore this part of the Great Wall either early in the morning or late in the evening during daylight. This personal layover tour is tailored to your needs, providing an opportunity to hike on the original Great Wall with a lake beneath, free from the throng of tourists. If time allows, you can savor local food in a neighborhood eatery at a fair price (additional expense). Airport pick-up and drop-off services are provided.

Take note: To make these trips feasible, your layover period must be at least 9 hours or more (between flights).

  • Wild Great Wall is very pretty and less touristy. We can park our car just below the Great Wall, then walk 5 mins to the Great Wall through Mountain path, very fast. But is a little bit steep to walk further up, so please make sure you are active.
  • The tour last about 4 more hours, plus the time(2 hours) to get out of airport and the time(2 hours) to catch flight, so it require at least 9 hours layover to make this tour happen.
  • Visa Process: 1) Arrive in Beijing and get off the plane. 2) Follow signs to baggage claim, then you will find China immigration inspection. 3) Apply 24-144 hours visa(fill out a long white form beforehand) 4) After get visa, walk back to the regular line for immigration clearance. 5) Walk outside baggage claim to find your driver. 6) Driver will hold your name sign outside baggage claim.
  • If you are not able to go through customs for any reasons, please take your own responsibility. There is no refund for the same day cancellation
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Radomir_t
Feb 4, 2024
Great china wall trip - Even if quite expensive, the tour was perfect. The guide picked us at airport, communication through Viator worked well (we have all on Google, which is not acessible in China - the same like Facebook - so we needed to choose ths channel). He brought us to the reconstructed part of the Wall. It is in the mountains norhen of Beijing. The weather was king to us - it was a sunny day, even if cold, walking over the wall top was fine. The breathtakong views, supported by the blue sky shown us the wall in its whole monumentality. Even if we walked only short part of it, the the trace of the (partially reconstructed) wall in the mountains had been seen both directions where we were able to see. It told us how giant construction the wall had to be. After approx. 5 hours we returned to the airport. Thank you our guide.
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284haleyr
Jan 17, 2020
Great Tour Company! - This was a great tour! My guide Shane was AMAZING! And spoke great English! He talked to me the entire way and even helped me learn some Chinese! He was very kind and Tony has been great responding to my many e mails! Highly recommend!
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S7638cbjareds
Dec 31, 2019
Five Star Great Wall Layover! - My girlfriend and I had an 8 hour layover stop in Beijing on our way home from Thailand. Rather than camping out in the airport, we decided to research what options we had for visiting the Great Wall. This tour group had some of the best ratings, and after having done the tour, it is obvious as to why! Right after booking, I received detailed instructions how to navigate the airport and where to meet our guide! (We were actually given phone, text, email contacts for any questions we had. Once we made it through the airport, we were greeted by our amazing guide, Michael. Michael really made this layover trip amazing! Being that we were just in Thailand and didn’t have warm clothes for the cold weather, Michael supplied us with warm jackets to ensure that our tour was comfortable. During the tour, he not only spoke on the history of the wall, but also about Beijing and Chinese culture, and took a TON of photos for us! Next time I visit Beijing, have a long layover, I will DEFINITELY do this tour again.
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Slm805
Dec 31, 2019
Great time at the Great Wall! - My boyfriend and I were flying back to the US from Thailand and stumbled upon this amazing experience. I was a little hesitant at the idea of leaving the airport on an 8 hour layover, but they give you every detail of what you need to do. They even have jackets for you if you’re traveling without one. Michael was an AWESOME guide. He made the entire experience effortless and is very knowledgeable. He also knew where to take all the good pictures, we left with tons of amazing photos. I can’t say enough good things about Michael, and the Great Wall Layover tour. Definitely do it if you have a long enough layover!!
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Jennifercsl92
Dec 29, 2019
Incredible experience, well-organized, perfect flight layover - Our layover to Beijing was in the middle of the night so there was not much we could do. We really wanted to see the Great Wall, and this was one of the only companies that offered a sunrise tour. The Airport Layover Tour company was quick and responsive to our inquiries and organized the perfect tour for us! We absolutely loved it. They gave us every detail we needed to get through immigration, the driver and tour guide were punctual (we got in early and they were already there!), and Tony was a friendly and knowledgeable tour guide. We would highly recommend this experience. Thank you so much Tony!!
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Felix9315
Dec 23, 2019
Awesome Tour for people with a Layover in Beijing - My girlfriend and I booked this trip in November 2019, because we were on vacation in the Philippines with a flight from Germany via Beijing. Since the layover time was about 8 hours we googled some Great Wall Tour Operators for our time-frame and found/booked this Airport Layover Tour. We can highly recommend this tour to other interested tourists. Our tour guide picked us up (in time), we drove about 1h30 to the Great Wall. After a small hike up to the wall, we spent about 2 hours at the Great Wall. It was an awesome experience. Tony was very friendly and supportive, an awesome guy!
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Texaninindo
Dec 22, 2019
Amazing experience - We were so happy that we chose to do this experience on our 8-hour layover! Everything worked out perfectly. I confirmed via WhatsApp and got thorough instructions with pictures on how to get out of the airport and meet Shane. He was a terrific guide who spoke excellent English and made our day pretty incredible. We were the only people on that section of the wall that day and it was so memorable to have it all to ourselves! Shane was great about helping us get some great pictures and watching the time and getting us back in the car because we could have stayed all day. We arrived back and the airport with plenty of time to get through security and immigration again and catch our connecting flight. I highly recommend this tour if your timing allows!
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Reesieanne
Dec 3, 2019
Great Wall Layover Trip - I decided to do a layover trip one day before my flight, reached out to Tony the night before, and he helped me to seamlessly arrange all the details of a visit to the Great Wall. They even provided me and my mom with winter jackets for the excursion! It went extremely smoothly, Jessica was a phenomenal guide, and I thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to enjoy my 12-hour layover. Highly recommended.
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Joannademko
Nov 13, 2019
Great tour! We so much enjoyed;) - Definitely I recommend this tour. Amazing experience and feelings being on the wall. Tony is a great tour guide.
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Rtr2018-1
Nov 11, 2019
Great Layover Experience - What a wonderful way to end our trip to China - watching the sun rise over the Great Wall. Jim was an absolutely wonderful guide - easy to understand and very knowledgeable. He picked us up at our hotel at 5am, and then was kind enough to drop us off at the airport - even walking us in and giving us directions. We highly recommend this tour!!
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