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Beijing Layover Tour: Mutianyu Great Wall Adventure
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Beijing
Make the most of your layover in Beijing with a private tour to Mutianyu Great Wall. Enjoy round airport transfers, an English-speaking guide, entrance tickets, shuttle bus, lunch, and cable car or chairlift and toboggan rides.
Make the most of your layover in Beijing with a private tour to Mutianyu Great Wall. Enjoy round airport transfers, an English-speaking guide, entrance tickets, shuttle bus, lunch, and cable car or chairlift and toboggan rides.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Beijing - We pick up all clients from the Beijing Capital International Airport or Beijing Daxing International Airport. Please let us know the detailed flight information for your arrival and departure.
- Mutianyu Great Wall - You will be greeted by our private tour guide at the flight arrival exit with holding a sign with your name on it…
- Beijing - We pick up all clients from the Beijing Capital International Airport or Beijing Daxing International Airport. Please let us know the detailed flight information for your arrival and departure.
- Mutianyu Great Wall - You will be greeted by our private tour guide at the flight arrival exit with holding a sign with your name on it (Please make sure that you have enough layover time). Then drive to the Mutianyu wall (1 hour or 2 hours depending on your arrival airport) which is one of the most famous and less visited sections of the Great Wall.You will have your choice of taking the cable car or chair lift up the breathtaking wall and spend a leisurely 1 to 2 hours hiking up and down the various sections and exploring the Watch Towers. You will marvel at the construction and beauty of the renown and legendary Wall. You then have the option of an exhilarating toboggan ride back down or simply return the way you come with cable car.
- Beijing Capital International Airport - Finish the tour after sending you back to Beijing International Airport (PEK) or Beijing Daxing Airport.
What's Included
- Airport transfers included
- Admission to all attractions
- Dine at a local Chinese restaurant
- Round-trip cable car or chair lift and toboggan experience
- Complimentary bottled water
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
- All fees for gas, tolls, and parking covered
- Airport transfers included
- Admission to all attractions
- Dine at a local Chinese restaurant
- Round-trip cable car or chair lift and toboggan experience
- Complimentary bottled water
- Professional English-speaking tour guide
- Transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle
- All fees for gas, tolls, and parking covered
What's Not Included
- Accommodation
- Dinner
- Gratuity to the guide and driver
- Personal Costs
- Accommodation
- Dinner
- Gratuity to the guide and driver
- Personal Costs
Additional Information
If you are layover in Beijing during the day time, never chuck up a chance to visit the Great Wall. Enjoy the tour following your own private driver and guide, who will share their knowledge of the story and the history of ancient and modern times. Upon landing, meet your private guide at Beijing Airport and head out in a comfortable, air-conditioned…
If you are layover in Beijing during the day time, never chuck up a chance to visit the Great Wall. Enjoy the tour following your own private driver and guide, who will share their knowledge of the story and the history of ancient and modern times. Upon landing, meet your private guide at Beijing Airport and head out in a comfortable, air-conditioned vehicle. You’ll explore the Mutianyu Great Wall, which is known for its beautiful scenery and is less visited section among the Great Wall. Once you’re done, return to the airport.
- For the lunch, you will be taken to the authentic Chinese local restaurant catering for the locals or at the western-style subway restaurant (2 options). And the lunch has its budget.
- Dress code is smart casual
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Countries qualified for the 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit in Beijing Capital International Airport: Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Macedonia, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Republic of Montenegro, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Serbia, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.
- The 24/144-hour Visa-free Transit only applies to passengers who transit through Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. The destination and place of departure cannot be the same.(e.g Tokyo – Beijing – Tokyo)
- Need all your participants full name and passport number, we need purchase the tickets in advance.
Location
Beijing
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Jaylorraine
May 21, 2019
MUST DO WHILE ON A LONG LAYOVER IN BEIJING! - I had pre-planned a trip with a 16hr layover through Beijing with an idea to tour around, but not realizing that I could see the Great Wall! A friend of mine recommended that I use Catherine Lu Tours - as she used them for a similar tour experience, and I'm glad that I did! Despite a hiccup on my end with scheduling my tour on the wrong day, the company was able to accommodate my faux pas last minute and get a tour set up the same day that I flew in! Airport pickup is directly available for an additional price (about $30USD) since the airport is far from the City Center with traffic.
I was picked up by a great driver who found me looking lost in the airport arrivals area. He had sodas and water available in the back seat for tourists! You are in Beijing, so expect traffic going into the city. I went on a Tuesday, and after picking up my awesome guide, Alice, at a local hotel, we drove over to Tiananmen Square. I was told that it was not busy - and if it wasn't- I definitely didn't want to see it on a crazy weekend day! I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of people visiting, but felt safe and protected by Alice who guided us away from long queues. For planning, do consider that the Mao Mausoleum and Forbidden City are closed on weekends.
Our tour of the Square and Forbidden City took about 2.5 hours. Alice was an absolute wealth of information. She also took photos for me at each site, as I was alone. Following our city tour, we drove out to a village on the way out towards the Great Wall and had a lovely, authentic Chinese lunch at a local restaurant which was delicious! We continued our journey up to the Great Wall, and knowing that the Mutianyu portion is far less crowded than the Batallion portion - I was still shocked that there were so few visitors! It really is spectacular and something that you should give yourself an opportunity to see in your lifetime!
Also, at both the Forbidden City and Great Wall, there are opportunities for souvenir shopping abundant.
Overall, I highly recommend this tour, and Alice who was informative and wonderful!
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Smjones2
Apr 17, 2019
Great service - I Really enjoyed my tour of Tianamen Square, The Wall(Mutianyu) and Forbidden City. I was picked up with separate driver from my hotel. Tour guide Linda was extremely helpful and very knowledgeable. Her local knowledge was indispensable and the history and context she provided made for a great experience
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Dubtosyd
Feb 16, 2019
6 days in Beijing - We did a two day private tour with Catherine Lu Tours over Chinese New Year. I found the whole experience with them great. From booking the trip through to being dropped off on our last day.
We spent the first day at The Temple of Heaven, The Forbidden City and walking around The Hutong area. The second day we did the Great Wall and The Summer Palace. Sophie, our guide, was very knowledgeable and had excellent English. She made our tour very enjoyable and was very patience with us and our young son.
It is a really well constructed tour. I’d definitely recommend using Catherine Lu Tours and Sophie again. We realized when departing Beijing that we had left a bag of shopping including gifts in one of the Hutong stores. Sophie was kind enough to go to the shop and arrange shipping back to Hong Kong. Thank you so much Sophie!
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Danliebmann
Jan 8, 2019
Great service and excellent tour! - I booked this tour last minute a couple days before I arrived in Beijing. I was glad I did. Steven picked me up from my hotel with a separate driver and we were able to see the Temple of Heaven (upon my request) in addition to the Forbidden City and Tianamnen Square since it was offseason. It helped that Steven used to be a history teacher so he was very knowledgeable on all the sites. I had a great experience on this once in a lifetime tour and highly recommend Catherine Lu Tours to anyone.
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Dharam
Oct 16, 2018
Short but a fantastic visit to Beijing - I and my wife visited Beijing for day on September 27. This was our first visit to China. Peter was our travel guide and conducted the tour very professionally. He is fluent with English. He was ready with an itinerary of what could be done in a day and a good taxi with a good driver. In his itinerary, he had listed out the most important places to visit with some literature and route plan keeping in view the traffic. Based on our discussion with us, he comfortably made changes.
Peter had read about India and made us feel comfortable. He had also taken pains to understand our food habits and identified the vegetarian restaurants for us. He also guided us on shopping.
On the whole, we enjoyed our visit to Beijing. If we visit Beijing again, we would try to hire him.
In short, Peter is an excellent guide.
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