Beijing Private Tour: Forbidden City, Great Wall, More

Embark on a thrilling 3-day private tour of Beijing’s highlights, including the Forbidden City and Mutianyu Great Wall. Beat the crowds, slide down the Toboggan, and enjoy inclusive entrance fees, guide, lunch, and transport.

Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights

Tiananmen Square-Forbidden City-Hutong-Lama Temple (L)

Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang) - Tian’anmen Square, the world’s largest public square. Explore the sites around the square with opportunities to take some amazing pictures.
Forbidden City-The Palace Museum - Forbidden City, the largest Imperial Palace in the world. you will…

What's Included
  • Entrance tickets to the sights
  • Bottled water
  • Round Trip cable car or chair lift up and toboggan down the wall for Mutianyu section
  • Lunch
  • English-speaking tour guide service
  • Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver
What's Not Included
  • Accommodation
  • Dinner
  • Gratuity to the guide and driver (for good service)
Additional Information

Take part in this very exciting and comprehensive private tour. Our professional guide will take you to explore the amazing Beijing city during this 3 days tour,

  • Discover most incredible attractions such as Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven, Mutianyu Great Wall, and etc. You can choose the different option by your own preferences;
  • Efficient way to…
Cancellation Policy

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

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Wendy
Sep 10, 2024
Fabulous 3 day tour in Beijing with Sonya. - Never being in Beijing before, saw great , important sights. Schedule was well thought out , on time , and very easy to get through all the security. All tickets were purchased ahead of time making it very easy to enter. Drivers scheduled and timely and never had to wait for rides. Our guide Sonya was wonderful. She was very knowledgeable and enjoyable to spend time with. She taught us so much and helped us with photos with perfect spots. We had to be a little flexible due to weather and she set it up so we wouldn’t miss anything and made sure we were okay with any changes. We were in great hands with Sonya and felt comfortable trusting her with any decisions.
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Isabeld686
Aug 28, 2024
Incredible trip to Shanghai!!!!! Mil gracias Catherine-Lu tours - We had a very nice experience with Catherine -Lu tours!!!! We were picked up at the airport and from that day our tour started!! They took us to the most characteristic of the city, a huge, modern city, with many places to visit! We enjoyed very much despite the high temperatures!! And the organization of the tours as soon as the pickup and arrival at the hotel was excellent. Your very friendly English guides, helped us a lot over the course of the days!! Thanks to Henry!!! And to ruby!!!! Everything was amazing!! We would definitely contact them again or recommend that our family and friends!!! We feel very safe!!!
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G2577dtpeterm
Aug 12, 2024
3 day Beijing highlight tour - Adam was an excellent guide. Incredibly knowledgeable and entertaining. Fun to be around and had great insights at every stop. Adam went above and beyond to make sure our stay in Beijing was exquisite. Whole tour went off without a hitch and he and Catherine Lu were very accommodating to our requests.
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Sarah
Aug 9, 2024
4 days trip to Beijing - We visited Beijing for the first time. Ms Lily Yan was our tour guide. She provided the best customer service that we have ever experienced. Our family travels a lot and we would rate Ms Yan as our number one guide ever. Our two boys (9 and 14) enjoyed their time with her. She has great knowledge about China. She is very detailed and caring. She was flexible with our needs. She helped us get through the lines as quick as possible. On the last day, we changed our itinerary and she found local market that sells pets and my kids loved it. She recommended good local food. We highly recommend Ms Yan.
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Y0u0nec
Jul 25, 2024
A Memorable Trip to Beijing - Catherine and her crew did an amazing job for organizing a 4 day tour for me in Beijing. From the beginning to the end everything was done very smoothly to ensure it met my standards. The most memorable part about this trip was the Great Wall. I was taken to a less crowded section of the wall just about 2 hours outside of Beijing. The wall in first person is breathtaking. You will not want to miss this! Then I got to see some amazing temples, palaces, Tiananmen Square, and the amazing Forbidden City. All were glorious in their own unique way from their architecture and history. Standing in Tiananmen Square is like standing in a ground of history because you can feel the enegery of the past. From there, the Forbidden City offers history of the past and a lot of ancient structures lie within. I also, did do a food tour. Trying authentic Chinese food was delicious. On Qiamen Street there are lot of local different Chinese food from all over the region. My guides also recommended me to go see a traditional Chinese show and to try other foods after the tours Were over (note, this will be not included in the tour cost). If you have time do take advantage of these activities. Lastly, I went shopping in between tours. There is a lot of opportunities to purchase gifts. The guides will give you good suggestions for the best prices. I do thank Catherine for a wonderful itinerary and a memorable experience! I would recommend anyone who is going to Beijing to book a tour with her company because they do an amazing job; more importantly, they make it very easy and comfortable for the tourist to make the most out of their time in Beijing.
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Maria_i
Jun 26, 2024
3 days private tour in Beijing, china - We had a 3 days in Beijing, china with private tour guide and his name is Peter and the Driver is Fu . There both excellent on time and peter know all the history where ever we go. The local food was great . All in all the trip was fantastic.
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Pamelact7250ca
Jun 22, 2024
Amazing 4 day tour in Beijing! - My family had an amazing time in Beijing with Peter as our guide and Mr. Lu as our driver. We did a four day tour that included the Cuadaxin village. Peter was friendly, extremely knowledgeable (he has a history major from Peking University, quite a scholar!), sharing detailed and interesting stories of Chinese history that’s easily understandable, even to our 9 year old. He was humorous too, and was able to give different perspectives out of the many stories and history lessons he shared with us because of his immense knowledge of the subject. Mr. Lu is very friendly and kind, always looking out for us, keeping the car cool and making sure we’re safe during pick-up and drop-off. The tour company was willing to accommodate our last-minute changes to our itinerary too, we could skip many wait-times because they pre-booked our tickets and helped us go through background checks a priori. Would definitely recommend them and Catherine’s tours to anyone who wants to visit Beijing!!
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Agnes_ally
Jun 16, 2024
Memorable holiday in Beijing - We had a wonderful time in Beijing with Jenny as our guide. She speaks excellent Chinese and English and was very knowledgeable about the Chinese history. My elderly parents loved her kind and patient disposition. Thank you Jenny for making our stay in Beijing so memorable!
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Jonathanlp4372jx
Jun 9, 2024
Great private tour of Beijing - Amazing private tour of Beijing. Our tour guide Sonia was awesome. She made sure we saw everything we wanted, was super knowledgeable about the sites, and really tailored the tour to what we wanted to do. We ate at local Chinese restaurants that were not touristy as well. We saw Tianamen square, forbidden city, Llama temple, Mutianyu Great Wall, Birds nest Olympic stadium, Zoo for Pandas, Summer palace, and Temple of Heaven. Must do tour in Beijing!
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Martianlightsaber
May 2, 2024
Fantastic introduction to Beijing - This review is actually for a 5-day version of this tour covering Forbidden City, Summer Palace, Ming Tombs, Temple of Heaven, Great Wall and Hutongs (with calligraphy class) because my husband and I wanted to take it slow. Our tour guide Angela was a delight! She's: 1) Very knowledgeable: My husband is a bit of a history buff (I am not), and she skilfully tailored her tour to both give me the broad overview of the location's history and context, while including nuggets of little-known information and anecdotes that my husband found novel and interesting. She had also been a museum docent some years back and thus had unique insight into the small details of the artifacts on display at many of the attractions which many tour guides would have glossed over. 2) Effectively bilingual: We are only partially bilingual and hence opted for an English tour, but her ability to switch seamlessly between English and Mandarin made for a very unique introduction to Beijing - a purely English tour would have missed some important cultural nuances, whereas a purely Mandarin tour would have been incomprehensible at my reading/listening level. 3) A foodie: Angela's recommendations for lunch/dinner places were spot-on and affordable! Beijing's not exactly a foodie paradise but we ate very well regardless :) 4) Attentive to photography: Angela knows the best locations and angles to take photos with minimal people in the background even in crowded locations so that guests can capture the best memories from their trip! The process of booking this custom tour with Catherine was also very smooth (primarily over email), and she was able to arrange for the necessary accomodations I needed for a medical condition. I would definitely recommend her services (and Angela as tour guide!) to family and friends who're in want of the comforts of a private tour in Beijing!
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From $242
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).