Great Wall of China at Badaling and Ming Tombs Day Tour from Beijing: Heritage Adventures
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518 Ratings
Beijing
Experience the awe-inspiring Great Wall of China and the ancient Ming Tombs on a guided day tour from Beijing. Discover the best-preserved section of the wall and explore the largest Ming emperor burial site. Includes lunch, transportation, and expert commentary.
Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • The Great Wall at Badaling - Great Wall is the very symbol of ancient Chinese engineering. The Badaling section is a prime, preserved example of this colossal structure. Since Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC) and Warring States Period (476 BC - 221 BC), Badaling became a very important military strategic place Many incomplete parts of the wall were proved to be built in the Warring States Period. Here you will have the opportunity to climb up either the North or South Face of the Wall.
  • Ming Tombs (Ming Shishan Ling) - Ming Tombs, burial grounds to 13 of the 16 Ming emperors. Only three of the tombs are actually open for viewing. Changling, the earliest and largest of the tombs, dates from the year 1413. We will explore the largest of the excavated burial sites, the Changling Tomb, which is divided into three separate, impressive courtyards.
What's Included
  • Savor a delicious Chinese-style lunch
  • Guidance from a professional English-speaking tour guide
  • Convenient pick-up and drop-off for hotels inside the 4th Ring Circle Highway
  • Join the tour at Prime Hotel if staying outside the pick-up area
  • Travel in comfort with air-conditioned coach transportation
  • All admission tickets included
What's Not Included
  • Cruise port pickup is not available
  • Cable car fee
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Explore two of China’s iconic spots, the UNESCO-listed Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, on an all-encompassing guided day excursion from Beijing. Your itinerary covers the Badaling segment of the Great Wall, renowned for being exceptionally well-maintained, and a visit to the Chang Ling Tomb, the most prominent of the unearthed Ming dynasty imperial burial grounds. This full-day tour comes with the convenience of lunch and round-trip transportation from your hotel, with the added benefit of insightful commentary from an expert guide. As an added bonus, you’ll have the chance to visit a Jade Factory and partake in a tea tasting session.

  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • Please wear comfortable walking shoes
  • Entire tour is normally about 8 hours, but it might take a bit longer during peak season like summer time or special holidays
Location
The Great Wall at Badaling
Badaling, Yanqing District,
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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619lucn
May 21, 2024
Great experience! - Very good! Jenny was very enthusiastic and could tell us a lot. She involves everyone in the group. Jenny is very clear about the schedule and communicates very well in English.
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Evgeniy_d
May 18, 2024
Mary is great! - Visit the great wall was a dream come true! Mary was an exceptional guide! We had the misfortune to have a grumpy couple causing headache in our tour group, but Mary diffused the situation and made our time unforgettable! Thank you Mary, number 1!
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Dreamer54761761494
May 17, 2024
Fantastic tour experience - Great arrangement for the tour. Our tour guide Mary Wang was very detailed in explaining the history and culture to us. Overall, its a fantastic tour to the great wall of china
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Lucymichele_p
May 11, 2024
Amazing experience - Highly recommend. Our guide Michael was amazing. Well organised from start to finish. A must if you are in Beijing.
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Sam_r
May 9, 2024
Great day out - Michael Ren was a great guide, he was very knowledgeable and made the tour to suite me, we fit in a lot during the day and it was all completely worth it, Michael made the whole day very easy and very enjoyable.
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Victor_t
May 4, 2024
Amazing experience ! - Amazing experience , the guide is very polite and well prepared to tell you everything you need to know about Chinese history. She knows the best places to eat , and have a real Chinese experience like ( opera, culture , museums , acrobatic). Thank you very much for such wonderful experiences.
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Pradnya_j
Jun 1, 2024
A must do while in Beijing - The Great Wall is an absolute must do if you’re in Beijing. The tour provided was a good way to see the wall and also get a feel for Beijing’s sights. Our tour guide Jenny was very awesome and helpful in giving us good suggestions on what to do after the tour and explained a good amount of history about Beijing while we were on the tour. This tour covers the Ming tombs, Tea Ceremony at a Tea house and the Great Wall. The Great Wall and tea ceremony were truly amazing and I wish we had more time for these but Beijing traffic takes up a lot of the time in between getting to and from the different locations. It takes a whole day so we were quite tired through the end. The Ming Tombs are under construction so parts were closed. I’d suggest while that is happening, the tour maybe consider giving people some more time at the Great Wall and the Tea ceremony instead with a better location for lunch.
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Alexko4646il
May 2, 2024
Very good with few deductions - Good tour, well organized, nice guide. But it could have been a bit more informative. The detour to the jade factory and the teahouse were more like infomercials.
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Serhui_l
May 24, 2024
Will not recommend or join again - The private car is a nice surprise. Disappointed that we didn’t visit the underground Ming tomb that is opened to public instead visited the largest tomb. Our fault for not clarifying with Viator. Unhappy that we were brought to a jade factory, quite hard sell by the unfriendly staff and also a free foot massage which is not included in the itinerary. While having our feet massaged by the machine (not great at all) staff started to promote their Chinese medicine and provide free health consultation which I find is BS. They even “begged” us to buy their products.
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Eileen_t
May 14, 2024
Avoid at all cost - Avoid this tour if you want to enjoy the Great Wall. The guide, Lily, was very sweet but her English is pretty hard to understand. Additionally, she asked for an additional 140 CNY to ride the cable car up which I did not want to do so she left me stranded at the entrance of the place alone to navigate the area and figure out how to purchase tickets and how to find her after the Great Wall portion of the tour. The lunch was pretty bad and the bulk of the tour was trying to sell us jade and tea.
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