Xishuiyu Great Wall
Huanghuacheng Great Wall
Xishuiyu Great Wall
Huanghuacheng Great Wall
1 Day Great Wall Hiking from Huanghuacheng to Xishuiyu
The Great Wall Hiking 1 Day tour from Huanghuacheng to Xishuiyu:trekking on the great wall will be an amazing experience for any of the visitor. China Exploration chose a few good reserved sections to meet the dream of great wall trekker.
Maybe it is not as famous as Badaling or Juyongguan sections of Great Wall, but Huanghuacheng Great wall is quite worth visiting. It is located about 65 kilometers (40 miles) north of Beijing at the town of Jiuduhe of Huairou District.
Today we will start at 8:00 am from your hotel and the whole drive takes about one and half hours. Huanghuacheng in Chinese means ‘Yellow Flower Fortress’, as there are a lot of yellow flowers blooming every spring here in the mountains, hence the name.
Huanghuacheng was an area with many villages in the Yuan Dynasty (1279AD-1368AD). Then in the Ming Dynasty (1368AD-1644AD), it turned into a rich and prosperous area due to the construction of the Great Wall, because strategically speaking, Huanghuacheng was very important to the capital city of Beijing at that time.
Today we will start at 8:00 am from your hotel and the whole drive takes about one and half hours. Huanghuacheng in Chinese means ‘Yellow Flower Fortress’, as there are a lot of yellow flowers blooming every spring here in the mountains, hence the name.
Huanghuacheng was an area with many villages in the Yuan Dynasty (1279AD-1368AD). Then in the Ming Dynasty (1368AD-1644AD), it turned into a rich and prosperous area due to the construction of the Great Wall, because strategically speaking, Huanghuacheng was very important to the capital city of Beijing at that time.
Our hike today is not that difficult and it will totally last about 4 hours, of which during the first two hours we will trek on the restored part. There are several up-and-down parts today, however fortunately the mountains here are not that high or steep.
The second part of the wall is still preserved very well nowadays with original watchtowers. In the end we will hike to a tower where you will be able to see a beautiful lake at the bottom of the mountains, which is located near Xishuiyu Village. Then we walk down on the mountain path to meet the driver in the village at the foot of the Great Wall. After that we drive back to Beijing.
