Simatai Great Wall
Jinshanling Great Wall
Simatai Great Wall
Jinshanling Great Wall
1 Day Great Wall Hiking from Jinshanling to Simatai (Eastern Section)
The Great Wall Hiking 1 Day tour:Trekking on the great wall from Jinshanling to Simatai(Eastern Section)will be an amazing experience for any of the visitor.China Exploration chose a few good reserved sections to meet the dream.
From June17, 2010 Simatai section of Great Wall was partially closed for restoration and construction. However, we will take you to hike on the eastern part of Simatai where you will be able to enjoy the beautiful views.
The driver and the guide will meet you at 8:00am in your hotel and then drive to Jinshanling section of Great Wall. Jinshanling is located at the border areas of Beijing municipality and Hebei Province, 130 kilometers (80miles) northeast of Beijing. The whole drive will take about two and half hours.
The driver and the guide will meet you at 8:00am in your hotel and then drive to Jinshanling section of Great Wall. Jinshanling is located at the border areas of Beijing municipality and Hebei Province, 130 kilometers (80miles) northeast of Beijing. The whole drive will take about two and half hours.
Jinshanling Great Wall was constructed in the early Ming Dynasty (1368AD-1644) on the mountain ridges of Big and Small Jinshan mountains, hence the name. With big stones as the foundation, the Great Wall here was built with numerous large bricks. Qi Jiguang, who was a famous general in the Ming Dynasty, was in charge of the construction of the Great Wall around Beijing. He was from south China and came to Beijing with over 300,000 soldiers from his hometown to build the Great Wall. These soldiers named the mountains here Jinshan Mountains, and Jinshan was in fact the name of their hometown. One of the main features of this part of wall is that there are several barrier walls, which are built to help the soldiers defend. Barrier walls were used by the ancient soldiers to defend themselves once the enemies came up to the Great Wall.
Today’s hike will take about three hours. Most parts where we will trek have been restored and it is not that difficult to walk here. We will pass some of the very famous watchtowers, such as the Big Jinshan Tower, the Small Jinshan Tower, the General Tower, the Dark Tower and so on. Simatai and Jinshanling sections of Great Wall are connected with each other. When getting to Simatai area you can see the faraway western part of Simaitai, where the highest place is Wangjing Tower, which is about 1,000 meters above sea level. After taking some photos at the eastern part of Simatai, we will walk down on the mountain path to the road where we will meet the driver and go back to Beijing.
