Great Wall Tour needed

Private tour or in a group?

Private Tour - I know some guides

Group tour -  check with China Culture Centre re their next tour

Thanks Manlin.

I was thinking a private tour but now you have mentioned it I will look into a group tour.

Thanks very much.

If you are into some hiking, i would recommend visiting Jinshanlin and Gubeikou instead of the normal Badaling or Mutianyu. I have visited these places and have spent a night camping at one if the watch towers at Gubeikou. Absolutely amazing experience. You can see my writeup and pictures at http://mynikonni.blogspot.com. Badaling and Mutianyu are too crowded and commercialised while Jingshanlin and Gubeikou gives you a more natural and authenthic feel of the Wall

Hi rodney, do you know where I can get that tour for Jianshanlin and Gubeikou? I love hiking and nature trips so I guess that would be suitable for me. Anyway, Your pictures really are something.

Hei. Thanks. Try www.greatwalladventure.com. I guessed it is too cold now. Spring would be a good time. I am planning another hike in april or may where part of the wall has been submerged in a lake.

And if you want something very different then SinoScuba dive the submerged wall.

Manlin wrote:

Private tour or in a group?

Private Tour - I know some guides

Group tour -  check with China Culture Centre re their next tour

Which is better?  I assume private, but you never know.  Chinese group tours are worse than root canal.  I'm also assuming you've seen the wall.

Yes I've seen the wall  more times than I like to recall.  Every time an old friend decides to visit China for the first time he/she suddenly remembers that I now live in Beijing and that therefore I must be dieing to see the wall with them..

I feel the same way about Victoria Peak.

But it's really hard to ride a skateboard up that.