Badaling Great Wall and Ming Tombs Day Tour

Top World Culture Heritage attractions in Beijing: The Ming Tombs(Dingling Tomb), Great Wall at Badaling, Olympic site

One of the Seven Wonders in The World—Great Wall at Mutianyu section

Olympic site for photo stops

Entertaining expert, local English-speaking guide

Your private vehicles

Authentic Chinese Lunch in the local restaurant

Unlimited Mineral Water

• Duration: 8-9 hours
• Meeting Point: Your hotel in City
• Operating Days: Everyday
• Start Time: 8:30am
• Tour Type: private with your personal guide. There will be no other people joining the tour.

Our guide will come to your hotel (lobby area) or any other indicated address to begin the tour from there. If you stay outside of the city area(4th ring road), please email us we get the update price

Ride to Badaling Great Wall (1.5 hours)

During peak season or Chinese Public holiday this tour may not running due to the traffic to the Wall and big amount number of the tourists at the Wall

Great Wall at Badaling (2-3 hours)

In c. 220 B.C., under Qin Shi Huang, sections of earlier fortifications were joined together to form a united defence system against invasions from the north. Construction continued up to the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), when the Great Wall became the world’s largest military structure. Its historic and strategic importance is matched only by its architectural significance.

Badaling Great Wall is the most representative part of China Great Wall and it is the site of the most visited section. Badaling was the first to open to tourists in 1957 and is fully renovated.

The Badaling Great Wall is the most intact and representative part of the Great Wall built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It winds and lies among high mountains and lofty ridges in Yanqing County, like a huge dragon whistling around, powerful and majestic. Due to its strategical location and difficulty to access, the Badaling Great Wall has been the place of strategic importance since ancient time. There was a famous saying that it is the Badaling not the Juyong Pass that is difficult to access. On the cliff there are two words Natural Barrier. Therefore the governments of the past dynasties dispatched large numbers of troops here.

Lunch in the Local restaurant on the Way to Ming Tombs (40 minutes)

Heading to the Ming Tombs (30 minutes)

The Ming Tombs(Dingling Underground Palace) (1.5 hours)

There are thirteen imperial tombs of the Ming Dynasty scattered over an area of forty square kilometers in Changping District to the northwest of Beijing. Construction of the necropolis spanned more than two hundred years, almost throughout the entire Ming Dynasty:The first tomb was built in 1409, and the last one in 1644.

Dingling Tomb buried the thirteenth emperor of the Ming dynasty,together with his two empresses. Zhu Xianjun was the Shenzong emperor, with the reign name of Wanli. He ascended the throne at the age of ten, in  1572, and was on the throne for 48 years. This was the longest reign of any Ming dynasty emperor.

Ming tombs follow the precepts of traditional Chinese geomancy and fengshui theory. They feature rich decoration of stone statues and carvings and tiles with dragon motifs, illustrating the development of the funerary architecture of the Ming Dynasty

Heading back to city and drive pass by the olympic park stop for photos (1 hour)

Transfer back to your hotel in city

Inclusions

Experienced  local English-speaking tour guide

An air-conditioned private vehicle

Hotel pick-up and drop-off(for hotels within 4th ring road)

Admission Fees

Cable car round trip /Ski-lift up and toboggan down round trip tickets

Shuttle bus at Mutianyu Great Wall

An authentic traditional Chinese lunch with enough food

Unlimited mineral water

Exclusions

 Accommodation

Gratuities to your guide and driver

Additional entrance fee in the Ming Tombs

Travel Insurance

 TOUR NOTES

• The tour is private with your personal guide and vehicles. There will be no other people joining the tour.
• Our Day trip is between 8 to 9 hours.It can be shortened upon your request.If you want to extend your tour, then please pay 15USD(100rmb) to our guide and 15USD(100rmb) to your driver for each of their extra hour
• Children below 1.2 meters is free for charge.If you want to upgrade your vehicle will have extra cost,please contact us for detail.
• We do offer children safety seats in our vehicles, please let us know in advance if you require one.
• Our guides will be happy to help you to buy souvenirs during the tour. They will even bargain to get the best price for you. It is strictly prohibited for our guides to take any commission from the shops.

RATES

• If you book the day tour with us.We do not have cancellation fees. We understand that your plans can be changed so we do not charge for cancellations. Please inform us asap if you want to cancel the tour.If your tour including the airport/train station/port pick up or including the plane /train tickets purchase, then a deposit is required.Once the tickets purchased,deposit is not able to refund
• You can pay by credit card (secured PayPal payment) during the booking process. You can also book your tour without any payment. In this case you can pay by cash at the end of the tour.Payment in cash can done by US dollar ,Euros or Chinese Rmb. The exchange rate is according to the tour day’s exchange rate.Please note that Paypal payment require 4% of the total amount as service fee.