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Mutianyu Great Wall & Ming Tombs All Inclusive Private Tour
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Mutianyu Great Wall & Ming Tombs All Inclusive Private Tour

By Catherine Lu Tours
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Ages 0-75
Duration: 8h
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Live guide: English
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  • English-speaking tour guide service fee
  • Air-conditioned vehicle with a private driver
  • Gas, toll & parking lot fees
  • Lunch at the local Chinese restaurant
  • Round Trip cable car or chair lift up and toboggan down the wall
  • Lunch
  • Bottled water
  • Entry/Admission - Mutianyu Great Wall
  • Entry/Admission - Ming Tombs (Ming Shishan Ling)
What's not included
  • Accommodation
  • Dinner
  • Gratuity to the guide and driver
  • Personal Costs


Start:Multiple pickup locations offered.
    Pickup details
    • We pick up guests from hotel lobby within 4th ring road of Beijing.
    Hotel pickup offered
    During checkout you will be able to select from the list of included hotels.
      End:This activity ends back at the meeting point.

        • Not wheelchair accessible
        If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 37561P40

        • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
        • For the lunch, you will be taken to the authentic Chinese local restaurant catering for the locals or at the western-style subway restaurant (2 options). And the lunch has its budget
        • Dress code is smart casual
        • Children must be accompanied by an adult
        • Infant (1-3 years old) are free providing they do not occupy a seat
        • Extra fee is requested after 8 hours tour
        • Most travelers can participate
        • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

        • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.

        If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 37561P40

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        • Catherine Lu Tours
          4,315
          Beijing, China
          Joined in June 2010
        • hh1234hh
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Ask for Justin, amazing tour guide! Great tour.
          Absolutely amazing day hiking the Great Wall with Justin, the best tour guide we could have wished for. He was there helping us with anything we needed and took amazing photos for us! Thanks for a fantastic day.
          Written December 4, 2024
        • F6418BDelizabethp
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great experience with Tony
          I booked a group tour with CatherineLu tours, and our guide Tony was absolutely amazing! He could speak 5 languages and explained everything in detail with good story anecdotes :) Merci Tony!
          Written December 4, 2024
        • Sze Ru L
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Good & Reliable Driver
          We had a fuss-free and enjoyable day trip. Our driver, Mr Lu, was professional, hospitable and knowledgeable. His pleasant and warm personality made the trip a memorable one. 非常愉快的司马台、古北水镇一日游。我们的司机、卢先生、态度认真、温文有礼和友善。一路上非常细心的照顾我们、也和我们分享了很多关于北京到事物。卢先生是非常难得的好司机!
          Written December 4, 2024
        • SR215
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Good and Reliable Driver
          It was a fuss-free and enjoyable day trip. Our driver, Mr Lu, was knowledgeable, hospitable and helpful. His warm and pleasant personality made the trip a memorable one for us. 非常开心和难忘的一日游。我们的司机、卢先生、温文有礼、态度认真、 一路上非常照顾我们、还和我们分享了不少关于北京的事物。卢先生是非常难得的好的司机!
          Written December 4, 2024
        • Odyssey87646
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Very nice tour of Gubei Water Town & Simatai Section of Great Wall at night!
          Had a great tour of Gubei Water Town & Simatai Section of the Great Wall at night! Because it's winter, both attractions had very few people which we liked. I'm sure during warmer months there would be more of a crowd. James was a great tour guide who showed us the highlights of both. We did a multi-day trip in Beijing & Xi'an and used Catherine Lu Tours for all our time there. Great tour company and guides, we highly recommend them!
          Written December 3, 2024
        • Odyssey87646
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Fantastic tour of the highlights of the Beijing Area
          We spent two great days with an awesome tour guide Sonnie touring highlights of the Beijing area such as the The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Temple of Heaven and the Summer Palace. Sonnie was extremely knowledgeable and very friendly! We highly recommend Catherine Lu Tours ! We'd use them again for sure. Ask for Sonnie, she's fantastic and knows all the perfect photo spots!
          Written December 3, 2024
        • Nathan D
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Visit to Forbidden city
          excellet tour. our host Angela was informative, funny and entertaining. highly recommended. Dress up warm in the winter tho!
          Written December 2, 2024
        • Sharrett H
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Sonia is the best- Beijing Forbidden City
          I had an excellent tour of Tiananmen Square, The Forbidden City and Heaven’s with Sonia. She is thoughtful, well organized and knowledgeable. I’d happily take any tour she is guiding.
          Written December 2, 2024
        • lauramR3652RN
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          100 Recommended!
          We had an amazing time! Our tour guide was Sumin Iris. She speaks Spanish and english. Thus, she explained everything to us very clearly. We learned a lot from the culture and history. In addition, she helped us navigate the train and bus system. We really appreciated her help, company and knowledge.
          Written December 2, 2024
        • Odyssey87646
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Amazing tour of the Terracotta Warriors!
          Had a fantastic tour of the Terracotta Warriors, Xi'an City Wall and the Muslim Quarter with John! John was extremely knowledgeable and took some great pictures of us as well. It was a long day trip from Beijing but so worth it. If you can, spend the night in Xi'an. Seeing the Warriors was definitely bucket list item checked! As an added bonus we had a chance to meet one of the brothers who discovered them in 1974 while digging a well.
          Written December 2, 2024
        • KG L
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Best Tour in Beijing
          Another unforgettable , impressive and amazing day 2 tour with our tour guide Lisa at Great Wall and summer palace. We look forward to future visit in China again with Catherine tour
          Written December 1, 2024
        • jonathangH3931MY
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          GREATEST WALL
          If you're wondering whether you should go to the Great Wall at Jinshanling in December, you absolutely should. This trip was the highlight of my 3-day trip to Beijing. My guide Justin was super flexible, knowledgeable, and fun! I plan to return to Beijing one day and see more of the wall with Justin. He also got me some extra duck soup from the restaurant for me to take back to the hotel LOL.
          Written December 1, 2024
        • KG L
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Reliable, Trusted and high recommended!
          We are fortunately to have Lisa as our tour guide and Lu Shang ( driver ) for our day tour. Lisa is very informative and knowledgeable and make each spot very interesting. She is generous with her sharing of the history of each attraction. Lu Shang is a careful and attentive driver. His minibus is clean and spacious. He is always there to ensure your comfort and safety during the ride.
          Written December 1, 2024
        • Jonas F
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Great tour!
          I had an excellent tour of Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City with Michael today. He shared a lot of interesting historical and cultural knowledge with me and I would strongly recommend it.
          Written November 30, 2024
        • K7593YRviz
          0 contributions
          5.0 of 5 bubbles
          Good Tour
          Excellent tour. Tons to see and take in. Nearly endless amounts of fascinating things to see everywhere you turn. Make sure you wear comfortable shoes and weather appropriate clothing. It can be a long day if you don't.
          Written November 30, 2024
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        galina petrova
        29 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Nov 2024 • Couples
        One of the best tours we had, Great Wall is a wonder place. Our tour guide James helped us take dozen of pictures, and gave us huge amount of information about the Great Wall history. The organized lunch was very tasty with clean restaurant.
        Recommending this tour, especially this side of the Great Wall is not that crowded, so anyone can spend a good time walking up and down the steep steps
        Written November 20, 2024
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        Megan
        Sandton, South Africa1 contribution
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        We had a day tour covering Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Tombs and Olympics Park. It was amazing, we had lots of fun and would highly recommend it.

        Jenny was our guide and she was absolutely brilliant. She was friendly and knowledgeable so we were never bored on the trip.

        The driver was great too; he was polite and drove well. We did not have any traffic on the day so were extremely lucky.

        Highlights:
        - Mutianyu Great Wall: we visited this in the early morning around 10ish before it got too hot / crowded. We got to spend an hour on the wall which was enough as the walk was quite tiring in the sun. You could either go left with more uphill and downhill or go right which is steeper but offers a great view. We took the cable car up and the slide down. The slide is uper fun and highly recommended if not too busy / crowded.
        - Lunch: this was definitely one of the highlight of the trip. We went to a very lovely local rural restaurant with a fish pond in the front. We were able to catch our own fish and had it cooked. Food was tasty as well. We preferred this to some of the more touristy restaurants.
        - Ming Tombs: the history was interesting but the tomb itself was quite boring. We enjoyed Sacred Way though. It was beautiful with the green trees and stone sculptures along the pathway.
        - Olympics Park: we stopped for pictures at Olympics Park and saw the Birds Nest and Water Cube.

        Overall lovely day trip and highly recommended. Although the tour is slightly pricey it is defintiely worth it!!
        Written December 23, 2019
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        Leslie M
        Redondo Beach, CA26 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Oct 2019
        Amanda was the BEST!!!! Booking tours with Catherine Lu before even leaving home was SO easy and we were more than impressed with the car and driver that picked us up, the details of the day flawlessly planned in advance but then executed perfectly by Amanda!!!! Amanda was our tour guide our first full day in Beijing (which was also our first full day in China) and on our 2nd day with her we got to go to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs and had a KILLER, delish, super locals lunch in between the two stops. Amanda was super flexible in allowing us as much time as we wanted at the wall walking around, in the shops afterward, etc. And she recommended to have us toboggan down the Great Wall (her favorite way to get down) which was the BEST!!! How many people can say they tobogganed down the Great Wall of China? She took SO MANY amazing photos of us during both days of tours - so many frame-able moments of all 3 of us so we didn't have to ask other travelers or take selfies. We felt safe and taken care of with Amanda and Catherine Lu from start to finish! And we even had Catherine Lu travels assist us in setting up tours in other cities throughout our time in China as well (make recommendations if they did not have a team there). ALL were wonderful.
        Amanda truly made us super excited for the rest of our trip (which was a little over 2 weeks in total) she was super knowledgeable and thoughtful or our time and what we were interested in, willing to discuss more than just what we saw but historical questions we had as well as questions we had about China's culture in general and she was FUN!! And she even had a little surprise for us at the end of the day that we were able to take home with us - I'm not telling because I don't want to ruin it for others!! You can't go wrong when booking ANY tour with Catherine Lu!! Thank you!
        Written November 19, 2019
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        Brisvegan_Abroad
        Brisbane38 contributions
        4.0 of 5 bubbles
        Jul 2013 • Couples
        We had a brief stay in Beijing and were mostly exploring on our own or with a friend but wanted a one day private guided tour to get to the Great Wall and some of the further out attractions. We called Catherine after another tour plan fell through and it would have been possible arrange the tour for that day (always useful to find companies that can make last minute arrangements) but we opted to plan the tour for the next day. We wanted to see the Great Wall at Mutianyu and the Ming Tombs. We had to pay extra because it was a customised plan, involving two out of town destinations.

        Our guide Gloria and driver picked us up from our hotel. The car was perfectly comfortable. In terms of seeing the Ming Tombs, Gloria had arranged for us to go to Shendao, the walkway that the Emperor would take to pass into Heaven, which was a long tree-lined boulevard full of statues. This was the entrance to all of the Ming Tombs. Then we went to the Underground Palace to see the tomb of Dingling. We took different paths from the many other tour groups there, which meant we skipped waiting times and made it more pleasant. Then we drove to a restaurant near the Great Wall. As Gloria was vegetarian, we ate mostly vegetable dishes but we were happy with the choices (the meat dish was the only let down). We then headed to the Great Wall, got some advice about what path to take and what towers to visit, took the cable car up, walked along the wall, and took the toboggan down. Gloria opted to stay behind for one section where we wanted to climb further up the wall to Tower 1. It was difficult climbing in heavy heat, which appealled to us but we understood why someone else wouldn't want to do it when they've done it before so that was fine. Gloria even lent me her umbrella. We doubled back to meet up with Gloria in one of the towers above the start of the ride down. We had some more time left so opted to visit some local supermarkets (something we do in each country but hadn't yet managed in China) before being taken directly to the airport, where we were flying out that night. During the day there was lots of discussion about the history of China and pointing out statues and sites. We were supplied with bottles of water throughout the day. There were no shopping stops and we were able to avoid a lot of the hassling that I saw other tourists being exposed to.

        This company is more expensive than other options. Whether it is worth the additional price is hard to say because we didn't try the other options. They offer nine hours in a one day tour. We didn't really use our full time and neither the guide or driver could think of things we could do where we were to see a little bit more (kind of the opposite of the glut of "factory tours" and shopping stops you can get on other tours). Gloria advised us to get to the airport very early (at least 2.5 hours before the flight) despite the fact we had already checked in online and had no check in luggage so we ended up being dropped at the airport 3.5 hours before our flight was due to leave and this ended up being a big mistake. As it turned out, the airline counters did not open until strictly 2 hours before the flight so we couldn't progress once we arrived at the airport and passed through the intial security check point and suffered a myriad of further problems (flight board said flight was cancelled, no staff from the airline accessible anywhere to discuss this, flight wasn't actually cancelled but recoded and none of this was reported anywhere, flight delayed) that led to us being essentially trapped in this very uninteresting airport terminal for five hours. Of course, Gloria could not have known all of this but should know that airlines don't allow you to check in for regional flights until 2 hours before scheduled departure. Overall, the tour was fine and allowed us to do the things we planned. The time on the tour was very stress-free, which was an oasis in Beijing. I believe Gloria was a registered tour guide, which helps to add legitimacy, and we had no trouble understanding her English, which was also helpful in navigating a city where English speakers are uncommon.
        Written July 15, 2013
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        R Anesini
        Sao Paulo, SP44 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aug 2019
        I'm so glad that I had such wonderful time with our tour guide, Joyce. The Mutianyu Great Wall (best part of the wall to be visited from BJS) is really wonderful and we've got a real history class. Transportation was comfortable, with a kind driver. I strongly recommend this day tour.
        Written August 28, 2019
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        Steve O
        broomfield4 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Apr 2018 • Couples
        My wife and I booked this tour online and had a wonderful full day experience touring the Long Wall and Ming Tombs with an authentic lunch in a rural restaurant. Our tour guide, Lucy, was superb. Her English and historic knowledge were excellent and she was friendly and cheerful throughout a long day. She was very patient with us as we peppered her with questions about the history of the Wall and Tombs and modern day China. She even gave his recommendations for other tours and activities in Beijing that turned out to be spot on so we feel we got more than our money's worth of information. The tour was nicely choreographed and Lucy made sure we got to spend ample time at the most relevant and interesting tourist spots. The driver was a very considerate and drove very safely. All in all we were extremely happy with our tour experience and would highly recommend Lucy if you can get her!
        Written April 23, 2018
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        Carmen F
        4 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Oct 2024 • Couples
        I highly recommend this trip. Our guide, Eva, was very helpful and kind. The views from the Great Wall were very scenic. We were also very impressed during our visit to the Changing Tomb.
        Written October 22, 2024
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        Tom G
        14 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Utterly amazing.

        I emailed Catherine about a custom itinerary as I had seen some of the sights previously and after a discussion came up with an schedule that met our desires.
        7.30am in the morning we were met by Jerry and a driver and then taken around nearly all the major sights :Visit the Temple of Heaven, Tian'anmen Square ( drive around in the car)(as queuing inside taking extra time) Hutongs, Summer Palace including boat to , Ming Tombs at the Ding tomb and Sacred Way and then finishing with a Night tour at the Mutianyu Wall . ( 4 of 5 UNESCO heritage sights - only missed out Forbidden City as too long to queue )What an day ! Ok it was tough - plenty of walking and in 35+ degree heat, but plenty of water in the car - a lunch stop to suit our requirements ( fresh dumplings ! Top choice ) The finale was the evening tour on the Great Well at Mutianyu ( please don't go to Badaling - so disappointing and crowded compared to Mutianyu )
        Jerry was a delight - a real lovely human ! Friendly, knowledgeable, REALLY and I mean REALLY looks after his clients. So please book and make sure you ask for Jerry - Tom from the UK and Michael highly approve ❤️
        Written July 19, 2023
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        alohajamon
        3 contributions
        5.0 of 5 bubbles
        Aug 2018 • Family
        Our tour guide Sasha was fantastic and very informative. She thoroughly explained the culture and background of the Great Wall and the Ming Tombs. It gave us a better understanding of how and why they were built. Not only was the actual sightseeing absolutely incredible, the transportation and the lunch that were included in the package were all excellent. Our driver and Sasha were both very kind and caring. They did their absolute best to make sure that we were as comfortable as we can be, and they definitely achieved that. I vehemently recommend booking this tour and hopefully you can get Sasha as your tour guide for this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
        Catherine Lu, our tour operator, was very responsive and efficient during the process. It was very pleasant doing business with her.
        P.S. Sorry for the belated view. We just returned to the States after a long trip in Asia.
        Written August 31, 2018
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