This section of the Great Wall is probably the EASIEST I have been so far. I did Mutianyu just last October, ie about 8 months ago. There were lots of towers to climb. Here, I met only 1 and reached the top of the Great Wall for this section. But this is beautiful as it has the lake with it. You don't need any tour guide for this. The tour guides can't help you scale the Great Wall.

Uncrowded late March (tail end of the low season)we saw no more than 40 people enroute. It was impressive though restored. The dam was still iced over adding to the picturesque charm. Apparently the wild sections are no longer accessible due to the death of an American diplomat and his family 3 years ago (this is what local told us).

I’ve been to the other parts of the Great Wall; they have many more tourists and seem much more touristy than this section. This almost feels like Great Wall Light. It took 1.5 hours by private car to arrive at this section from downtown BJ, (7:30am – 9:05am on a Sunday) we spent about 1.5-2 hours exploring and walking the wall, taking photo’s and then headed back to the car through the little village. Bought drinks, fruit and some local snacks and headed back into the city. There were water activities and other things happening, but my friends just wanted to experience seeing the wall and walking on it. It was perfect. I preferred this section of the wall to the others I’ve been too.

Nope , you'll be tired at some point , if you'll. never stop along some rest spots , I'll tell you it's quite hard to climb this wall that was so long stretched

It was beautiful and even though we haven't been on another part of the wall, I can definitely say this is the most stunning part of the wall. The lake view is priceless and there are a lot of faculties around the wall at this place. Unfortunately the amusement park was closed due to winter and most part of the wall was also closed but at the summer time I am pretty sure it's the best. Especially for people with kids. You can also float on the lake in a boat.

Huanghuacheng Great wall is a wild section which is located near a lake and a reservoir, this part of the Wall is called Yellow Flower Fortress and is a good place for hiking.Huanghuacheng Section of the Great Wall is a resort with mountains, lakes and theancient Great Wall. There are very few people to be found here and I was able to spend 4 hours and not see another person on the wall. There is a lake and a crescent shaped reservoir nearby. And the lake breaks this sectionof the Great Wall into three segments naturally. Part of the wall is under water and becomes submerged at high tide. So the Huanghuacheng Great Wall is nicknamed "Water Great Wall".The scenery here is unique and will surprise you.

Highly recommend visiting the Great Wall. We did a tour that included a driver and tour guide transporting us to part of the Wall that’s easily accessible with a cable car. It had snowed the day before so we had a beautiful, clear sunny day but still very cold so luckily we dressed warm. The view was spectacular and the Wall history and construction unbelievable.

We visited the Great Wall of China and the Forbidden City. Our guide Coco was very kind but also very professional. We learned a lot of new information and saw beautiful places.We definitely recommend :)

Enjoyed this trip thoroughly. Thanks to May for picking us up at our hotel early in the morning and dropping us off at the airport in time for the flight. In between she showed us the great wall. Very thoughtful of her to pick up some fruit and water prior to picking us up. She was knowledgeable and very friendly, spoke good English and was pleasant to deal with. For someone who does not speak Mandarin I would recommend taking a guided tour rather than doing a solo trip. Will help tremendously. Loved it. Thanks May.

We had a fantastic time with our guide on The Great Wall. The weather was perfect and our guide was super knowledgeable about all facts and history of The Great Wall. His passion for The Great Wall was very clearly evident and made the excursion that much better. We threw tons of questions at him and he answered every one of them. He chose a very fun restaurant and tasty dishes for us to eat. The car was very clean and they provided water and bananas for us. He was very personable and we would highly recommend this tour.

Walking up the steps is pretty tricky because they were designed to slow down any invaders. The steps are intentionally set at different heights so you have to look down instead of upward. But once you get to the top the view will amaze you!!!

I can highly recommend Wild Great Wall for just about anything you want to book in Beijing. I did a couple of different solo bookings- one to Huanghuacheng where I hiked all morning, and one to a coupe of different sites in Beijing city. Both drivers, Sun and Cui, were absolutely wonderful. If/when back in China, I would not hesitate to book with them again because everything went very smoothly. One thing worth mentioning, my hotel was changed at the last minute the night before my first tour, and I emailed immediately, hoping that someone would see it even at night, to change my pickup point. Ricky responded quickly, as always, and changed it easily. You will have both very good communication upon making your reservations and can only imagine that your drivers wil be equally as wonderful. 5 stars.

We (party of 6 from the U.S. ranging in age from 27 to 66) would highly recommend May and the driver. Both were extremely friendly. May was informative and eager to please; her English was good. The driver consistently offered us assistance in exiting the van. The lunch was delicious and we had more than enough to eat. Thanks for an awesome experience and making our trip to Beijing so very memorable! (Some did feel rushed during our visit to the Summer Palace which was after we left the Great Wall.)

Mutianyu Great Wall Great service, I rent a private car 9 hours from downtown Beijing to Mutianyu. I booked 1 month before with Rick and it was great service from him. The driver also great, his name is Zhang Zhifei, he was on time picked me up from my hotel exactly on 6.30AM, he took me for breakfast on the way to Mutianyu. So it was a great experience for me with them. Thank you for the hospitality and definitely will coming again with my family. Regards Angga

We had a lovely day with 5h+ hiking along the Great Wall! Our guide David took tons of amazing photos for us. :)