Tour Type: Small Group Tour Departure: Daily Tour Duration: 8 hours Attractions and Activities: Mutiyuan Great Wall, Changling (Ming Tombs) Serivce Includes: Hotel pick-up/drop-off, English speaking guide, Entrance fee, Chinese lunch

Price from: USD40/person USD35/person

Tour Itinerary

Pick up travelers from hotel on departure time between 7:00am and 8:00am, and then drive to the Ming Tombs (Changling)-Changling is the tomb of Emperor Zhudi, known as Yongle (1360-1420), and his empress Xushi. Yongle was the third emperor of the Ming dynasty. Construction of his tomb began in 1409 and was completed in 1427. It is the largest of the Ming tombs among the 13 mausoleums in the vicinity of Tianshou mountain. The tomb is notable for its well preserved Ling'en hall (the Hall of Eminent Favor), made of a rare type of hardwood known as Phoebe nanmu.

End the visit of Ming Tombs at about 11:00, before having Chinese traditional lunch (11:30), travelers have 45 minutes to have a short visit of Jade Carving Factory. The jade carving is very famous special local product, it was not only the excellent skill on carving, but also mixes many Chinese traditional cultures in the jade carving.

After having lunch, then driving to Mutianyu Great Wall. Mutianyu Great Wall is known for its beautiful surroundings - dense woods and rich pastures changing colors with the seasons of a year. Mutianyu Great Wall is located in Huai Rou County on the north-east of Beijing. This section of the Great Wall is about 75 KM from the center of Beijing. As one of the best-preserved parts of the Great Wall, Mutianyu section of Great Wall used to serve as the northern barrier defending the capital and the imperial tombs. If you want to reach the highest point, cable car is a good choice (optional).

You are returned to the downtown Beijing, you will have a chance to enjoy the Chinese traditional Tea Ceremony. After the tour, transferred back to your hotels around  6:00pm.

Tour Tips:

• Wear casually and pay attention to the climate in Beijing;
• Pick you up from the hotel and drive back to the hotel;
• Full day tour from 8:00am to 6:00pm

Tour Feature

1. Only English-speaking travelers in the coach;
2. Well- trained English Speaking tour guide;
3. Keep about ten travelers in each 22-seats air-conditioned coach.

Tour Note

1. The tour group would offer free pick up from hotels within the 3rd ring road in Beijing;
2. For those who stay at an apartment block in Beijing, please find a nearest hotel as your pickup point;
3. For those who stat at a hutong hotel in a narrow lane, please walk a few steps and wait for our bus on a main street;
4. For those who stay at hotels beyond the 3rd ring road in Beijing, please contact us for the pick up detailes;
5. On the night before your tour date you will get a call or message from your tour guide to fix up your next morning's pickup time which is normally set around 7:00am;
6. Our pick-up service starts from the hotels in the southern Beijing to the hotels in the northern Beijing. If you stay in the south of Beijing, please have patience in waiting for all the participants to be on the seat-in coach before starting your group tour; 

Tour Price (US$ per person)

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Price Includes

• Chinese Lunch  
• Round trip transfer to your hotel  
• Air-conditioned Coach
• Entrance Tickets  
• Professional English-speaking tour guide
• Two pre-arranged shopping stops

Price Excludes

• Gratuities, Tips to Guides and Drivers
• Cable car cost over the Great Wall
• Travel Insurance

Traveler Reviews

5.0

NigelS1040

5.0

Our tour was very good. We were so pleased to be at the Great Wall at an early time because there was almost no-one else there (8:30-9:00). An hour later and it was full of people. Our photos looked like they were from National Geographic! This was the highlight for us of the day. An amazing experience. Truly wonderful. 

The Jade Factory was very interesting, with a lovely lunch. I would have liked to have lunch with our tour guide to talk more about China, Beijing and the people. Our lady guide at the factory was very nice. Very kind, friendly and knowledgeable. We weren’t hassled to buy and staff left us to look around and answered any questions about the grade of things we looked at.

The Tea House was also interesting but I felt the lady giving the demonstration was trying too hard to sell tea and products. I said no to her several times and yet she persisted. We did buy some things, but she kept pushing to buy something else too. 

The quick stop off at the Birds Nest stadium was a surprise and an inspired decision! Again, a fabulous building and great to see. 

Finally, the Summer Palace. We walked the corridor and I had a lovely conversation with our guide. I would have liked perhaps a further 30 minutes there, but I understand time is tight in just a single day and besides, the Birds Nest was a modern surprise worth seeing. 

Our guide was knowledgeable about the things he showed us, his English was very good (I heard others who were difficult to understand) and he was very patient. I would have liked to exchanged telephone numbers to WhatsApp with him to exchange information about China and our different ways of living, but I don’t know if that would be allowed so I didn’t ask.

I would highly recommend tours with this company and we hope to come back to China for a longer visit, so will certainly book again!

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lisbecitatm

5.0

The tour was great, the company is very responsible, tour guides are fun and they know all the history of the places we visited. Nice mini buses with A/C, food was delicious. Definitely I'll say that it's worthy to take tours with these friends!!! Lisbeth ~ Venezuela

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Piotr S

5.0

We had a wonderful tour with our guide David. He took us to the Great Wall, tombs and later on, to the tea ceremony! I highly recommend this company! Worth last penny! Thank you David

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 Norge N

5.0

We had three marvellous days where we were picked up at our hotel right on time every morning. The sights were spectacular, the guides well educated and pleasant and the bus tour convenient. All in all great value tours highly recommended. Thank you for fantastic memories from wonderful Beijing and the Great Wall!

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daljitsingh143

5.0

It’s was amazing experience. The service was very good . Everything according to time . Also my tour guide Tania . She is amazing person . Way of rakh is very polite. I am give them 5 stars . In future I come back again...

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  Cindy E

5.0

I booked the Mutianyu Bus Tour for 12 USD because it is cheaper and has only one side trip (Jade Factory). Our tour was on Oct. 30, 2018. We were picked up from our hostel at exactly 7 am and reached the Mutianyu early in the morning. As they advertised, there are no forced shopping when we were in Jade Factory. There are no hidden charges. We paid exactly 80 CNY per person in cash and nothing more. I'm happy because the mutianyu wall is not very crowded during that morning. We were able to sight see for 4 hours and went back to our meeting place by 1 pm. Since we did not book a free lunch tour, we just bring with us snacks and eat at the Great Wall. We were able to return to our hostel safely by 2 pm and we rested afterwards.
Honestly, I don't think they even profited from us. The great wall ticket already costs around 5.8 USD. The remaining 6 USD barely pays for the gas, driver and the tour guide. I hope many people can know this tour that is cheaper, legit and worth the price. I recommend this agency to anyone who's looking for a cheaper price and good service.

You can also check my detailed review here in this forum: https://www.tripadvisor.com.ph/ShowTopic-g294212-i2147-k8572306-o10-Has_anyone_used_travelbeijingtour_com-Beijing.html#96044248   It's the 13th one.

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  Anita M

5.0

Travel Beijing Tour (Mr. Meng) was very prompt in replying to my queries and saw to it that we have a memorable trip in Beijing and Shanghai. We saw most of the important destinations of Beijing as we took a 3 day tour with Travel Beijing in Nov'18. Also, took a day of Shanghai tour with them as well. The rates were very reasonable and the Best part was that lunch and tour passes were included. The Bus drivers and the tour guides were so prompt (never late) and extremely helpful. Our Heartfelt Thanks and Best Wishes to our tour guides Yoyo and Jackson. Both of them were so patient, polite, and knowledgeable. They were always eager to answer all our questions with great enthusiasm and smile. Jackson went out of his way to help us buy tickets and board the train in the subway station and guided us so well so that we reach Xi'an safely. Yoyo also stopped by the reception of our hotel and requested them to book a safe cab for us to go to the airport next day. Me and my family will always be immensely grateful to Travel Beijing Tour for the amazing and memorable trip of Beijing and Shanghai. Will surely refer travelbeijingtour.com to all my family and friends. Again our special thanks and good wishes to Mr. Meng, Yoyo and Jackson (and of course the expert drivers who drove us safely around).

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