Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Day Tour
After morning pickup at your hotel in Beijing, travel in an air-conditioned private vehicle to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, a journey that takes about 1.5 hours. The Mutianyu section is less crowded than other parts of the Great Wall of China. Ride a cable car up to the top of this World Heritage Site, get great photo ops, and have the option to take a toboggan back down. Take a break for lunch in a local restaurant, then continue to the Summer Palace, located about one hour away. The Summer Palace features many beautiful pavilions, temples, ornate bridges, and a huge lake. Your guide points out highlights such as the Long Corridor, Seventeen Arches Bridge, Qingyan Stone Boat, Kunming Lake, and Longevity Hill. When booking, you can choose the all-inclusive option, which covers your private guide and driver, lunch, entrance fees, and tickets for the cable car and toboggan at the Great Wall, or simply book your private guide and driver only. Your tour ends in the late afternoon with drop-off at your hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall and Summer Palace
- ✓Includes entrance fees, cable car or toboggan, and lunch
- ✓Gain more from your visit with commentary from your local guide
- ✓Relax with hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off in Beijing
What you'll see & do
- ✓In the morning, your professionally English-speaking tour guide and driver with an air-conditioned vehicle will pick you up. You may choose pickup service at your hotel lobby, or opt to meet us at our designated meeting point. We will first head to Mutianyu Great Wall, a 1.5-hour drive away. Mutianyu is a quieter, more remote section of the Great Wall around Beijing with far fewer crowds. This segment is famed for its stunning natural scenery: lush forests and verdant grasslands that shift colours with every passing season. The wall snakes more than 1,000 meters along mountain ridges, before making a sharp turn and descending steeply down the hillside. You will have roughly two hours of free time to explore the Great Wall. The uphill hike takes around 30 minutes on foot. Alternatively, you may take the chairlift up; a thrilling luge slide down the mountain is also available on your way back.
- ✓After a delicious lunch at a local restaurant, we will proceed to the Summer Palace, which is a little over one hour’s drive from Mutianyu Great Wall. The Summer Palace served as an imperial royal garden in ancient times. It boasts countless elegant pavilions, grand mansions, sacred temples, delicate bridges, vast lakes and winding covered corridors. The iconic Long Corridor, stretching alongside the water, holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s longest painted corridor. You will also visit well-known landmarks including the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Marble Boat, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. Once the sightseeing concludes, our driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
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What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓Transportation by air-conditioned vehicles
- ✓Professional guide
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓Lunch (only included for all‑inclusive private tour option)
- ✓Chairlift up+ down ticket or slide down Tower #6 /or Cable car up+ down ticket Tower #14
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Lunch not included for group tour
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Toboggan unavailable for guests over 60, pregnant women and children under 3, as well as in bad weather or long queues. Round-trip chairlift/cable car available instead.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable shoes
This experience is weather-dependent. If canceled due to severe weather conditions, you may choose an alternative travel date or tour, or receive a full refund.
Not recommended for travelers with back problems or heart problems.
You will be picked up at the city center hotel lobby.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.
Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall and Summer Palace Private Day Tour
After morning pickup at your hotel in Beijing, travel in an air-conditioned private vehicle to the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall, a journey that takes about 1.5 hours. The Mutianyu section is less crowded than other parts of the Great Wall of China. Ride a cable car up to the top of this World Heritage Site, get great photo ops, and have the option to take a toboggan back down. Take a break for lunch in a local restaurant, then continue to the Summer Palace, located about one hour away. The Summer Palace features many beautiful pavilions, temples, ornate bridges, and a huge lake. Your guide points out highlights such as the Long Corridor, Seventeen Arches Bridge, Qingyan Stone Boat, Kunming Lake, and Longevity Hill. When booking, you can choose the all-inclusive option, which covers your private guide and driver, lunch, entrance fees, and tickets for the cable car and toboggan at the Great Wall, or simply book your private guide and driver only. Your tour ends in the late afternoon with drop-off at your hotel.
Highlights
- ✓Visit the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall and Summer Palace
- ✓Includes entrance fees, cable car or toboggan, and lunch
- ✓Gain more from your visit with commentary from your local guide
- ✓Relax with hassle-free hotel pickup and drop-off in Beijing
What you'll see & do
- ✓In the morning, your professionally English-speaking tour guide and driver with an air-conditioned vehicle will pick you up. You may choose pickup service at your hotel lobby, or opt to meet us at our designated meeting point. We will first head to Mutianyu Great Wall, a 1.5-hour drive away. Mutianyu is a quieter, more remote section of the Great Wall around Beijing with far fewer crowds. This segment is famed for its stunning natural scenery: lush forests and verdant grasslands that shift colours with every passing season. The wall snakes more than 1,000 meters along mountain ridges, before making a sharp turn and descending steeply down the hillside. You will have roughly two hours of free time to explore the Great Wall. The uphill hike takes around 30 minutes on foot. Alternatively, you may take the chairlift up; a thrilling luge slide down the mountain is also available on your way back.
- ✓After a delicious lunch at a local restaurant, we will proceed to the Summer Palace, which is a little over one hour’s drive from Mutianyu Great Wall. The Summer Palace served as an imperial royal garden in ancient times. It boasts countless elegant pavilions, grand mansions, sacred temples, delicate bridges, vast lakes and winding covered corridors. The iconic Long Corridor, stretching alongside the water, holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s longest painted corridor. You will also visit well-known landmarks including the Seventeen-Arch Bridge, Marble Boat, Kunming Lake and Longevity Hill. Once the sightseeing concludes, our driver will transfer you back to your hotel.
- ✓visit
- ✓visit
- ✓visit
What's included
- ✓Hotel pickup and drop-off
- ✓Transportation by air-conditioned vehicles
- ✓Professional guide
- ✓Bottled water
- ✓Lunch (only included for all‑inclusive private tour option)
- ✓Chairlift up+ down ticket or slide down Tower #6 /or Cable car up+ down ticket Tower #14
What's not included
- ✓Gratuities
- ✓Lunch not included for group tour
Good to know
Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Toboggan unavailable for guests over 60, pregnant women and children under 3, as well as in bad weather or long queues. Round-trip chairlift/cable car available instead.
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Please wear comfortable shoes
This experience is weather-dependent. If canceled due to severe weather conditions, you may choose an alternative travel date or tour, or receive a full refund.
Not recommended for travelers with back problems or heart problems.
You will be picked up at the city center hotel lobby.
Cancellation policy
- •A full refund will apply if you cancel more than 24 hours before the activity start time.
- •No refund is possible if you cancel less than 24 hours before the activity start time.