Private Tour to Gubei Water Town and Simatai Great Wall with Cable Car and Lunch | 9 hours

5 Reviews | Beijing
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Private Tour
2 Adults x $438.00
$876.00
Approx Total
$876.00
Your guide and driver will pick you up from your hotel by holding your name sign.
Pickup included

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English
  • Private tour
  • Professional guide
  • Bottled water
  • Cable car round trip at the Great Wall
  • Lunch
  • Entrance fee
  • Transport by private vehicle
  • Gratuities

Overview

Join this private one day tour to visit the Simatai Great Wall and Gubei Water Town to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience! A visit to the less crowded and the best-preserved section—Simatai will accomplish your China Dream. While a walking tour to Gubei Water town will let you experience the beautiful water village without traveling all the way to southern China. Accompanied by your own private guide and private car, you'll relish personalized attention on your day tour of Beijing. Choose a departure time that works best for you. This private tour includes tour guide, entrance fees, Simatai Great Wall cable car ticket, lunch, private vehicle, and hotel pickup and drop-off.

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We pick you up from your hotel within the 4th ring road of Beijing city, please provide the hotel details when make booking. If your hotel is out of the 4th ring road of Beijing city, may have extra cost. ... Read more â–Ľ

Itinerary

  • Gubei Water Town

    Your friendly tour guide will come to pick you up in your hotel lobby at prearrange time. Hop aboard your air-conditioned vehicle and heading to Gubei Water Town directly. It takes about 2 hours drive. Your tour guide will explain the related history and stories about the Great Wall on the way. You will also enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery.  Upon arrival, accompanied by your tour guide, start your walking tour to discover the charms of the Gubei Water Town. Gubei Water Town is a replica of Wuzhen Water Town in the Southern China. There are 6 areas in Gubei Water Town including Old Barracks Area, Minguo Street Area, Water Street Area, Wonglong, and etc. You will find many interesting shops, tasty restaurants, and distinctive hotels there. 

    2 hours

  • Simatai Great Wall

    Your will enjoy a delicious local lunch in the village. Afterwards, you will be taken by a cable car to reach the top of the Simatai Great Wall. You will have some free time to hike around, enjoy the beautiful sceneries in the area ,and overlook the entire Gubei Water Town.  When you are ready to leave, you will take the cable car back to the main entrance. Distinct from other developed sections like Badaling, Juyongguan and Mutianyu, renovations at Simatai have focused only on essential reinforcement work. Its original appearance is still preserved to let you feel the truly historic atmosphere.  Simatai section was constructed under the supervision of Qi Jiguang, a famous general in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). It stretches 5.4 kilometers (3.4 miles), and is separated into eastern part and western part by Mandarin Duck Lake. Simatai has 34 beacon towers, they are relatively close to each other, with the average distance apart about 140 meters (460 feet).  Presently, only the eastern part from No. 1 Tower to No. 10 Tower has been restored and officially opened.  This fantastic tour will end by driving you back to your centrally located hotel in Beijing.

    1 hour

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Additional Info

  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Free Cancellation

June 11100% refund
June 12No refund

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Pleasant and great memorable tour!

Published on Nov, 2024

We had a great time visiting Simatai Great Wall and Gubei Water Town. We highly recommend this tour. We were really impressed with it. Our tour guide, Mr.Jason, was excellent and professional. He made our trip so splendid, and enjoyable. The tour began in the morning. Mr.Jason and the driver came to pick us up at the hotel. It took around 2 hours from Beijing to Simatai Great Wall, however the journey didn’t seem that far as we thought since Mr.Jason had entertained us with his excellent English. He told us all about the history of China. We also discussed about the people, economy, technology and etc. of China. Therefore, this made the 2 hours distance seemed so short for us. Moreover, the van was very comfortable, spacious, and super clean. It fitted our family of three people perfectly. The driver drove very smoothly. They also prepared the drinks for us in the van too. Once we arrived at Gubei Water Town, Mr.Jason actively guided us into the ancient old town. Since we went there in Autumn, late October, the weather was very nice. The trees were turning into yellow and red colors which made the water town really gorgeous. Mr.Jason was very kind offered taking a family photo for us. We were so happy that we had great family photos from this trip. He guided us around in the Gubei Water town. We had plenty of time to see Chinese craft, jade, silk and etc. He explained all the good stuffs along while we were visiting each store. We also try some dessert there, Tung Hu Lu, which made from Chinese fruit name “Sun-Jah”(Hawthorn) covered with the sticky sugar. And we had a chance to see Sun-Jah tree around the water town too. The Gubei water town was newly built with some old stone and structures from the past as Mr. Jason told us this information along the path we walked. After we had explored around the Water Town it was the time for the highlight of this tour! The time to see The Simatai Great Wall. Mr.Jason guided us to the Cable car to go up to the Great Wall. The view from the cable car was stunning. We were impressed with this panoramic view. The mountains were gigantic with the Great Wall above it. This scene were a great memory of this trip. Along the way up, Mr. Jason told us the myth and the history of the Great Wall. My son was impressed with it. Once the cable car took us up there, we needed to walk around 800 meters up to the Great Wall. The route was a bit steep. We needed to walk carefully. Personally. I think this route is not recommended for the old people with low mobility. But for younger people and healthy people it is highly recommended. It is adventurous and fun climbing up there. Once we arrived there, the view on the Great Wall was spectacular. Can’t explain how gorgeous it was. We were so glad that once in a lifetime we come to visit the Great Wall of China. It was so amazing to see and it hard to believe how the people could build such a gigantic wall like this in the past. We were really amazed. We had time to take photos there. Again Mr.Jason offered to take plenty of photos for us and he also explained deep history about the Great Wall of China. After we came down from the Great Wall, Mr.Jason took us out of the Gubei Water Town. The driver came to take us for late lunch-dinner. The restaurant was near Gubei Water town. It was like a farm to table restaurant, which we really liked it. The foods were very delicious and organic. We had chance to eat fresh vegetables directly from farms and homemade tofu. It was genuinely delicious. After that we headed back to Beijing. The driver still made a smoothly drive all the way back. We finally reached back to hotel safely. We said goodbye and thanked Mr.Jason and the driver for making this trip so much pleasant. It was one of the best memorable trips of our family. We really recommend this tour from Discover Beijing tour. They provide such a professional guide like Mr.Jason, excellent vehicle, and delicious food. Sutheera K. and family

The experience was very...

Published on Nov, 2024

The experience was very nice and the guide and the driver were professional and kind. The Great Wall at Simatai was very impressive.

Excellent tour guide for the wonders of the world

Published on Sep, 2023

Most memorable part was being able to go onto the least known part of the Great Wall. We were lucky that there were no one around and our guide, Lucy , was excellent in giving us information about Gubei and the history of China. Very friendly and informative.

Gubei Water Town & Simatai Great Wall - Love it!

Published on May, 2023

Gubei water town is beautiful and fascinating. Probably need more than a day to explore the place. The climb up the Simatai Great Wall was really the climax of our trip. The view from the top of the Wall tower was breathtaking. Susan is a very experienced and professional tour guide. She provided very useful information and guidance throughout the tour. My wife and I enjoyed the tour very much. Our driver King also did a very good job to provide us with a smooth, safe and comfortable ride to the destination and back to our hotel.

Great Wall tour

Published on May, 2019

One of my dreams was to see the Great Wall of China. My dreams came true plus more! Our tour guide jimmy felt like someone we knew for years! The lunch was very good. (More typical American Chinese food which was pleasant after guessing food for so many days) Every view was so beautiful. The water town is very beautiful and peaceful to just be in. The Wall was beautiful at night and absolutely breathtaking. The price of this tour made us wonder but after having the tour I came to find it was actually pretty cheap! Certainly worth the money! Thank you jimmy for everything !!

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