Jiankou to Huanghuacheng Great Wall Camping (2 days)

Itinerary

Day 1: Wild Jiankou Great Wall Hiking and Camping

Stop At: The Great wall of Jiankou-The Great Wall Alternative, Beijing China
From our meeting point (Lama Temple subway station), we drive for about 2 hours till we reach on the picturesque Dazhenyu village. Before we start this Great Wall trek, we enjoy a good farmhouse lunch in a yard surrounded by chestnuts and with a view on the Jiankou Great Wall. Todays trail is 8-km with a total ascend of 600 meters, so you need a fair bit of energy to make it to the top.

The start of the Jiankou Great Wall hike is imediately beautiful. Just 100 meters away from the Echoing Lake, the Great Wall drops down into WangQuan valley and climbs back out almost vertical.

We follow an uphill trail trough the bush for about 1 hour until we reach the Great Wall at the second beacon tower. During the first part of this hike, we will ascend about 500 meters. Once we arrive on the Great Wall, our uphill hiking is mostly done.

As the hike continues on top of the Great Wall, we enjoy fantastic views of famous Great Wall sections known as “The Wall Bow”, “Arrow Nock” and the “Beijing Knot”. We pass 7 beacon towers on this Jiankou Great Wall hike. The best-preserved ones are called the 5-eye watchtower and the Jade tower.

We pitch our tents in front of the 6th tower and have a very nice warm home cooked meal served buffet still on top of the Great Wall. At night, a small campfire will keep us warm while we watch the stars.
Duration: 16 hours

Meals included:
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: Camping on the Jiankou Great Wall

Day 2: Wild Jiankou and Huanghuacheng Great Wall Hike

Stop At: The Great wall of Jiankou-The Great Wall Alternative, Beijing China
We pack our tents and leave this beautiful place without a trace. We hike down the mountain on an easy trail for about 1 hour and go for a strong farmhouse breakfast.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Water Great Wall at Huanghuacheng, Huanghuacheng Village, Jiuduhe Town, Huairou District, Beijing 101404 China
We drive 40 minutes to Huanghuacheng Great wall and start with a 30 minute easy hike till we the reach Huanghuacheng Great Wall at this lowest.

A 1 hour uphill hike on the wall will bring us to a very well preserved and impressive section of the Huangcheng Great Wall. From here you can see the whole picture of the west and east Huanghuacheng Great wall , and Huanghuacheng Lake.

The west part of Huanghuacheng Great Wall itself is quit unique as it doesn’t have any of the famous big stairs so hiking up the steeper parts of Huanghuacheng Great Wall can be a bit tricky. The Great Wall is very well restored and the patch nicely paved so you will not have to much trouble.

We hike on top of the west Huanghuacheng wall for about 1.5-hours till the Huanghuacheng Great Wall drops in into Lake. We cross the lake and go for a late but good lunch. The celebration beers are on us

By 4 pm we will be back in at our Beijing meeting point.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
No accommodation included on this day.