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Home / Historian-led Great Wall Tour / Historian-led Great Wall Tour

Historian-led Great Wall Tour

Want to see the Great Wall at its rugged, jaw-dropping best? You’re going to have to go with someone who really knows what they’re doing, then! That’s where we come in, giving you the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this incredible monument with the World’s foremost Great Wall historian. You’ll set off early in the morning to reach his remote farmhouse two hours outside of Beijing, which serves as a base for spectacular hikes along a totally unrestored, wild section of the Wall. But your reward? Some of the most epic Great Wall views imaginable without another tourist in sight, and a hearty, home-cooked dumpling lunch back at the farmhouse afterward.

As you trek, your historian will bring to life the sheer scale of the Wall, the human effort that went into it and even helps you uncover on-site clues that offer a fascinating insight into its creation. Heck, we’re practically inviting you to become Indiana Jones for the day…

This is an specialist-led tour. Looking for a local Chinese Tour Guide to bring the Great Wall to life for less? Check them out here (or see our Ultimate Beijing One Day Tour to combine the Great Wall and Forbidden City in one day)

Learn about the Expert

Bespoke Beijing’s Great Wall Expert is a British historian, author and TV personality regarded as the world’s leading educator in Great Wall Studies. In 1987 he trekked 2,470km along the ruins of the Great Wall, and in 2001 he founded the activist group International Friends of the Great Wall. He has written several books on the subject, published by Harvard and Oxford University Press, and in April 2011 was followed in the National Geographic Documentary ‘Great Expeditions’.

11,000RMB for private groups of up to 8 people (price is the same, regardless of whether you are 1 or 8 people)
Approx. 8 hours
Expert-led tour
Suitable for kids

Not included:

  • Transportation (vehicle pricing varies, according to your group size)
What to Bring: A body fit enough for a fairly steep and a head for heights. Oh, and hiking boots/proper shoes, obvs!
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必思博( 北京)旅行社有限公司, 北京市朝阳区金桐西路
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Tel: (+86) 151 0167 9082

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