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Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Hike: A 2025 Tour Review

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Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall Hike: A 2025 Tour Review So, you’ve probably seen pictures of the Great Wall of China, you know, the ones with perfect stone steps and crowds of people. I mean, that’s what we all see, right? This private day tour is, like, a totally different story. It’s for the person who wants to see the Wall with a little bit of its original, wild spirit still there. Actually, you start on a part of the wall that is pretty much untouched, a section called Jiankou, and you end up at the more familiar, restored Mutianyu. …

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Our Review: Beijing’s Slow-Paced Great Wall Private Tour 2025

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Our Review: Beijing’s Slow-Paced Great Wall Private Tour 2025 So, we all have this picture in our heads of the Great Wall of China, right? It’s absolutely massive, stretching over mountains as far as your eyes can see. In reality, that mental picture is often right next to another one: huge groups of people, all trying to get the same photograph. Honestly, the thought of being rushed along in a big crowd was something that almost put me off. But then, you know, we found out about this slow-paced private guided tour. The very idea of it felt different, kind …

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A Night on the Great Wall: A Review of the 2025 Private Mutianyu Tour

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A Night on the Great Wall: A Review of the 2025 Private Mutianyu Tour Okay, so most people think of the Great Wall of China as a daytime activity, right? You know, you picture sunny skies and maybe a few crowds. Honestly, that’s a pretty standard way to see it, and it’s amazing. But I was looking for something a little different, you know, something with a bit more magic. So, that’s what led me to the 2025 Private Mutianyu Great Wall Night Tour. It’s almost a completely different place after the sun goes down, as a matter of fact. …

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A Complete Review of the 2025 Jinshanling Great Wall Private Sunset Tour

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A Complete Review of the 2025 Jinshanling Great Wall Private Sunset Tour A Different Kind of Great Wall Experience: Why We Chose Jinshanling at Sunset You know, everyone who visits Beijing pretty much has the Great Wall at the top of their list. We were absolutely no different in that way. Still, we had heard stories, you know, about the huge crowds at the more famous spots like Badaling. To be honest, the idea of sharing such a monumental place with thousands of other people, shoulder-to-shoulder, was really not what we had in mind. So, we started looking for a …

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Jiankou Great Wall Hike: A 2025 Private Tour Review

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Jiankou Great Wall Hike: A 2025 Private Tour Review A Wall Experience That’s, You Know, Actually Wild So, you’ve probably seen pictures of the Great Wall, the ones with perfect stone steps and, like, huge crowds of people, right? Well, honestly, you can just forget all that, because Jiankou is really nothing like it. This part of the Wall is basically what people call “wild,” and what that means is it hasn’t been fixed up for tourists. As a matter of fact, the stones are crumbling in some spots, and little plants are sort of growing right out of the …

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