Simatai Great Wall ট্যুর

We had a wonderful day visiting the Great Wall, and Susie made the whole experience feel smooth and welcoming from start to finish. We were given clear information and took our time visiting. The village was beautiful, the food was delicious too. We left feeling relaxed and well looked after.

I had a very nice day today at the Great Wall! Angela gave me a lot of tips to avoid long queues, so I was able to visit the East and West side in one day, plus getting lunch afterwards! I feel like it is a very recommendable trip for everyone who wants to go to the Great Wall for one day, especially as a solo traveller! :)

Our trip was on 7th Oct and thankfully no crowd. Gubei water town is really beautiful and we walked through the town with canals, Yongshun Dye House, had a lot of food at the food street - fried radish cake was the best, spicy sour noodles, spicy lamb skewers, blindbox icecream. We also walked to the church at the hill top for a near sunset view of Gubei town. The main highlight was going to Simitai Great Wall twice, day and night. We bought separate cable car trips for both. For day, we took the difficult climb to Tower 8 and walked to Tower 11 and back to Tower 8. The views were magnificent you can also see the lake at Tower 9. For the night climb, we took the cable car at 6pm (after soaking our feet at the footbath too!) and walked to Tower 5 and 6 to enjoy the illuminated great wall and also a nice night view of Gubei Water Town. This is definitely a not to be missed day trip if you are visiting Beijing. Simitai is very steep at some parts so visiting Mutianyu first is good too.

এটি একটি দারুণ ভ্রমণ ছিল, জলের গ্রামটি খুব সুন্দর। আপনি অতিরিক্ত কিছু যোগ করতে পারেন যেমন মূল এলাকার ইটিং স্ট্রিটে নৌকা করে যাওয়া, শাটল, গ্রেট ওয়ালের জন্য রিটার্ন কেবল কার টিকিট। ঐচ্ছিক মধ্যাহ্নভোজন একটি হট পট। ওয়াল এবং গ্রাম উভয় স্থানেই খুব বেশি ভিড় ছিল না এবং বেশ শান্তিপূর্ণ ছিল। ওয়ালটি অন্যগুলোর মতো রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ করা হয়নি, তবে এর আসল অবস্থা দেখা ভালো। প্রতিটি পথে প্রায় ২ ঘন্টা সময় লাগে, তবে এটি সার্থক। গ্রেট ওয়াল সকালের সেশনের জন্য সন্ধ্যা ৫টা পর্যন্ত খোলা থাকে, তারপর সন্ধ্যা ৬টা থেকে রাতের সেশনের জন্য খোলা থাকে যেখানে একটি ছোট অংশ সুন্দরভাবে আলোকিত করা হয়। ভালো জুতো এবং সান প্রোটেকশন নিয়ে আসুন।

Our trip to China has been amazing so far, especially today visiting Mutianyu, Gubei, and Simatai with Jane! She’s so friendly and genuine, it honestly feels like hanging out with a friend rather than a guide. She was super patient, never rushed us, speaks great English, and made sure to snap plenty of photos so we’d have awesome memories. Very recommended!!

It was a very long and fulfilling day, from 8.30am meet up till drop off at 10.30pm. Our group of 20pax were mostly Europeans, 3 Japanese, 2 Taiwanese and us 2 Singaporeans. Very worth it as the views of these "wild" sections of great walls are really amazing, some parts on the wall have very steep steps and it was tough to walk, not recommended for elderly and kids. There are not many domestic tourists here as compared to Badaling or Mutianyu (which are more accessible). You have to do this once, while you still can! Memorable.

jimmy was the guide. he is knowledgeable and explained quite afair bit esp on the history of the wall. though dinner wasnt provided, he made an effect to arrange for dinner at e water city before we emarked on simatai section for sunset and night view of the great wall. the 2hrs drive was smooth. thank u Jimmy and driver.