Excursie de o zi în Gubei Water Town, Beijing

Ian 가이드와 함께한 여행이 알차고 재미있었어요. 노동절연휴라서 버스 한차 꽉 채웠고 한국인 그룹도 많았어요. 영어,중국어로 설명해주셔서 듣기시험모드로 집중해서 역사공부를 했네요. 베이징 오시면 꼭 고북수진 투어하세요. 진짜 어마어마하게 넓고 특색있고 가는 곳마다 사진 찍을 장소예요. 케이블 타고 올라간 만리장성도 너무 거대해서 놀랐어요. 노동절연휴라 사람들 뒷머리만 보고 올까 무서웠는데 비가 오고 추워서 그런지 진짜 사람이 없어서 오히려 좋았습니다. 한국어가이드가 아니어도 충분히 즐길수 있는 장소예요.

Christina is a very detailed and helpful guide. she explains everything in both English and Mandarin with clear instructions and even went to each families to check on their preferences on the itinerary. she also shared valuable knowledge on China history. All in all, trip is well excuted and planned with minimal delays on logistics. we are blessed to have Christina as our guide. Highly recommended

Roberta, the tour guide was very knowledgeable. she’s very helpful and pleasant to communicate with. Since we already toured the Great Wall in Mutianyu, on this package we chose to get the Hotsprings to relax our body after yesterday’s hike.Plenty of time to explore the Water Town during the day and in the evening the park will Lights Up at 5:30pm! Amazing 10 minute Fountain Show that would end up the tour. I highly recommend this tour.

We had hiccup at Guomao subway station to find the F exit gathering point. Ended up we took DiDi to catch up at another meet up point. It was a free and easy tour once we reached Gubei Town. We strolled around the town, climbed up Gubei Church to see sunset and hike Simitai Great Wall in the evening. The view was spectacular. It ended with drone presentation.

100% recommended. the guide will explain in both english and mandarin. the price does not include the boat from the entrance to the other side of the town for RMB 120, one way only. also, if you want to use cablecar to the great wall post 7, need to pay for the RMB 150, round trip, i advise you to buy this because the view from post 5-8 are truly great wall. although you can also walk or hike from the town to the post 2, then hiking, truly hiking to at least post 5 then go down again. just get the cablecar, its worth it. the guide will also sell water before drop off, if you are not bringing enough water especially when you are going to hike, buy it, the water in the town is truly double the price.

建議直接買「水鎮門票+導遊+市區古鎮往返用車+日遊長城+往返纜車」，當初有買夜遊長城，但到了當天導遊才告知，夜遊長城開放時間6:00，7:30就要全體集合看無人機表演，所以就算搭纜車上去長城，遊覽時間也不夠，除了這個意外之外，導遊很棒，知道我們買夜遊長城的行程，也積極幫我們和第三方協調處理。如果有年長者，長城真的要買往返纜車，可以省比較多時間，也比較不累。古鎮跟司馬台長城真的很值得來一趟，是我整趟北京之旅，最喜歡的地方，但其實一天就夠了，如果時間有限的人，不用住到一晚，當天來回也是可以的

Highly recommended if you want to see the original Great Wall. Do note that the sides of the walkway is really low (lower than knee height) so stay safe ✌️

Laid back tourist destination, I'm glad I booked this tour in short notice. However this package does nit include simatai entrance. you might consider adding it in the future!

Was a nice day trip but felt that we didn't have enough time to spend at the water town. By the time we started lunch it was around 1pm and by the time we finished, it was almost 3pm. Would have been better if we started the day earlier than 9.30am, although we are grateful not having to wake up too early haha quite conflicted. It was pretty cold while we waited for the sun to set on the top of the tower (it was early April when we were there). Also a rush up and down as we wanted to catch the water show. Didn't manage to wait till the end of the show and had to take the shuttle back to the square to catch our bus back. Note that the shuttle bus is a separate cost, children and adults alike 10 yuan each. Also, the hot pot lunch is excluded but you can buy on the bus at 80yuan/pax (the photo shows the meal for 2 adults, so 160 yuan). There's also an add on for (half) boat ride (to the middle of town) is 80yuan/adult and 40yuan/child but our guide refunded us as there was a queue.

To avoid commuting to Gubei and Simatai Great Wall, we took this tours so everything will go smoothly and it did. Despite the fact that there was no pick up from our lication directly, it was easy to look for the meeting point. The tour guide Lulu was friendly and spoke understandable English. She guided us well and informed us of things we need to do to maximize our trip. The tour has an optional hotpot meal you can avail when Lulu opens about it during the bus ride to Gubei Town. The experience was good and we had a great, fun time.