Mutianyu Great Wall - All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (2024)
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In 1368 AD, Mutianyu Great Wall was built by Xu Da who is the main general for Zhuyuanzhang in the Great Wall ruins of Northern Qi Dynasty. Linked to Gubeikou in the east and Juyongguan in the west,the section of the Great Wall is the military hub defensing of the capitalsince ancient times. There are several famous watchtowers such as Zhengguantai, Dajiaolou, Yingfeidaoyang,Jiankou and Beijingjie, which has profound historical and cultural values. Surrounded by the mountains, the Greening rate of the Great Wall reaches 98%, and its scenery is beautiful. Known for its gorgeous scenery, Mutianyu is one of the essence in the Great Wall of Ming Dynasty. Mutianyuhas the characteristics of the fresh air, sided embrasure, peculiar guards, intensive watchtowers, the strong feeling of three-dimensional and the existing of the inside and outside branch. The Closed Tram, Speed slide, the China dream stone sity, the Great Wall hotel, Yisonglou restaurant are constructed inthe tourist area, so its facilities and function are perfect.The tourist area was added to the national 5A scenic spot list by the National Tourism Administration of China in 2011. In June 28, 2014,the Mutianyu Great Wallintegrated tourism service area put into use. The integrated tourism service area, having service functions including a visitor center, the Great Wall Culture Exhibition Center, and catering and tourism souvenirs street,covers an area of 20 acres.In this way, Mutianyu Great Wall will provide a better travel experience for visitors.
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  • Michelle F
    Sao Paulo, SP9 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great experience!!
    Amazing end to end experience! Easy to find the meeting point (near to a subway station), great guide Michael who nicely shared interesting facts about the China wall and helped us throughout the day. We also bought the lunch with them (Mubus Family company), which was great toi.
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 5, 2023
  • Harry H
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very good
    It was a very convenient way to experience the great wall. From the shuttle bus to the ticketing process, everything was taken care of for me. Plus the tobogganing off the great wall was an unexpected surprise. Would definitely recommend.
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled solo
    Written May 8, 2023
  • Traveler25620868407
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Went with Mubus, trip went great!
    I booked with Mubus, who shuttled me from Beijing to Mutianyu, purchased tickets for me, and guided me through the whole process. They were very helpful and everything was reasonably priced. Mubus also has their own building in the village near the wall with a buffet lunch and snacks.
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled solo
    Written May 8, 2023
  • carmen r
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    One great day on the Great wall
    Good organisation of the trip, no delays, relevant information in advance and during the trip. The walk on the Great wall is an amazing experience, great nature, culture and history. Our guide, Claire, very nice, polite and good communicator in English.
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled as a couple
    Written May 22, 2023
  • Adriana R
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent experience
    The view is amazing! I still cannot believe I just walked though such a wonderful place. We booked a trip with Mubus and they were excellent! A special thanks to our tour girl Claire, she was amazing.
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written June 4, 2023
  • Raven L
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Ver good experience
    The view of this section is really good and beautiful. And not very crowded. We enjoy the “hiking” very much. Our tour guide, Mike, explained everything very clear and in details. Thank you for making our Great Wall experience perfectly.
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled with family
    Written June 5, 2023
  • Sherpa66707287051
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Amazing Experience will lots of cheap and free service
    The trips is amazing. Will recommend to use Mubus agents if you want to go they really give good service and alots of free and cheap items. Thank you to the tour guide name Fred to take care of use. Hope can repeat again this trip
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled with friends
    Written June 6, 2023
  • Manish P
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent Great Wall tour
    It was wonderful visit to Great Wall. We enjoyed the scenic beauty at highest point suggested by Mubus tour and they clearly marked all the specific points and points of attraction in the map. Our tour guide Claire did an excellent job of explaining and often checking we understand everything with her English language..
    Visited May 2023
    Traveled on business
    Written June 10, 2023
  • James F
    2 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Easy way to see the great wall.
    I am glad I went with MBUS. My tour guide, Jily, made everything easy. After booking, she communicated with me right away to make sure I knew where the meeting spot would be. During the trip she was very helpful. A few times, when making a purchase, my payment method would not go thru. Jily would make the purchase for me and have me pay her back. Over all it was a great experience. The bus was nice and air conditioned. The options such as the chairlift and toboggan were affordable. The Mutianyu section of the Great was not crowded at all.
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled solo
    Written June 10, 2023
  • Gabriele F
    Ancona, Italy16 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Simply wonderful
    Wonderful experience! I had my visit with Mubus; they are real professionals. Our guide Mike was very helpful with everything and explained to us the story about the Great Wall and its importance to China with passion and enthusiasm. I definitely recommend the visit and the tour with Mubus!
    Visited June 2023
    Traveled solo
    Written June 15, 2023
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Sillypiggys
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A must visit in Beijing and less crowded
Jan 2020 • Family
This is such a beautiful part of the Great Wall. Personally I feel it is more breathtaking than the Badaling section and less crowded. The facilities at Mutianyu is good too with many restaurants and clean public bathroom facilities throughout the attraction (always bring toilet paper). We hired a private car from drivers just outside of our hotel. The return charge from Beijing to Mutianyu was RMB700 (RMB18 toll road charge each way is not included). Once we reached the base of Mutianyu, the driver purchased the attraction tickets for us. The tickets included the shuttle bus ride to the next level, then a cable car and entry to the wall. For a family of 4 (2x students applies for the wall entry), all those tickets costed RMB680. The cable car ride is already RMB120 pp return, so if you are super fit, there’s a well paved track to the top of the wall. Even with the cable car, there is still a 300-400m of fairly steep uphill walk and steps. We left the hotel at 9:30am, got to the wall at 11:30am. Including a quick lunch Mutianyu before visiting the wall, we left at 2pm and returned to Beijing around 4pm. We went on Saturday in early January.
Written January 4, 2020
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Daniel C
Middlesbrough, UK164 contributions
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China's iconic sight
Jul 2019
To get here from Beijing you'll need to take a tour bus for several hours depending which part of the city you are travelling from since the traffic can be crazy in China and often is. Once the bus drops you off and you pay for your ticket to go through, you'll need to climb up a hill which takes about a half hour to get up, passing through trees and up wooden steps, hopefully you wont mind bugs flying into your ears. Once you reach the top of the hill you see the wall blocking your view, then you can go up some steps and you'll finally see a wall that seems to go on forever. It slides up and down the hills, like a snake almost as it twists and turns in both directions on and on; on a clear day you can see it stretch out, but be careful of when you visit because it can get unbearably hot in China, up to 40 degrees Celsius. You'll also need to make sure that you're visiting when few other people are because otherwise you'll be cramped in with hundreds of others beside you and barely able to move or enjoy the wall. You can run up and down the sloping wall, explore the small castles dotted along, see old cannons and behold northern China, aka Inner Mongolia and experience a piece of history. To get back down you don't need to walk, you can simply take a sled down a long slide for a fun 5 minutes back down to the bottom.
Written June 24, 2020
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Sarah Nossy
Dubai, United Arab Emirates698 contributions
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Toboggan down The Great Wall of China!
Jan 2020 • Family
This was by far the best part of the Great Wall to visit as it was practically empty! Zero crowds but very challenging walk. We walked for an hour and a half up and down the various sized stairs (including stops for photos) before reaching the cafe where you can opt to take a chair lift down or ride the toboggan! It’s super fun but make sure to allow time for the people in front to go down so you can ride at maximum speed. This was the highlight of my trip to China and I’d highly recommend using China Discovery for this tour.
Written January 11, 2020
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Kaymtravel7
Los Angeles, CA772 contributions
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Best section of the wall
Jun 2019 • Friends
We were told by several locals that this is the best section of the great wall, and we are so glad we visited it. We went on a perfect slightly sunny day in June, and it was not overly crowded with tourists at all, but actually quite peaceful. We asked the concierge of our hotel in Beijing to book us a driver for the day, which worked perfectly. He picked us up at our hotel, drove us to the great wall which was about an hour drive, and picked us up after spending about three hours, and drove us back to Beijing. We took the cable car up and down, as we were not into climbing that many steps, but there were people who did it and said it was great. The ski lift and toboggan on a different part of the wall also sounded fun and were highly recommended. Once at the top, we spent about an hour and a half hiking around the wall. We certainly could have spent longer if we had more time and energy, so plan your trip accordingly. The views were gorgeous and it was definitely an amazing bucket list adventure. It’s so fascinating how sticky rice was used in the mortar for the bricks. While this is not the closest section of the wall to Beijing, I think it’s worth the extra bit of driving as it is so scenic and definitely less crowded. Beware of the souvenir sellers at the bottom who will definitely try hard to sell you their goods, though it can be fun to bargain them down. It’s definitely advisable to use the bathrooms at the bottom of the wall, as there are noneonce you get up to a certain point. We bought our tickets at the wall and it was no problem. This is a must do if you are in the Beijing area.
Written January 19, 2020
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Shan_the_explorer
Pasig, Philippines1,048 contributions
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Awe-inspiring great wall
Dec 2019 • Couples
We availed the Mutianyu whole day tour package from klook, (round trip transportation from Beijing, entrance ticket, English speaking guide, round trip cable car and lunch).

It was a wonderful experience to be at such renown landmark. Great thing it was a very sunny day that we get to enjoy the view. We took our time to stroll to the 20th Wall of Mutianyu great Wall part and hike til way down to 8th wall.

The Mutianyu great Wall was not crowded at all. I highly recommend this part of Great wall to visit.
Written January 3, 2020
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Julia May Yong
London, UK133 contributions
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Highlight of our trip!
Dec 2019 • Couples
Do not go to Beijing without visiting The Great Wall! We were slightly anxious about visiting in December but whilst there was snow on the ground the sky was beautifully clear! Layered clothing defiantly the answer. We took two public busses to get there because we missed the shuttle bus which leaves daily AT 8am not FROM 8am as the information we’d seen had suggested. If you’d going to take a public bus, have the destination written down in Chinese!
We walked half an hour up to the wall, about two hours along it and then about 20 minutes back down. There’s a cable car and toboggan option down but I’m not sure it’s worth it, we got down faster walking!
If you can keep walking along the top after the crowds have petered out, it’s steep but I promise it is totally worth it! Take a snack and if it’s winter, a flask of something warm! Enjoy it! You’ll remember it forever!
Written January 6, 2020
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fairlady75
Milwaukee, WI420 contributions
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It was AMAZING!!
Jun 2019
Oh my gosh, were do I began, the entire experience was amazing! My sister and I were traveling to Hong Kong in April of 2019 and wanted to visit the Great Wall while in China. I don't recommend doing what we did, but thank God that it worked out really well for us. We didn't have much time in Beijing, so once we obtained our 144 hours transit visa, we waited around the airport until 7am and by the doors of PEK airport there were people soliciting rides to the wall.

The ride to the wall was less than 1.5 hours and once we got there the taxi driver parked in the parking structure and we were able to purchase our tickets from inside. We had the option to purchase the cable car ride along with the ticket, which we did. My sister purchased the tickets and I'm thinking it's because they didn't accept credit cards, so be mindful of that and make sure, before getting there. There was an ATM there in the lobby though. My only complaint with the ticket purchase was that we paid extra for our ticket as it had like a postcard attached to it and we didn't understand the addition in fee when they sold it to us, so if you're not interested in the expensive post card, then make sure to get the cheaper ticket.
Once we got our tickets, we then walked and waited no more than 15 minutes for the free shuttle bus that takes you up to the entrance, that is full of freaking wide stairs! Anywho, once you make it up there we went on the scariest cable car up into the freaking trees to the wall! Okay it was a really nice and new cable car with an excellent and safe set up, I'm just terrified of heights thus was NOT ideal for me, but I mustered through with hands over my face and a few tears shed, but once we got there I was like a kid at Disneyworld! I was in total awe, it was amazing! Many of the stairs are very steep to go up to the watch tower portions, but it's worth conquering the fears that you may have! I'm soo thankful that we went. Oh we went in early April and I was freezing! The sun was out, but I was super cold. I had on thick athletic leggings, long sleeve tee-shirt, hooded sweater, and gloves and my sister had to give me her coat! But again it was worth it!

Upon your departure there's places to buy food, nothing too desirable, but if you're starving, it would serve it's purpose. There's also tons of shops where you can purchase items and souvenirs.
Written May 1, 2020
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Abigail S
Murray, KY11 contributions
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Must See section of the Great Wall
Jan 2020 • Friends
This is my third time touring Mutianyu and I took my mom and friend here since they were visiting China. We took the ski lift up and the view was great. The mountains we covered in snow which made the experience so cool. We took the tobaggan slide down and it was so fun!
Shops around the wall are bargain/barter friendly and accept USD.
However do NOT take pictures with the men dressed in traditional chinese dress with swords. They put a sword in my hand for me to pose for a photo and then demanded ¥40 from me. Kind of took away from the experience.
Written January 15, 2020
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Mike A
Washington DC, DC377 contributions
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Fun Day Trip from Beijing
Jan 2020
A visit to Mutianyu in the winter is special - especially after a snow storm. I've been to Mutianyu twice (November 2014 and January 2020). Both times were ideal as the crowds were not as crazy as what you hear it can be during the spring/summer months. While the January visit was COLD, it was still beautiful to walk around and take some great photos. The cable car ticket for 120 Yuan was worth the price for the round trip. After a few hours of exploring the Great Wall, you'll want to take the cable car quickly back to the staging area if you're visiting in January. One of these days I'll walk back down or take the slide rail. There are some dining areas that are decent prices, but the souvenir shops were over priced. I enjoyed my tour group as it gave us 4 full hours to explore the Great Wall and down time at the end. The trip was about 60-90 minutes from Beijing depending on traffic. Overall, this has always been my favorite day activity while visiting Beijing.
Written February 3, 2020
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EvelynF1gueroa
Mexico City, Mexico74 contributions
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A Must
Oct 2020 • Couples
No trip to Beijing would be complete without a Great Wall tour. We came to this point because I’m pregnant and we wanted to take the cable car and not walking too much. We were lucky because wasn’t too crowded and the weather was nice however we had to wait in lines quite long time and there are some points overcrowded, it’s very difficult to walk or even move. In general I would recommend to come early and to choose an specific day to really enjoy or being able to take nice pictures!
Written October 8, 2020
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