Private 2-day Chengde City Tour from Beijing

Start the tour from your hotel at 8:00am, 2.5 hours or more drive to the Jinshanling by highway, then hike from west side Jinshanling Great Wall to the east side of Jinshanling section. The hike is about 5 km and takes about 3 - 4 hours. you have to be really physically in good conditions. Through the whole journey, you come across many watch towers and barrier towers. See the difference between the renovated section and wild section. While you can see the Simatai section from distance and due to the Simatai section has blocked from Jinshanling wall and you can't hike to the Simatai section. If you are not good at hiking, you also can just walk on the wall enter and out of the same entrance to make at the tour shorter at 2 - 2.5 hours.

You can choose to stay at the hostel nearby Jinshanling or over night in Chengde this day. Please check and book the hotel by your own arrangement.

Chengde is a neighbor city of Beijing, has been a favorite place as a royal summer retreat. you can explore the one of the famous summer resort in China, that is much bigger than Forbidden City. Constructed between 1703 and 1792 during the Qing Dynasty, the Mountain Resort was the exclusive place where the emperors and royal members spent summer. It is regarded as one of China's four famous gardens, and the other three are Summer Palace in Beijing, Humble Administrator's Garden and Lingering Garden in Suzhou. 

The western and northern parts of the Summer Resort are the mountain area which commands a beautiful view of layer upon layer of green hills. You can enjoy the natural scenery with fresh air.

You also have a chance to visit the Little Potala Palace next that is also a Buddhist temple complex with Tibetan Style.

After lunch, visiting Puning Temple that is one of the famous Eight Outer Temples in Chengde. There is a large wooden Buddhist statue with thousands of hands and eyes in the main hall that is one of the famous large-scale wood-carved Buddha statues in China. So it's worth to take a look.

Transfer back to your hotel in Beijing to finish the entire trip.