Peking-Tagestour im Bus: Chinesische Mauer bei Mutianyu und Ming-Gräber

The actual company behind the same exact tour is offered on multiple online sites for $28-$34, but was $50 on Viator. So don't be like me who booked through Viator and paid too much. The tour itself was very good. Our tour guides name was White and he spoke English with clear pronunciation. Know that there is an extra (required) 120 RMB cost ($17) charge for the cable car, which is sometime included by other companies booking the same tour. The shopping stops (Jade and Tea tasting) are actually interesting, and are not high-pressure, but help subsidize the cost of the trip. The lunch was plentiful and decent, although little meat (was the quality to be expect for mass delivered tour lunch). The Ming Changling Tomb is only so-so but you actually go into the building that you can not go in at the Forbidden city, but not sure is really worth the extra time.

The guide spoke almost no English. A lot of bla bla about the shopping spots and next to zero explanation for the Great Wall. The guide didn't care for his group, almost lost sbd. We spent more time on the road driving to distant shopping outlets that on historic locations, This tour just steels your time and money.

Overall this tour was very enjoyable. Our guide Vik was very friendly and gave us lots of information. Being on the wall was incredible and we got an hour and half up there even thou the weather wasn't great the mist made it look quite cool and gave it a bit of a Game of Thrones feel. The rain did however make it quite slippy which our guide did warn us about multiple times for our safety. When you initially walk on to the wall in is very busy, but walk a small bit away from there and it is not crowded at all. I felt like we were rushed through the tombs a bit and they weren't as good as I hoped they'd be, which was a shame. I could have done without the stop at the Jade shop, I wanted to see more culture not shop, however the tea place was enjoyable during the demonstration but the sales people were too pushy after. I would suggest a tour company should start to offer these tours without the shop stops as judging by the reviews very few people seemed bothered! Overall though I would recommend this tour it was a great day out seeing a great wonder of the world!

The programme for this tour appeared to be fairly standard - Jade factory, Ming Tombs, followed by lunch, then the Great Wall of China and then a visit to a team shop. It appeared during the jade factory visit that our tour guide failed to get the necessary approvals for the trip, resulting in us waiting in the car parking lot of the jade factory for about half an hour. He was also unaware that there were some tickets to be purchased before the great wall of china, so we had to drop him off, and the bus had to go through a roundabout a few times whilst we waited for him to get the tickets. I wouldn't ordinarily mind, but it seem to have a direct impact on the amount of time which we had on the great wall - it was reduced to 2 hours. Lunch was poor as well, but we gather that everybody stops there. We weren't told that we were going up the great wall of china directly after lunch and so we had left some items on the bus that I had originally wanted to take with me. The tea ceremony that took place in the evening was not a proper tea ceremony - it was more of an advertising plug for that tea shop's tea. This would have been more appropriately referred to as a tea tasting.

Was ok I hate being dragged round shops like the jade factory and tea factory and being felt like I have to purchase things. Tour guide was very enthusiastic and entertaining however he made us buy cable car tickets and told us we couldn’t return it we lost them and we could

We had a wonderful time; Yoyo knows very well the history of all these wonderfull places, and she speaks almost perfect english. We really liked her guidance.

First off this is the section of the Great Wall you need to see! This tour starts with the Dingling tomb of the Ming Tombs, has a wonderful lunch and then onto the Great Wall. Tour guide Sabrina was outstanding in her depth of knowledge and wonderful personality. Trips to jade and tea shops allowed us another chance to pick up items we hadnt on our first tour. This is another tour that that offers a lot for a very reasonable price.

WE FEARED FOR OUR LIVES! This is no joke! Our driver fell asleep many times at the wheel along with our guide sitting in the next seat have phone picture as proof. And multiple times we yelled at the driver to wake up after he veered into oncoming traffic, just before we would hit other oncoming busses. And the van was questionable in its maintenance dirty, van made noises, brakes, bearings, when stopping. A/C didn't work and actually was blowing hot air. The shopping stop was just another predesignated store they would take you to to get you to buy stuff you can get elsewhere. Nothing special, so don't bother buying at these places. The guide was ok at the best, poor english and hard to understand most of the time. The drive to the Wall was truly terrifying the whole van was glued to the way the driver and guide were falling as we made our way. When we finally made it to the Wall, the guide simply stated to be back at a the drop off spot for lunch in 45 minutes. This was to include the wait in line to take the lift up to the wall 25 minutes, so we had about 15 minutes at the Great Wall in total. We had lunch at a very dingy restaurant and questionable cleanliness atmosphere. Then back in to the van of terror to drive to the Ming Tomb, which was about another 1 1/2 hours drive. The Tomb was nothing to see. nothing there, actually bare. Then back into the van to drive to Tea. Another 1 1/2 hour drive of swerving in and out of traffic, dodging cars and busses.Tea was just another stop to try to sell you the stuff. Don't bother. Then to the hotel, Lucky we were dropped off first. We had contemplated getting a cab but we didn't know just where we were or if the cabs were reputable. Don't take this tour! Pay for a reputable driver to take you to the Wall and you will be able to spend the whole day there and get lunch at the Subway or a at pizza. And the wife says....Bring your own toilet paper!

It was a very memorable day. I give my hug to the guide Jack. He was very pleasant. Good English. Very friendly. Less price with great experience.

The tour guide was rather lackluster, and really didn't provide us with much background information. The minivan was dirty and had garbage on the floor. We wasted time at a jade shop on the way to the tombs and I would have preferred using that time to take the Spirit Way Road to the other tombs. We had a nice lunch but then had to really hoof it up the incline to the cable ride that would take us up to the Great Wall. I felt rushed at the Great Wall because we had yet another stop at a tea shop on the way home.