Simatai Great Wall
Simatai Great Wall
4.5
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8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Simatai, a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun County, 120 km northeast of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall. It's one of the most untouched section of the Great Wall which will surely become the highlight of your trip to China!
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Mari
Dec 2021
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New York City, NY
Jul 2022
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Tianjin, China
Jun 2021 • Family
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Apr 2021
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Singapore, Singapore
Dec 2020 • Couples
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Oct 2019
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Columbus, OH
Mar 2019
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Perth, Australia
Oct 2019
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Adelaide
Nov 2019
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Singapore
Dec 2019 • Family
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Solopiggy
Paris, France
I'm going to be in China with National Geographic. They want to arrange a private trip for me to the Simatai zipline, but need to know where it is to tell their staff where to take me.
Can you help?
Larry C
As far as I am aware the zipline no longer operates, I could be wrong, however, when I was there in May 2019 it looked as if it was all closed. The zipline is accessed from the walkway leading from the pay kiosk. That is if you choose not to take the cable car you would have to walk to the wall, close to the top is the zipline, on the left and it is suspended across the gorge to the other side of the river that feeds into/out off Gubei Water Town. You will need to go through Gubei Water Town to get to the pay kiosk. As stated, I think it is closed as I saw no activity on the other side of the gorge, there is buildings and parking areas but nobody was there.
Miki J
Sydney, Australia
A friend of mine did a tour of Simatai and said he went on a ZIPLINE to the bottom, this was years ago now. I am travelling in OCT and I can't seem to find anything online, does anyone know if this is still available? Thank you!
4aru
Singapore, Singapore
Hi, I did ask about it but was told that it has been discontinued. Similarly, hiking between Simatai and Jinshanling is no longer possible. However, I strongly propose to visit the GW @ Simatai as it is the only section that is lit in the evening. Wall visit must be scheduled for the evening.
Gonfnom
Nottingham, UK
Hi! Am visiting Simatai from Gubei via a cable car this Sep with my elderly mom. Am wondering if it’s possible to avoid any walk once we reach the top via the cable car? Just wanted to check out in case my mom is not able to walk much then, especially the tour we are keen on is a night tour
Christine R
Cairns, Australia
We visited Simatai in April. We are older persons, me having a bad knee so balance is vital & one of my other friends has alot of physical restrictions. We did not think that we would go further than the cable car but found it easy to walk to the lookout, it is flat as other post has stated. Once you get off the cable car you and your mom can gauge it from there as we did & very happy with ourselves. We took good head lamps & with all the other people who had torches, etc the path was good to walk back down in the dark. Also other people doing the walk were so considerate of our slowness & didn't push us along. Hope this help
Maryanne L
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
HI Anthony. I'm really keen to visit Simatai (especially at night) and Gubei Water Town. We're staying in Beijing, and wondering if it's easy for us (a family of 2 adults and 2 children) to get to these sights on our via public transportation in the morning and then back at night.
Would it be worth visiting both the Simatai and Mutianyu parts of the Great wall?
Thanks, Maryanne
MuzunguViejo
Albuquerque, NM
I agree with Vishal280's response. I don't know if you can get there by public transportation from Beijing. I had a car, and if I remember correctly, it was about 2 hours on divided highway. The hardest part was getting out of Beijing.
james w
London, UK
We only have 23hours in Beijing arriving 2pm. We are thinking of going straight from London overnight economy flight to the night Simatai tour of the wall by private taxi trip then hotel in Beijing quick look at forbidden city in the morning before a 2pm flight out. 2 adults 2 children 15&11. Do you think we can get to the wall ok and is it worth it at night
cultofwander
Los Angeles, CA
I would skip the Forbidden City and go to the Temple of Heaven or the Lamasery instead. The Lamasery has the advantage of being by one if Beijing's most interesting Hutongs,where you can have a bite to eat and peek into the shops along the street. The Forbidden City was a huge disappointment. It's crowded, and honestly not that much to see. The lamasery has an 80 meter tall Buddha and lots of really interesting temples to explore, and the Temple Of Heaven feels more personal and has more to fascinate you than Forbidden City. I am not sure about the Simitai section of the Great Wall, but you wouldn't want to see any of the Great Wall at night- you really need to see all around, the views of the mountains and the way the Wall snakes over them off into the impossible distances, to get the sense of perspective. I did the Jinshanling section. We did not take a cab but hired a car for the day through our hotel with a guide- it's very cheap. But if all you hve is the option of the night time tour- do it. When will you get the chance again? From Beijing, its about an hour and a half drive to the Great Wall. so hopefully you can be there before sunset. I wish you had more time there; we loved Beijing. But we were totally disappointed by the Forbidden City and got out of there as soon as we could.
Erickandro
Guadalajara, Mexico
Is it possible to go from Simatai to Jinshanling? or is it still closed?
Anita M
Leeds, UK
Hi, it was possible to do this journey when we were there in March.. thanks
Amritha K
Hi, How long does it take a person to walk up to the first tower, continue all the way to the 10th and then walk back down?
I am a moderately fit person and a frequent hiker.
Also I would like to continue my hike to Jinshaling from Simatai. Can you tell me how far that is, or how long that will take?
Thank you so much.
Amritha
Camilla S
Aarhus, Denmark
I don't know how long it is and how long time ☺️ we hiked as far as we could, turned around and hiked back to our starting point. We spend about 7 hours hiking in total. Hiking from the road to the wall takes about 30 minutes in itself
BrainBoat
Qinhuangdao, China
Hello everybody, I would like to hike from Jinshaling to Simatai. Then from Simatai go to Chengde. Do you know if from Simatai there are any means of transportation to Chengde?
Thank you,
Silvia
MaryFra87
Verona, Italy
Good evening, is it possibile to take a night tour?
bubblebath89
london
Not at present. I wanted to watch the sunset but I just missed it as they closed just before sunset. You are allowed entrance for around 2-3 hours, They have time slotted entrances. They shut around 4.30/5pm.
君 蓮
君,您好。 您想要查詢這個景點的什麼資訊?請問懼高者可爬此段嗎
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