Non-touristy Great Wall with Chinese Lunch

You have your personal guide and private car for the tour, pickup and meet your guide in your hotel.

On your tour departure date, tour guide will go to your hotel ahead of your pick-up time in the lobby, holding a sign with your name. When you come down to the hotel lobby, just look around for the sign to meet tour guide.

You will have the narratives of local history and culture by your tour guide while you are comfortably sitting in the air-conditioned vehicle of your exclusive use and enjoying the views passing by.

The first stop is Xiangshuihu Great Wall. It was constructed in 1404 in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) to guard the northern frontier. It got its name from the rippling Xiangshui Spring, the source of drinking water for locals. Nowadays, the Xiangshuihu Great Wall has been partly renovated and developed into a scenic area which is famous for the winding Great Wall on precipitous mountains, the Health Preserving Valley, and the limpid Xiangshui Spring.

Entering the scenic area, you will see the site of the Moshikou Fortress first. The walls of the fortress have fallen down, leaving the foundations for later generations to find its trace. The fortress was used as a camp for soldiers of Xiangshuihu Great Wall.

Walk on, and you will arrive at the entrance to Xiangshuihu Great Wall: the Moshikou Pass. "Moshikou Pass" literally means a pass which has been polished smooth. It got the name because there used to be a stream below it and the bedrock of the pass has been burnished by the torrential stream. The pass was also called "Double Passes" in the past because it consisted of two defensive architectures: a tower and a barbican. Together with the stream, it formed a solid defense which was very hard to break through. Nowadays, the pass has been replaced by a small reservoir, and visitors need to go across its dam to reach the Great Wall.

The Great Wall here has been renovated, so it is not difficult for visitors to climb. Along it, there are some watchtowers in which to have a short rest. Generally, it takes about an hour to reach the highest one. It's a typical two-storey hollow watchtower. Its base is well-preserved and you can go up the stairs to get into the tower. The first storey has five windows on both west and east walls, and three windows on both north and south walls; the roof of the second storey has disappeared, only leaving the east and north walls. Standing on the winding Great Wall on the top of mountains, you will be fascinated by the subtly of the great military project and the wisdom of ancient Chinese people.

We will stop at a local restaurant for authentic Chinese lunch after climbing the Great Wall.
Head back to your hotel by the end of the tour.

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