Mutianyu Great Wall & Ming Tombs All Inclusive Private Tour

We had a day tour covering Mutianyu Great Wall, Ming Tombs and Olympics Park. It was amazing, we had lots of fun and would highly recommend it. Jenny was our guide and she was absolutely brilliant. She was friendly and knowledgeable so we were never bored on the trip. The driver was great too; he was polite and drove well. We did not have any traffic on the day so were extremely lucky. Highlights: - Mutianyu Great Wall: we visited this in the early morning around 10ish before it got too hot / crowded. We got to spend an hour on the wall which was enough as the walk was quite tiring in the sun. You could either go left with more uphill and downhill or go right which is steeper but offers a great view. We took the cable car up and the slide down. The slide is uper fun and highly recommended if not too busy / crowded. - Lunch: this was definitely one of the highlight of the trip. We went to a very lovely local rural restaurant with a fish pond in the front. We were able to catch our own fish and had it cooked. Food was tasty as well. We preferred this to some of the more touristy restaurants. - Ming Tombs: the history was interesting but the tomb itself was quite boring. We enjoyed Sacred Way though. It was beautiful with the green trees and stone sculptures along the pathway. - Olympics Park: we stopped for pictures at Olympics Park and saw the Birds Nest and Water Cube. Overall lovely day trip and highly recommended. Although the tour is slightly pricey it is defintiely worth it!!

Amanda was the BEST!!!! Booking tours with Catherine Lu before even leaving home was SO easy and we were more than impressed with the car and driver that picked us up, the details of the day flawlessly planned in advance but then executed perfectly by Amanda!!!! Amanda was our tour guide our first full day in Beijing (which was also our first full day in China) and on our 2nd day with her we got to go to the Great Wall, Ming Tombs and had a KILLER, delish, super locals lunch in between the two stops. Amanda was super flexible in allowing us as much time as we wanted at the wall walking around, in the shops afterward, etc. And she recommended to have us toboggan down the Great Wall (her favorite way to get down) which was the BEST!!! How many people can say they tobogganed down the Great Wall of China? She took SO MANY amazing photos of us during both days of tours - so many frame-able moments of all 3 of us so we didn't have to ask other travelers or take selfies. We felt safe and taken care of with Amanda and Catherine Lu from start to finish! And we even had Catherine Lu travels assist us in setting up tours in other cities throughout our time in China as well (make recommendations if they did not have a team there). ALL were wonderful. Amanda truly made us super excited for the rest of our trip (which was a little over 2 weeks in total) she was super knowledgeable and thoughtful or our time and what we were interested in, willing to discuss more than just what we saw but historical questions we had as well as questions we had about China's culture in general and she was FUN!! And she even had a little surprise for us at the end of the day that we were able to take home with us - I'm not telling because I don't want to ruin it for others!! You can't go wrong when booking ANY tour with Catherine Lu!! Thank you!

I'm so glad that I had such wonderful time with our tour guide, Joyce. The Mutianyu Great Wall (best part of the wall to be visited from BJS) is really wonderful and we've got a real history class. Transportation was comfortable, with a kind driver. I strongly recommend this day tour.