Private Mutianyu Great Wall Tour from Beijing

My husband and I had the pleasure of meeting Miss Lina through Sunflower tours, and thanks to her our experience was unforgettable. Miss Lina met us right in the lobby of our hotel and she had all of the transportation and tickets arranged for us, all we had to do was show up. The drive out to the wall took about 60 mins and it was a nice drive through the countryside. The drive home was about 3 times as long due to Sunday traffic. Miss Lina was able to provide us with so much history and information about the wall that we never would have known. She took lots of pictures of us and was extremely patient, we never felt rushed. We probably spend about 2.5-3 hours walking the wall and taking photos. You could take less or more time than that depending on your preference. Our driver was excellent, very patient and calm even in heavy traffic. The car was very comfortable, clean and enjoyable to ride in. We treated Lina to a lunch after at the base of the wall, and thankfully we did because the car ride home took about 3 hours! The Great Wall is incredible and I am so happy we booked a private tour. I would 10/10 recommend Sunflower Tours.

I hired Sunflower as my tour guide for visiting the Great Wall, and it was definitely worth it. She was a pleasant companion with a lot of interesting facts to share. Good conversations and she knew the best parts to take pictures or simply enjoy the view, as well as avoiding overly crowded bits. I would recommend her tours to anyone visiting China and wanting to experience some local hospitality. As an added bonus, her English is also very good, which is very useful unless you know Chinese :)

We had a great time visiting the Great Wall with Sunflower team. She was very responsive to my e-mails an text, so we could arrange the details very easy. She picked up us from the hotel. Lynn was the tour guide, a very charming and smiling lady. We went in a van to the Great Wall section at MuTianYu. This is a good area because it is less crowded than Badaling. It took 90 minutes to get there. We went to the top of the Wall in cable car, and we had a 2 hours walk along a section of the wall, with amazing views (although it was cloudy and foggy). There is a tobogan to get down, but we could not use it because it was raining. We got back to Beijing and had lunch in an excellent Chinese restaurant chosen by Lynn. She helped us chose the food (it is always hard to understand te menu, even with photos) and everything was delicious. We went after lunch to the Summer Palace, this was the place were the Emperor stayed during Summer (instead than Forbidden City), because it is in the middle of a park with trees, so it was much cooler. They have the long blue corridor with all the paintings in the ceiling, which is beautiful, and a big lake where we took a nice boat trip to the other side. Lynn drooped us off at the hotel at 6 PM, it was a long but rewarding day, and she was excellent.