A truly wonderful experience - The tour to Badaling started at a meeting point right by a subway exit. It was really easy to find the tour guide. Then, we hopped on the bus and travelled to Badaling. While we were on our way, the tour guide was explaining to us what the plan was and she was giving us suggestions for things to do there. My tour guide for this tour was Samantha. She’s very friendly and knowledgeable. At The Great Wall, the views were astonishing. I highly recommend everyone that comes to Beijing to take this tour to The Great Wall.

Magnificent. - We arrive at the spectacular construction, we climb by a stretch where many tourists climb. Appreciating that construction and the landscape is fantastic. You have to go up slowly because the steps are irregular. Bring water and plenty of disposition. You will go up several stretches or a few, your disposition will tell you...

Excellent excursion - Small front lathe in the shop where they manufacture the partitioned then towards the great wall. When we got there, we had to climb. I am proud of myself because despite my vertigo I managed to climb 379 steps, too proud of myself

Unbelievable!!!! Wow!!! - Beautiful, stunning, how did they build all these back in ht e14th - 15th century? Amazing. I just loved it and if you can, slide down on tobogan on the way back. Great fun!!! :)

Good but very Busy - The wall itself is great, the icon you expect . This particular section however is very busy . Tour company well organised and guide very informative .

Fun!! - It is a must see. It requires walking and to be able to climb stairs. It is wonderful as the weather is also cooler this time of year. The Ming Tombs were also pretty awesome.

Very good but medium because of the guide and restaurant - The places visited are great but unfortunately we came across a guide who was probably new to English. Light explanations due to approximate English and sometimes indecipherable accent for a non-bilingual. The proposed restaurant is really low-end. I would have preferred to limit a sandwich.

A long day due to pick ups miles apart! - The length of the day was 3 hours beyond the advertised period - 7.20am to 9.30pm! The traffic in Beijing was extreme heavy but the arrangement made by the company to make pick-ups miles apart (only 5 people on the tour) added hours to the journey. The guide was informative at both the Ming Tombs and the Great Wall of China and we enjoyed both visits. Unfortunately, the guide offered very little other information. In order to access the Great Wall we paid an additional fee for the chair lift and toboggan ride. The time period offered by the tour company, at the Great Wall, was not adequate to walk up to the wall on foot. The chair lift was the only method of fitting the visit into the excursion period at the Great Wall - thus the expenditure for the chair lift is the only method of spending time on the wall. We had two extra stops on our excursion - one to a Tea House and one to a Jade shop - we were informed that the Chinese government require all tours to include stops at designated places that showcase Chinese culture.

Terrible trip. - This is the worst trip I have ever been on. The tour operator told us to be at the pick point at 7am and then turned up at 8pm. The coach was old and the seats were worn and lacked any support. The windows of the coach were filthy and we could not see out of them. The Great Wall was was over crowded and extremely unsafe and unpleasant to be involved with. I would not recommend this trip or provider to my worst enemy.

Scam and no help to find - Awful. Nothing like the description said when I ordered. I did not get hotel pick up? I did not get to see the Ming tomb and I did not the the Chinese lunch and tea house or jade experience. I did not even get a guide! They talked Chinese for almost an hour and then said that it was not necessary for us to know. This was just a confusing and bad bus ride! And I was not the only one there with the same experience. This was to me a scam and I am so disappointed. I tried calling the hotline (ended up costing me my whole subscription and they just said they couldn’t do anything! What kind of service is that!). And I can’t find what to do online. I am so sad and disappointed. Also if you are deciding which part to take just know that this is very crowded. It might be easier to walk, but I think I would have preferred the other part more.