It was my second time to use La Vacanza Travel service, and everything was so great! My Mom, myself and her friends wanted to visit remote and quiet part of the wall this time, so that I chose Jinshanling Great wall tour, and tour operator told us that the Jinshanling Great wall was closed temporarily and it was switched to Simatai section of Great Wall now. I could say that The view was amazing and impressive. This section of Simatai Great Wall got lots of original stones, well the hiking was a little bit hard and challenging, but it was less crowded and we saw only around 60 people at the Great wall during the tour. Our guide, Paul, was great, informative and friendly.Highly recommended!
Great communication in lead up as Jinshanling section of the wall was closed and we changed to Simatai section. Pick up was on time but minibus was extremely small and cramped for the number of people on tour. For what is a lengthy journey 2 hours each way the size of vehicle used and the space between each row of seats was ridiculous. I could not sit normally and had to sit knees up in order to fit in the space available and I am 5ft9. Everyone on the tour was in a similar predicament. Aside from this the tour itself was fine, great food for lunch and the Great Wall was amazing. Only feedback for this section of the Wall was that there is a chairlift and our guide gave us the option to walk up and chairlift down or vice versa but the chairlift cost is not included. This was at minimal cost so just add it on to the tour cost rather than asking people to pay extra on the day
だいたいツアー人数は30人ほどでした。私たちは3環道路内に住んでいたので、中心のホテルに集合せず、旅行客のみなさんとは違う集合場所にしてくれました。 ノンストップで長城まで行きました。お水1本とパンを一つもらいました。歩くには、水1本では足りないので、もう1本500mlを買っていくことをオススメします。 長城は日差しが強く、風があるため、5月末の気温だとつらかったですが、緑がキレイで晴れていたので、とてもきれいでした。歩くところは急斜面なので、体力のない人は難しい行程です。 英語オンリーのツアーなので、英語がわからないとちょっとつらいです。 長城のあとは、近くでランチを食べました。おいしかったです。 なかなか自力では行きづらいところなので、ツアーで行くことをオススメします。 私たちは全部歩きましたが、希望があれば別途料金を払ってケーブルカーに乗れます。