Beijing: Mutianyu Great Wall Bus Tour & Cable Car

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Duration9h

GroupUp to 40

LanguagesEN · RU +1

Mobile ticketAccepted

The bus leaves downtown Beijing at 8am — you're at the wall by 9:30

You ride a direct coach from downtown Beijing to Mutianyu Great Wall, arriving by mid-morning with five unscheduled hours to explore. Hike, use the cable car, or move at your own pace along the restored sections. Lunch and activity upgrades are optional. The return bus leaves in the afternoon, getting you back to the city by early evening.

Step-by-step itinerary

Mutianyu Great Wall Bus Tour

Depart from meeting point
Arrive at Mutianyu Great Wall
Explore and hike the Great Wall
Depart from the Great Wall
Return to meeting point

The Experience

You step onto the air-conditioned coach in the morning dark, find your seat, and the driver pulls into traffic heading north out of Beijing. The route takes about ninety minutes. Most of that time you're watching the city thin out into hills, and by the time the Mutianyu Great Wall comes into view, you've already settled in — no rush, no confusion about how to get there or what comes next. The bus drops you at the entrance around 9:30am (if you take the 8am departure) or 11:30am (if you choose 10am), and from there the wall is yours to move through at whatever pace makes sense.

Five hours of free time is the real shape of this trip. That's long enough to hike sections of the wall without feeling hurried, to ride the cable car up if your legs need a break, or to sit with a camera and wait for the light to change across the stone. The MuBus Visitor Center — exclusive to passengers on this tour — has a comfortable lounge, free tea and snacks, and luggage storage if you want to move lighter. A tour host who speaks English, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese is there to help with questions or logistics, but the day itself is yours to structure. Some people do the guided 5-kilometer hike with the cable car included; others walk different sections, ride the chairlift or toboggan, or simply move slowly along the restored stretches and take photographs. There's no pressure to buy anything, no scheduled shopping stops eating into your time.

Lunch is optional — a village-style buffet with Chinese and Western dishes, vegetarian options included — and you can add it when you book or upgrade to the cable car, chairlift, or toboggan during the ride itself. The bus departs the wall at 3pm (morning group) or 5pm (late group) and gets you back to downtown Beijing by 5pm or 6:30pm. Bring your passport; it's required for entry to the wall.

What’s included

Your day includes roundtrip air-conditioned coach transfer from downtown Beijing, entrance ticket to Mutianyu Great Wall, one internal shuttle bus ride for uphill and downhill transport, access to the exclusive MuBus Visitor Center with free tea and snacks, luggage storage, complimentary bottled water, and a tour host in your chosen language. Optional additions are the village-style buffet lunch and upgrades to cable car, chairlift, or toboggan access, all arranged during the bus ride.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditions

Operated by BEIJING BOTRIP TOUR HOLIDAY COMPANY CO., LTD.

Is this one for you?Choose this if you want to reach the Great Wall without arranging your own transport, tickets, or timing — the direct bus and fixed schedule handle all three, leaving you free to spend five hours moving through the wall at your own pace.