One Day Volunteer Repair Experience on the Badaling Great Wall

Today, we will take a volunteer day trip to the Badaling Great Wall from Beijing, which will bring you a far more interesting and memorable experience than other normal sightseeing. You can get real insights into how the Great Wall is repaired and restored by joining hands-on activities, such as wall building and trail paving. All these activities would be performed on your own under the guidance of the experts and your tour guide. And thus the Great Wall Volunteer Repair Program is suitable for both family travelers with kids and overseas student study groups.The day before, your guide will contact you to confirm the exact meeting time. At the appointed time this morning, he/she will pick you up from the lobby of your hotel and then we will drive to the Badaling Great Wall by a comfortable vehicle.

The private drive takes around 1.5 hours. Upon arrival, you will be warmly received by the staff of the scenic area. Later, they will brief you on the detailed work, the do's and don'ts of the Great Wall repair volunteer program, and meanwhile distribute tools used for repairing, such as buckets, brushes, gloves, and shovels. Accompanied by the restoration experts and the guide, you will experience a lot of interesting tasks, including moving bricks, building a wall, and paving the ground. The whole volunteer work may last about 1 to 1.5 hours. After finishing all the work, you will be free to hike on the Great Wall and enjoy the delightful sightseeing.The Great Wall is more than an icon of China, but an enduringly man-made wonder in the world, and the whole magnificent defensive system stretches over 21, 000 km (13,050 mi). Today, you will enjoy a fantastic time on the 3,741-meter-long (12,274 ft.) Badaling section, which will reward you with awe-inspiring landscapes and sceneries as it snakes through the precipitous mountain ridges as far as one cannot see. You could take a leisurely walk around to take great photos, or accomplish the entire hiking journey on this best preserved Great Wall section.

At the end of this Beijing to Badaling Great Wall day trip, your guide and driver will transfer you back to your hotel in the downtown Beijing.