Badaling Great Wall Helicopter Tour

Welcome on our Badaling Great Wall helicopter tour! At 8:00, our professional guide will pick you up at the hotel you booked on your own and then escort you on a private transfer to Badaling Airport. There, you will be briefed about the itinerary and guided into a R44 helicopter, which can hold 3 visitors at a time with big windows to provide excellent visibility. Wear a noise-cancelling headset used for communication with your veteran pilot, and go on with the sensational aerial adventure you’ve long been waiting for. For 15 minutes, you will fly at lower altitudes over Badaling Great Wall and take in its major area - the ramparts, watchtowers and beacon towers scattering on it in contrast with wild nature around. This section is a Ming-era (1368 - 1644) heritage and represents the best preserved and the most magnificent of the Great Wall, the masterpiece constructed through the synergy of multiple dynasties over 2,000 years. Airborne, you will have a bird’s-eye view where the infinite stone dragon twists and turns on rugged mountain ridges - a unique angle impossible from the ground level to assess its sheer scale and significance as a military barrier! As you are above, your guide will be underneath safeguarding your belongings not allowed to be lifted up. Upon your landing, don’t forget to pose by the helicopter for a photo to record this enviable moment!

★ Attentions:
1. If you want to cancel this tour, please make sure you do it at least 5 days ahead of the schedule, which is free of charge. Otherwise, the helicopter company will not process a refund.
2. The helicopter tour may be canceled for bad weather or air traffic control. In that case, we will inform you well in time, and you may rearrange another day or cancel this trip and get your refund.
3. Pregnant women and those who with diseases in heart, cerebral vessels, and respiration system are not advised to take part in this activity. Please consider your health condition and consult a doctor if necessary before making the order.

► Have More Budget and Want to Extend Your Midair Tour?
If you are more interested in the Great Wall itself, you can just jump on our proposed 15 minutes’ aerial tour. But if this is your first-time helicopter trip and you want to experience longer the thrills and awe the ride offers, we also have a 30 minutes’ tour to choose, which takes you to fly across not only the Badaling Great Wall but the Badaling Wildlife World, the original Wall ruins, an old reservoir and the biggest prairie in Beijing.

After the flight, enjoy a guided hiking tour of the Badaling Great Wall. The scenic area is divided into north and south regions and we will select a classic route for you to tick off as many highlights as possible without taking too much energy. A hiker, a sightseer, fun seeker, or a photographer? You can also tell your interests and needs for us to craft a route until it suits you best. On the Wall, you will find a different vista at each turn and delve into related history and intriguing facts with your guide. Remember to take a photo with one of those “True Hero” tablets spaced at intervals to show you’ve really conquered the Wall! It reads “You are not a hero until you’ve been to the Great Wall”, a line in an ambitious poem of Chairman Mao.

It’d be into afternoon after we get off the Wall. There are restaurants nearby but they are mostly touristy and lack appreciation. Maybe prepare some snacks in advance to refuel your energy a little and have your lunch in downtown. Your guide will give advice on where to eat. To round your time off with us, on your way back to your hotel we will have a photo stop by Bird's Nest and Water Cube, the visually-striking stages for 2008 Beijing Olympics with appearances alluded in their names. It will be around 17:30 as we arrive at your hotel. Stay well!

► Tips for Dinner from Our Local Food Expert:
Take your time to search for local dishes and snacks and mingle in local culinary culture! You might consider asking your driver to unload you before a branch of Lao Hui Hui Snack. This halal restaurant has an assortment of Beijing snacks to offer. The two unmissable signatures are Fried Brown Sugar Dough and Glutinous Rice Roll with Sweet Bean Flour. The Sugar Dough is a favorite component in local breakfast and Lao Hui Hui is one of the Three Greats in Beijing to provide it. You will find pleasure on your palate with its crunchy, fluffy texture, plus the caramel-like sweetness. Average cost per person here is CNY 31 / USD 4.3. The other two greats are Zeng Sheng Kui Snack and Hei Jiao Chang. If you want to try particularly the Sugar Dough, opt for one that is most conveniently located to you.