News & Updates

Photos from two company events held at Jinhai Lake, plus photos and a video from the Citizen’s Fair at the US Embassy.
Read more about Company events and Citizen’s Fair, 2025/05

Why we stopped doing the Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall hike, and what we’re doing instead, with trail history and before and after photos.
Read more about Why we’re not doing the Jiankou to Mutianyu Great Wall hike anymore

When NBC America needed some expert assistance they called in Beijing Hikers Big Boss Sun Xiran to help take them up to the Jiankou Great Wall for a talk with the crew in charge of wall restoration.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall for NBC America, 2026/05

Explore China活动调整
Read more about Changes to the Explore China Trips Program

If you’re looking for custom tours, cultural activities, or corporate events in Shanghai, get in touch!
Read more about Welcome Li Ning, our Shanghai marketing & events coordinator!

We were the Editor’s Pick for Adventure/Day-Trip Organizer of the Year in the 2024 That’s Beijing Lifestyle Awards.
Read more about Beijing Hikers: the Editor’s Pick in the 2024 That’s Beijing Lifestyle Awards

We helped the US Embassy set up a Mutianyu Great Wall visit for visually-impaired Justice Richard Bernstein.
Read more about Mutianyu Great Wall CSR outing, 2024/07/08

We get a mention in the “14 things you can only do in Beijing” and “5 best day trips from Beijing” write-ups.
Read more about Beijing Hikers in Lonely Planet (2024)

Some good news (for a change!)—our hikes are in Lonely Planet’s 15 things in Beijing article.
Read more about Beijing Hikers in Lonely Planet, 2022/02

Flight tickets will not be included in the prices for Explore China trips, starting January 2022.
Read more about Changes to pricing for Explore China trips

We received an official ‘Great Wall Hero’ award from the Beijing Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.
Read more about Great Wall Hero Award 2020

Beijing Hikers has been awarded TripAdvisor’s 2020 Travelers’ Choice Award—our sixth year in a row, sort of!
Read more about Beijing Hikers receives the Tripadvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2020

Coronavirus-related closures and restrictions mean we are not able to operate our full range of hikes. Read more about it here.
Read more about Our hike and trip schedule is still affected by coronavirus

Coronavirus-related closures and restrictions mean there are not many options for hiking. Read more about it here.
Read more about Our hike and trip schedule is affected by coronavirus

Help us reduce the use of plastic water bottles on hikes and trips.
Read more about Reducing our use of plastic water bottles

Coronavirus-related closures and restrictions mean we’re not able to operate hikes until further notice. Read more about it here.
Read more about Hikes are cancelled because of coronavirus

We won Editor's Pick for Community Fitness Group of the Year in the That's Beijing magazine 2019 Lifestyle Awards.
Read more about Beijing Hikers chosen as Beijing’s Community Fitness Group of the Year

We've been awarded the TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence for five consecutive years (2015–2019), which qualifies us for the Hall of Fame.
Read more about Beijing Hikers in the TripAdvisor Hall of Fame

See Huijie, Hayden, and little Hayley on the magazine cover, with our Kids Club hike written up inside.
Read more about Beijing Hikers on the cover of Beijing Kids, 2019/04

Gung Ho! Pizza gave us a mention in their 'Green Pages' interview in the Beijing Kids magazine—see a scan and a link to read the full interview.
Read more about Gung Ho! Pizza and Beijing Hikers in Beijing Kids magazine, 2018/12