See a set of 29 photos from the Great Wall at Jinshanling and Gubeikou, including some lovely sundown shots from the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Jinshanling and Gubeikou Great Wall camping, 2025/04/19

On this visit we had pretty pink flowers all around as we hiked the wild and unrepaired Chenjiapu Great Wall—see 25 photos.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/04/19

We visited the Chenjiapu Great Wall for a hike that took in both unrepaired and recently-repaired wall, with added colour courtesy of wild peach and cherry blossoms—see 13 photos.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/04/09

On this hike at the Gubeikou Great Wall we enjoyed fine weather, long views, and hills full of blooming peach and cherry blossoms—see 26 photos.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/04/06

Beautiful weather and hills full of blossoms—take a look through a set of 18 photos from a hike on the Great Wall between Jiankou and Mutianyu.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village, 2025/04/05

Fourteen photos from a hike up to the High Tower in Yanqing District—clear skies, long views, a bit breezy!
Read more about High Tower and Huanglouyuan, 2025/04/04

See 12 photos from a hike on the wild and rough Chenjiapu Great Wall.
Read more about Chenjiapu Great Wall, 2025/03/30

The peach and cherry blossoms were out on this visit, improving the already excellent views of the Great Wall—see 20 photos.
Read more about Jinshanling Great Wall to Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/03/29

A light sandstorm gave a monochrome feel to the photos from this hike—see 18 shots from a climb up the Great Wall out in Yanqing District.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall, 2025/03/23

See 20+ photos from a tricky hike up to the crags and lookouts above Zhenzhu Lake.
Read more about Zhenzhu Lake Tops, 2025/03/22

The blossoms were out early at Longquanyu, making the scenery on this visit extra pretty—see 10 photos of Great Wall and blossoms in the hills.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/03/22

Twelve photos from a hike in the snow at the Gubeikou Great Wall.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/03/16

A quick set of photos from the Nine-Eyes Tower hike—views of hills, mountains, and the famous Jiankou Great Wall.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/03/08

19 photos from a new trail that took us through the hills to Tanzhe Temple, passing by Peacock Hermitage, ‘Thousand-Layer Rock’, and Dingdu Pavilion on the way.
Read more about Through the Hills to Dingdu Pavilion and Tanzhe Temple, 2025/03/08

A set of 16 photos from a chilly day on the Great Wall at Jiankou—steep and rough Great Wall, tricky hiking.
Read more about Jiankou Great Wall to Beigou Village ‘extra’, 2025/03/01

Take a look through 26 photos from a hike up to the ‘switchback’, a spot high in the hills where the Great Wall makes a sharp turn—see wild and unrepaired wall plus repaired sections.
Read more about Switchback Great Wall hike, 2025/02/22

Fourteen photos from a private hike to the Eastern Qing Tombs in Hebei, 120km northeast of Beijing.
Read more about Eastern Qing Tombs, 2025/02/22

Twenty photos from a fine day on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/02/16

Nineteen photos from a hike on the trails up and down and through the boulders and cliffs and caves of the Phoenix Ridge scenic area.
Read more about Phoenix Ridge and the Flying Stone Pagoda, 2025/02/15

A beautiful day on the ice at the White River—see fifteen photos of the frozen river and canyon scenery, plus a quick visit to the cave cafe at the end.
Read more about White River ice hike, 2025/02/09