Trip Reports & Photos archives: November 2025

See 13 photos from a hike up to Nine-Eyes Tower at the Jiankou Great Wall.
Read more about Nine-Eyes Tower and the Jiankou ‘Big West’ Great Wall, 2025/11/22

See 30+ shots from a day trip that visited historical sites in Lingshui Village and nearby Yanhecheng.
Read more about Lingshui ‘Scholars’ Village’ and Yanhe River Fort, 2025/11/22

We hiked—or tried to hike—all of our old trails at Qiangzilu in an effort to resurrect the Bricks in the Wall hike. See 50+ photos!
Read more about Qiangzilu ‘Bricks in the Wall’ scouting trip, 2025/11/20

See 18 photos from a blue-sky day out on the Lakeside Great Wall and nearby Longquanyu section.
Read more about Lakeside Great Wall and Longquanyu, 2025/11/19

Fourteen photos from a lovely clear day up on the Great Wall at Gubeikou.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2025/12/16

A short hike followed by a tour of the caves—see 15 photos.
Read more about Stone Flowers Cave, 2025/11/08

See 21 photos from the hike—mostly the Jinshanling section, also two lovely shiny bugs!
Read more about Gubeikou to Jinshanling Great Wall, 2025/11/05

A hike on the Gubeikou Great Wall on a lovely clear day—see 15 photos of the wall and surrounding scenery.
Read more about Gubeikou Great Wall, 2024/11/02

Seventeen photos from an outing arranged for a teambuilding day, with a hike at Wucaiqianshan followed by a visit to the War Tunnels at Jiaozhuanghu Village.
Read more about Wucaiqianshan autumn colours and War Tunnels, 2025/11/01

See sixteen shots from the hike up to the Great Wall towers at Lupiguan—autumn colours, reservoir views, and some rough Great Wall to look at.
Read more about Lupiguan Great Wall, 2025/11/01

See 25 photos from a family day set up for a company outing—pictures from the trail, and from the tour of Chang Tomb.
Read more about Big Black Mountain and Chang Tomb, 2025/11/01