Excursions and Daytrips

Are you looking for private tour guide and tailormade your private tour for you in Beijing? Delia Beijing Tours provide cheap and quality private day tours covering must-see Beijing sights such as the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace, and various night shows. If your tour is on a budget, Delia Beijing Tours are happy to help cater to your specific needs.

CK Culture Boutique, part of Cultural Keys Ltd., stocks genuine Chinese cultural products, gifts, and original works of art. From classic Chinese Feiyue shoes to crafted calligraphy, CK Culture Boutique has a good starting range of Chinese culture-related products, either in-store or online.

CK Culture Boutique also runs cultural classes at the center, as well as martial arts classes around Beijing and at other iconic locations in China, available to both residents and visitors to Beijing.

Great Wall Hiking offers a variety of tours of hiking, trekking, walking, and camping on the Great Wall around Beijing. The company strives to provide a Western and responsible standard of service to help travelers minimize their impact on the environment and maximize their connection with local people.

Modeled on the grounds described in Dream of the Red Chamber, the park (Daguanyuan in Chinese) makes for a very pleasant afternoon stroll. Although the park is not specifically geared towards children, there is a small enclosure where you can feed deer, cockatoos and a multitude of peacocks. Also fun for kids is a ride in the bridal sedan chair next to the Archway (the white marble gate in the north of the park).

RMB 40, half price for students. Animal enclosure: RMB 5.

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Suitable for a half-day visit, Yunmeng Gorge (not to be confused with Yunmengshan) contains towering rock faces, a canyon with a shallow stream, and deep, cold pools where visitors are allowed to swim. The easy hike to the summit takes approximately two hours; hungry travelers can have simple, home-style dishes at the farmer's house there. While there's an admission fee, management is pretty hands-off and camping is allowed in the park.

Camp The Wall offers weekend camping trips at an unrestored section of the Great Wall outside Beijing. These budget trips are all included: transportation, tents, food, water, snacks and a guide. Trips depart every other Saturday near Tian'anmen Square with a private bus with a group of max. 22 people. Arrive at a local village to have a bite after hiking up to the Wall and setting up camp. Then explore more of the wall until sunset when you will meet back at camp for a BBQ dinner (vegetarian option available). Hang out around a campfire until you go to sleep in your tent under the stars.

Cultural Keys is an expat-owned and operated Chinese culture school, helping both visitors and residents experience life and traditional culture in China. Classes, information, products, and services offered include anything from calligraphy and painting workshops to martial arts programs and language classes.