Private Driver For Hire to the Great Wall/Top Attractions From Beijing in 2023

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Make a Better Trip For Less Money

• Using our driver service to the Great Wall/top attractions to avoid any scam that may happen along the way.

• Take the stress out of driving into the Great Wall/top attraction to save your valuable time.

• Explore top-rated & must-see attractions in a hassle-free and convenient way to avoid crowds and traffic.

How It Works

You will be collected from your pickup location in the morning/afternoon at a time to suit you, visit the attractions and then return you to your place or other location of choice in the afternoon. If you’d like a very early morning start, that’s no problem.

Our drivers can be hired for a full day, and rates will be customized to your transportation needs. You have the freedom to decide where to visit and how long to spend at each location. Additionally, our drivers memorize all the streets and points of interest, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable journey for you.

These include:

• top attractions
• theatres
• public buildings
• train stations
• restaurants
• hotels
• airports, etc

There are thousands of streets, and over 20 thousand hotels in Beijing – and they know the best routes between them all.

Drivers all bring different personalities to the team. But there is one common theme:

• they all love Beijing
• they live in and around Beijing
• they love sharing their favourite parts of it

This will make your trip with us completely unique.

Entrance fees for the attraction, food make up your trip would be paid on your own at cost price and in addition to your car rental cost to help you save the cost and add the freedom, flexibility of your trip. Your driver will be glad to help with entrance tickets, stop for lunch, etc if required.

If you are traveling with 3, 4 or more people, this way is really good value for your money. Your rental car with a licensed driver will help you get the most out of your holiday!

Please bear in mind that driver speaks little English, so if any problem arises please call our office (+86 185 1025 4530) if there is any misunderstanding with the driver. Download cheat sheet for English Chinese basic communication.

The Lowest Fixed Prices, Cheaper Than Beijing Taxi Companies

When you take a taxi, set your destination, the meter starts running and when you’ve reached your final destination, the costs are much higher than you anticipated.

When you pre-book a driver with us, there will be no surprises about the prices. You’ll get a fixed price in advance with each pre-booking, meaning:

✓ No booking fees
✓ No starting rate
✓ No rate per kilometer
✓ No waiting rate
✓ No unwanted shopping
✓ No hidden costs afterward
✓ Honest price, no surprise

This is a great value for your money. Of course, it’s only possible for us to give you a fixed price if we know where you’re going. If you’re not sure at which address you are but you do know the name of your hotel or restaurant, let us know in advance so we can offer you a quote based on your destinations.

In any case; the price that you got when making the booking is fixed. You’ll always know in advance what the deal is. The certainty of a fixed price!

Wide Selection of Vehicle Types to Best Meet Your Needs

Cars, vans, and minibusses, all our vehicles are are new, clean, comfortable, and in good working condition. All our vehicles are equipped with:

• working seat belts
• front air-bags
• air conditioning
• fire extinguisher

Our vehicles has lower than average fuel consumption that results in low emission. You can expect to use:

• 4 seats Hyundai/Camry: Recommended passengers 3 • Bags 3. The standard for frequent travelers. Our economy car offers an elegant and comfortable choice for passengers.
• 6 seats Buick: Recommended passengers 4, 6 • Bags 4. Exceptional value for up to 6 passengers. 6 seats Refine/Buick has a spacious interior with plenty of room to transport a small group
• 14 seats Ford Transit: Recommended passengers 7, 10, 12, 14 • Bags 8, 10. Suitable for transporting small groups. 14-seats van offers a comfortable and practical space.
• 18 seats Joylong: Recommended passengers 15, 16, 17 • Bags 10, 12, 14. A perfect choice for a company/school trip. 18-seats van has plenty of seating for your colleagues or guests. For more details, look here.

How Long It Is From Beijing to the Great Wall

Most of the Great Wall area is about more or less 66 to 140 kilometers outside the city center. They are all not far from downtown Beijing, usually 1-2 hours driving away.

1. Beijing (about 75 km) Mutianyu Great Wall, 1.5 hours by road;
2. Beijing (about 68 km) Juyongguan Great Wall, 1.5 hours by road;
3. Beijing (about 78 km) Badaling Great Wall, 1.5 hours by road;
4. Beijing (about 90 km) Jiankou Great Wall, 2.5 hours by road;
5. Beijing (about 77 km) Huanghuacheng Great Wall, 2 hours by road;
6. Beijing (about 144 km) Jinshanling Great Wall, 2.5 hours by road;
7. Beijing (about 139 km) Gubeikou Great Wall, 2.5 hours by road;
8. Beijing (about 139 km) Simatai Great Wall, 2.5 hours by road.

What to Take on Your Trip

We recommend wearing comfortable walking shoes. Flip-flops or heels are not very good for walking on the Great Wall/city sites for several hours.

It always helps to be prepared, so check the weather forecast to see if rain, snow or very cold/hot weather is predicted. If weather extremes should occur, our drivers/guides will do their best to keep you dry, warm, or cool depending on what is needed.

Check out weather forecast of the attractions before your departure: 

• Mutianyu
• Jinshanling,
• Huanghuacheng,
• Simatai/Gubei water town
• Ming Tomb
• The Summer Palace
• Badaling
• Longqing Gorge

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Hire a Guide or Just a Driver

Visiting with tour guide you will learn about the culture and history of the place on a deeper level and from a local’s perspective. A guide is your personal resource. You will be able to ask as many questions as you want. However, the cost of tour guide hire is an additional expense, whether small or large. Usually, English speaking guide (not driver, two separate persons) costs 550RMB –850RMB per day, 8-9 working hours. 

If pre-travel research and a good guide book are sufficient for you, then a much less expensive option is to hire a Non-English / Chinese speaking driver to take you around. You won’t get as much of the history, but a driver can take you to the sites, wait for you and he knows where to take you and when to bring you back.

WeChat translator function is a popular tool to ask a local for directions, tell a driver an address or say almost anything you’d like in another language. In a chat, long press the message you would like to translate. A menu will appear and you will be able to select the Translat option. The message will be translated into the interface language you set for WeChat.

• WeChat Download Android
• WeChat Download IOS

Further reading:

• How to Setup and Use WeChat As a Traveler in China

If there is any misunderstanding with the non-English speaking driver, you can also call our office (+86 185 1025 4530).

Click Here to Download Free Mutianyu Trip Instructions Ebook (PDF)

Meeting & Recognizing Your Driver/Guide

For your peace of mind, one day before your trip, you will receive driver’s details via email/phone/Wechat/WhatsApp as below:

• driver’s name
• driver’s phone number or Wechat account
• vehicle’s plate number
• vehicle’s model

On the day before your trip, your driver/guide will hold a sign with your name at:

• the hotel lobby
• in front of your private address
• an Airbnb, etc

to take you to the sights on time.

Please note that pickup and drop-off services are available within the 4th Ring Zone of Beijing. If your accommodation is outside of this area, due to possible morning/late afternoon traffic, it’s advisable to take the subway to a centrally located place from your hotel or vice versa to be picked up/ dropped off to save your valuable time.

Purchase Entrance Tickets in Advance or Not

It’s not necessary to purchase tickets in advance. The ticket office at the foot of the Great Wall is open daily. Cable car/toboggan tickets are available at the ticket office either at the entrance or on the top. You can usually waltz up to the door and get right in—maybe you’ll have to wait for all of five minutes in line.

Note: you will need to show your passport at the ticket booth when buying tickets to the Forbidden City, the National, Capital, and Military Museums.

Drivers Always Waiting at the Sites

Your driver will wait until you finish the visit of any sites, and will take care of your belongings. A cost for the car, their food and accommodation will always be included in the driver’s fee.

Left Something Behind On a Day Trip

We’d like to hope that you only lose your heart to Beijing, but unfortunately, you may have misplaced something in the car when you were too busy having fun. Of course, you want to find it back quickly!

If you think you may have lost your belongings onboard our cars, give us a call, send us an email and we’ll do our very best to help locate your missing items.

Our drivers are obliged to report objects they’ve found in their vehicle to us within 24 hours. When one of our drivers reports a found object, we will keep the item for you. You can also use the contact form to report a lost object. Of course, when you’ve found something in the car, you can contact us too!

Easy Booking

Booking is easy. We offer four simple ways to book a ride.

• Email: wildgreatwall@gmail.com
• Phone: +86 185 1025 4530
• WeChat: +86 185 1025 4530
• WhatsApp: +86 185 1025 4530 (sometimes may not work in China)

Canceling or Changing Your Booking if Needed

You might need to cancel or to change the reservation because of an unexpected reason. For this reason, we try to be as flexible as possible to suit your needs for your car rental. Cancellations are free of charge as long as you give us at least a 48 hours advance notice. You can cancel free of charge.

We Regularly Take Visitors to the Following Sites:

• Half-day options: Mutianyu, Juyongguan, Shuiguan, and Badaling, 
• Full-Day options: Jinshanling, Jiankou, Huanghuacheng, Gubeikou, Shilinxia Glass Platform, Longqing Gorge, Eastern Qing Tombs, Ming Tomb, Summer Palace, Cuandixia Village, Gubei Water Town and more.
• Easiest winter walks: Mutianyu, Badaling, Juyongguan.
• Most interesting: Jiankou, Jinshanling, Simatai.
• More suitable for a photographer: Simatai, Jinshanling, and Jiankou for shooting sunset & sunrise photos. Mutianyu and Huanghuacheng are good for picture taking too. Check out which part of the Great Wall to visit for more details. 

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Vehicle (Car, Van, Coach) Rental Rates (RMB)

Vehicle (Car, Van, Coach) Rental Rates (RMB)

All Prices shown are in RMB (Chinese Yuan) unless otherwise stated. The driver’s working time is 9 hours daily. The extra cost is 100RMB per hour.

The cost includes:

• City accommodation pick up/drop off,
• Non-English/Chinese speaking driver
• A quality vehicle with A/C
• Transportation fees
• Parking fees, gasoline, toll fees

The cost doesn’t include

• entrance fees to the sites
• a single journey of chairlift/toboggan/cable car (optional)
• round trip of chairlift/toboggan/cable car (optional)
• Meal and tips

Weekend Special!

Enjoy a weekend rate of 600RMB for a four-seater air-conditioning car to visit the splendid Mutianyu Great Wall from Beijing. Explore the spectacular Mutianyu on an intimate, private car trip. Recommended length of visit: 2-4 hours. Check out the Mutianyu travel guidefor more tips.

The cost includes:

• City accommodation pick up/drop off,
• Non-English/Chinese speaking driver
• A quality vehicle with A/C
• Transportation fees
• Parking fees, gasoline, toll fees

The cost doesn’t include

• Airport (hotel) pick up / drop off
• 60RMB p.p entrance fees to Mutianyu
• 100RMB p.p for single journey of chairlift/toboggan/cable car (optional)
• 120RMB p.p for round trip of chairlift/toboggan/cable car (optional)
• Meal and tips

Interested in booking a ride, any questions? The quickest way to find answers to your questions is to review the most frequently asked questions. If you can’t find the information you are looking for please feel free to contact us.

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Book a Private Car With Us Today

We will send you a free no-obligation proposal and itinerary, based on your tour circumstances and time in Beijing. Arrangements to rent a vehicle can be made in advance or on short notice. Please include as much information as you can to help us give you the best and quickest service possible. 

If you have not heard from us within 24 hours, that means one of 2 things. Our email to you may be in your spam/junk folder, or there may have been a typo mistake on your email address. Please check your folders, write to us again and let us know. This has occurred several times recently and it was not possible to get in touch with the requester.

If you have any questions, please contact +86 185 1025 4530 via Whatsapp/phone/Wechat for additional information.