Great Wall of China Trek | October 2026

Your trip package includes:

• Return flights from London to Beijing
• All known airline taxes
• Transport and transfers as part of itinerary
• All accommodation in hotels (twinshare) and homestays
• All meals except where specified
• Discover Adventure crew (number dependant on group size)
• English speaking local guide/s
• Local support and back-up
• Tour of Forbidden City and entry to all other sites included in itinerary

Accommodation on this trek ranges from good quality international-style hotels in Beijing to more basic mountain hotels or lodges. Expect plenty of variety. There is one night in guesthouses (dorm-style) in converted farmers’ homestays.

From the Discover Adventure website:

Our trips are sold on a shared accommodation basis, usually twin-share. Occasionally we may use hostel-style accommodation.
You can tell us if you are travelling with someone else on the trip when you book or within your passenger portal, and we will do all we can to accommodate this request. It is important that both people complete the room share request on their bookings. For customers booking and travelling together, including same-sex couples, a double bed can be requested if available.
If you’re not familiar with anyone in the group, rest assured, we always pair you with someone of the same gender (as per the information you provided when booking, or passport markers), and a similar age where possible. We’re actively working to improve our system’s gender restrictions to be more inclusive, and we’ve recently made significant strides in this area. If you identify differently from the gender marker on your passport and would like to discuss this before booking, please feel free to reach out to us.

Discover Adventure provide the following advice:

This is designed to be a challenge, and it is vital that you train sufficiently for it. We will supply you with a thorough training guide once you have registered. We expect all participants to train hard in advance, but we respect everyone’s limits and do not expect everyone to maintain the same pace. Inadequate training is likely to have an impact not just on your chances of completing the challenge, but enjoying it too – and we want you to have the time of your life!

Our challenges attract people of all levels of experience, fitness and ability as well as all ages and backgrounds. We design our challenges so that everyone can go at their own pace: this is not a race. If you have concerns about your fitness or if you have reduced mobility please do contact us for a confidential chat about whether this challenge is appropriate for you.

For logistical and safety reasons we sometimes need to re-group, so the front-runners may find themselves waiting for the slower ones. Please relax, and remember that this is a team effort that enables people to achieve their personal goals and earn sponsorship.

This trip is graded a Yellow 2 – please click here to see how trips are graded and what this means.

From the Discover Adventure website:

The food provided is plentiful, often local in style and freshly-cooked, and will give you plenty of energy. Sometimes we enjoy a buffet-style lunch-stop, other times we might have packed lunches. On some trips we stop at small local restaurants. Dinners are generally eaten at our accommodation each evening. In some regions there may be less variety than you are used to, and in others fresh meat or produce can be harder to come by. Any meals not included are listed in the itinerary and are generally on travel / free days, giving you the opportunity to explore and try other culinary experiences! There is always something to suit different budgets.

Being vegetarian or having other dietary requirements is not usually a problem provided you let us know well in advance. Please do not expect as much variety as you would have access to at home – we may be in very rural or remote areas, or among people of a different culture who may not understand your requirements, however willing they are to help. If you know there are plenty of foods you cannot eat we strongly recommend you bring extra snacks from home so you can top up your energy supply. Please feel free to ask us for advice.

Yes, all participants must be aged 18 or older – you will be asked to confirm your age when you sign up.

Yes! Discover Adventure run a series of trips throughout the year – click here to see the full list of dates.

The registration fee is £299.00 and we ask all our charity place fundraisers to raise a minimum of £3,800.00

Please note there is a first fundraising checkpoint of £3,040.00 which is due 10 weeks before departure. The remainder of your fundraising target is due 2 weeks after your return.

There are multiple fundraising options for this challenge – please click here for full details.

Absolutely, we love to send our team a technical top to wear for their challenge.

These are usually sent out after your first fundraising checkpoint.

Unfortunately due to the nature of the course this challenge isn’t suitable for wheelchairs. Please click here for a list of wheelchair-accessible events.

Congratulations on securing your own place – we would love to have you join #TeamSpinal! Please fill out this form.

Please only fill out this form if you have your own place on this challenge.

As an own place participant, you won’t have a fundraising target. We just ask that you raise as much as possible so you can to help us fund essential research.

Our partner Discover Adventure are a third-party organisation who connect fundraisers with charities to support, and are a fantastic way to guarantee a place on incredible challenges connected with a good cause. More information on our partnership can be found here.