Our Gubei Watertown day tour tickets included a return cable car ride to Simatai Great Wall. After we bought some snacks from a minimart, we walked to the cable car station on the edge of the village.
The gondolas were sleek and modern, with wide glass windows offering panoramic views.
As soon as we were airborne, the rooftops of Gubei shrank beneath us, their grey tiles and lanterns neatly lining the canals. The ride offered a bird’s-eye perspective of the water town, which is a miniature world of bridges, courtyards, and winding lanes.
The higher we went, the more dramatic the scenery became. The Yanshan Mountains unfolded in waves of green and grey, while the Simatai Great Wall appeared in the distance, zigzagging across rugged ridges like a stone dragon. The ride lasted only a few minutes, but every moment was filled with awe.
The cable car dropped us off at a mountain platform, but reaching the Wall itself required a short hike. A stone-paved trail wound its way uphill through pine trees and rocky slopes. It wasn’t a long walk (about 15 to 20 minutes), but the incline could be steep in places.
Along the way, the air grew cooler, the crowds thinned out, and the anticipation built. The higher we climbed, the more we could see of the Great Wall snaking across the ridges.
The climb though tiring, the view was breathtaking! Soon we all made it to the Great Wall (see my next post)!
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