Originally Posted by
JPDM
At what time does your flight arrive?
A driver to take you to Mutianyu and then to your hotel is around 700RMB. Absolutely no need for a guide. I thought that Mutianyu was closing earlier (17h) but they must know.
Next day, a decent guide for a whole day is 800 to 1000RMB per day. On day 2 program is light. Not sure why they take you to Fayuan temple given your limited time.
My flight from Hong Kong is scheduled to land at 15:15. Every website I've looked at also says Mutianyu closes around 17:00, but the person I'm corresponding with says the last ticket is sold at 17:30 and they aren't very strict about clearing the people out at 19:00.
So it sounds like this tour is quite a bit more expensive than it ought to be. Their car/driver rate is 1000 RMB/day, and their guides are 1600 RMB for the Great Wall tour and 1800 RMB for the city tour.