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Old Sep 3rd, 2015 | 08:22 AM
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Great Wall in a wheelchair

Is it possible to visit the Great Wall in a wheelchair?
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Old Sep 3rd, 2015 | 08:31 AM
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Not possible unless you want to see it from below.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2015 | 08:32 AM
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Afraid it's not possible unless you want to see it from below.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2015 | 12:31 PM
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Check with your tour company. My mother was in a wheelchair and visited the great wall. I think the men from her tour company carried her and her wheelchair in order to access it.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2015 | 01:46 PM
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There are certain areas that have a lift to go up, however, that being said...one you arrive at the top you must go up and down many stairs along the way. It would be impossible with a wheelchair and probably dangerous to be carried.
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Old Sep 4th, 2015 | 05:53 AM
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Choose one here

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...95.CyhFi5hhCr0
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Old Sep 5th, 2015 | 09:42 AM
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According to my 96 year old father, apparently there was a "worker's entrance" where they were able to wheel my mother. They did not have to carry her or her wheelchair to get to the Great Wall. I don't know which gate they visited, but it's definitely do-able if you have the right guide to navigate the way. As I said earlier, she was on a tour that was geared to handicapped travelers, so they were familiar with the barriers wheelchair bound people face.

I hope you can find the right people to get you there.
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