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The Great Wall of China Trek

This event is now sold out. Be a part of our first overseas trek along a remote section of the Great Wall of China for the adventure of a lifetime.

Date: 9–17 October 2026
Location: Great Wall of China, from Gubeikou to Jinshanling and Simatai.
Fundraising target: £4,320, of which £2,160 is the cost amount, £2,160 is the donation amount.
Deposit to hold your place: £395 non-refundable deposit, payable on registration.
How your support helps Katharine House Hospice: £2,160 sponsorship could fund almost 100 hours of care for a patient in our specialist Inpatient Unit here at the hospice.

Join our very first Katharine House Hospice overseas trek!

This trek takes you to a remote section of the Great Wall of China, from Gubeikou to Jinshanling and Simatai. Not only will you trek on the wall itself, but you will also have the opportunity to trek through wild and remote landscapes with distant views of green rolling hills, mountain peaks and with one of the great wonders of the world as the backdrop.

A moderate to challenging trip for someone of a good general level of fitness. The Great Wall is built on rolling hills and some sections have hundreds of thousands of stairs, some of which have begun to crumble and are more like steep gravel slopes.

Each day you can expect to walk for 5-8 hours on various types of terrain.

What you’ll get

Join this brand-new challenge for Katharine House and you’ll get:

The adventure of a lifetime.
A chance to extend your stay in China. 
Experienced guides and support.
To be part of a small and exclusive Katharine House Hospice group. 
Spectacular trekking. 
A full safety briefing.
The camaraderie of your Katharine House team. 
A Katharine House Hospice T-shirt. 
A dedicated fundraiser on hand to help you hit (and exceed!) your fundraising target, along with access to our helpful fundraising tips and tricks.

Why your support matters

In total, it costs more than £5.9m per year to run every element of Katharine House Hospice. This equates to £16,261 per day.

Roughly speaking, Katharine House receives funding from the government to cover around a third of these costs so our fundraising and retail teams have to raise the other two-thirds.

Fundraising is particularly difficult now, and we are doing everything we can to raise more funds so that we can ensure that our special hospice is here now, tomorrow and in years to come, for you and your loved ones.

Lorna is taking on the Great Wall of China Trek in memory of her dad, who died in 2019 from prostate cancer. “The hospice meant a lot to him, and it means a lot to us as a family.”

Read Lorna’s story and why she’s taking on this challenge.

To find out more about the Great Wall of China Trek

Download our Great Wall of China Trek pack, which explains about where you’ll stay, what you’ll eat, the terrain, fitness, kit, sponsorship target, registration fee and much, much more…

We are aware that the sponsorship ask might feel like a lot of money to fundraise, but we’ll be alongside you every step of the way. To kick off, please take a look at our Challenge fundraising pack, which includes information on how to break down the fundraising target into smaller chunks and gives you lots of ideas for how to set about getting in the money!