around Beijing airport (1 Viewer)

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pluvialis34

Member

• Nov 5, 2015

• #1

Hi all,

I'm transiting through Beijing on my way to Bangkok on December 30, will have quite a bit of time as I'm landing by 12am and depart by 10pm.

Would anyone have some good spots to recommend in a reasonable vicinity of the airport for some birding (even without any outstanding species)?

How much should I expect to pay to rent a taxi for half a day to wander around Beijing airport? If anyone has a reliable company or driver to recommend I'd be much interested.

Thanks!!

 

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Gretchen

Well-known member

• Nov 10, 2015

• #2

Hi,

I think this should be quite manageable. I don't have lots of info at hand, but will comment that you should only take a taxi from the taxi queue, not from people asking you "taxi? taxi?." When I have more time, I could give some guesses about a good destination, but hopefully others who know more will chime in.

 

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pluvialis34

Member

• Nov 10, 2015

• #3

Hi,

Thanks for this. I'd be greatly interested indeed if anyone could give me a couple of sites to visit around...

 

thirudevaram

Trapped in mist ***s

• Nov 10, 2015

• #4

Check out Terry's birdingbeijing site, it's one stop shop for all for information related to birding in beijing.

http://birdingbeijing.com/birders-guide-to-beijing/

 

mcaribou

Migration coming

• Nov 11, 2015

• #5

Half day is enough to visit sites such as in Miyun for Ibisbill etc.

 

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pluvialis34

Member

• Dec 17, 2015

• #6

Hi guys, thanks for your replies.

Any further ideas?

- how much driving does it take to reach Miyun?
- should I expect difficulties to drive from/to the airport (jammed traffic etc) on a January 1st?
- any further good places? I looked at Terry's website, suggests Olympic Park, Summer Palace, Wenyu river - are they still ok in winter? I'm not targeting anything but birding instead of wasting my time inside the airport.

Thanks!

 

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Owen Krout

Well-known member

• Dec 18, 2015

• #7

Pretty long range to be accurate on the weather, but at this point it looks good. Predicted to be about 5 degrees and "abundant sunshine". Or at least by Beijing standards. January 1st is kind of, sort of taken notice of, at least up here in the North-East, so I wouldn't expect a lot of difference in traffic from normal. Having said that, Beijing traffic is a nightmare normally. I believe there is a subway line from the airport now and if I am correct about that, that is the way to go. I don't know anything about Olympic Park, but the other two should be good locations. The Embassy area in Chaoyang district seemed good when I was there about 8 weeks ago. All the embassies are basically adjacent to each other.

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Dec 18, 2015

• #8

There's definitely a train line from the airport which connects with the subway. Take that train to the #10 subway line (outer circle line) at Sanyuanqiao. The subway will get you to Olympic Park (connect to #8 line) and to the Summer Palace (connect to #4 line). It's probably 45 minutes to an hours' ride on the subway to the Summer Palace once you get to the subway.

I'd have to think those places will be crowded on a holiday though.

 

Last edited: Dec 18, 2015