Tibet Travel & Tours Guides
We would like to share the Top 30 Tibet Travel and Tibet Tours Guides Tips to make it more convenient for all Travelers around the world to travel to Tibet.
Complete Tibet Travel and Tibet Tours Guides
1. Where is Tibet?
2. Why travel to Tibet?
3. Can Travelers travel to Tibet on their own?
4. When to travel to Tibet?
5. How to travel to Tibet?
6. Is Tibet a safe place to travel?
7. What are the documents required for travel to Tibet?
8. What are China visas and China group visas?
9. What is Tibet Travel Permit?
10. Why Travel with local Tibetan Travel agencies?
11. Which are the places open for travel to Tibet?
12. How to choose a Tour or Trek in Tibet?
13. How long in advance do Travelers have to book the tour to Tibet?
14. From which destination Travelers are allowed to enter Tibet?
15. How to buy a flight to Tibet from other cities in China or Nepal?
16. How to buy a flight or train to Tibet?
17. How are the hotel facilities in Tibet?
18. How are the Restaurants and Meals in Tibet?
19. Are they ATMs and Banks everywhere in Tibet?
20. What are the Travel Insurance Tips?
21. What are the Cancellation Policy Tips?
22. What is the packing list for Tibet?
23. Which Apps to download before traveling to Tibet?
24. What are the health Tips in Tibet?
25. What about 4G and Wifi Tips in Tibet?
26. What are Tibetan culture Tips?
27. What are the Photo Tips in Tibet?
28. How to travel to Tibet like a Tibetan?
29. How to boost the excitement of a trip to Tibet?
30. How to pay the tour fee?
1. Where is Tibet?
Tibet Autonomous Region is one of the provinces of China, located on the roof of the world with an average altitude of 4,500m above sea level and surrounded by many high mountains.
2. Why travel to Tibet?
Tibet is the home of the highest mountain Everest, the holy Mountain Kailash & Manasarovar Lake, and the birthplace of many great Buddhist Yogis. Tibet is a great place to be with nature and fill the positive energy.
Tibetan people are rated by many previous Travelers as one of the warmest people. The smile from Tibetans towards the Travelers gives some signals of positive connection without even having a conversation.
3. Can Travelers travel to Tibet on their own?
Travelers are not allowed to travel to Tibet on their own. Travelers will need a Tibet Travel Permit to travel. Travel agencies are not allowed to sell only the Tibet Travel Permit. Travelers must be on an organized Tour from a local Travel agency.
4. When to travel to Tibet?
It is possible to travel to Tibet starting from January to the end of the year. March is training month for Tour Guides so we are not arranging tours in March at the moment.
The best months of stunning nature are from July to September.
The beginning of the May 1st festival for 6 days, July, August, and the beginning of the October 1st festival for 7 days are the most crowded tourist season.
The end of October to the February of next year is the off-season and fewer Travelers will travel to Tibet because of winter cold. The weather is sunny most of the time during winter.
5. How to travel to Tibet?
They are only two destinations to travel to Tibet. Travel to Tibet from other cities in China or Travel to Tibet from Kathmandu, Nepal.
7. What are the documents required for travel to Tibet?
They are two documents required to travel to Tibet. China visa from China or China visa from Nepal and Tibet Travel Permit.
8. What are China visas and China group visas?
If traveling to Tibet from other cities in China, will need China visas. If traveling to Tibet from Kathmandu, Nepal will need China group visas.
9. What is Tibet Travel Permit?
The documents required to travel to Tibet. Tibet Travel Permit is two papers. Tibet Travel Permit cannot be obtained on your own. Travelers must need a Travel agency to obtain the Tibet Travel Permit from the Tibet Tourism office.
10. Why Travel with local Travel agencies?
Traveling with local travel agencies to have a local taste. Tibet Travelers will put 100% energy into the tour to have a great time for Travelers. Tibet Travelers has been rated 100 % Excellent reviews. Why choose Tibet Travelers?
Tibet Travelers Manager Tenzin is born at the feet of Mount Everest and Tenzin is listed in Lonely Planet Guidebook since 2006.
11. Which are the places open to travel to Tibet?
The places which are open for Travelers have been listed on our tour itinerary.
12. How to choose a Tour or Trek in Tibet?
To choose a tour or trek, the most important are the duration, prices, and the traveler's body condition as trekking needs a very healthy body.
13. How long in advance do Travelers have to book the tour to Tibet?
We recommend booking the tour at least 1-2 months in advance.
14. From which destination Travelers are allowed to enter Tibet?
Kathmandu, Nepal, and other cities in China.
15. How to buy a flight to China or Nepal?
We have found a few websites.
These are a few recommendations from our research. Travelers can also check Google to compare flight prices.
16. How to buy a flight or train to Tibet?
How to buy flight tickets to Tibet?
How to buy train tickets to Tibet?
We can help to buy discount flight tickets & we can also help to buy train tickets with service fees.
17. How are the hotel facilities in Tibet?
They are many 2-3-4-star hotels and a few 5-star hotels in Lhasa and Shigatse. Two of the 5-stars hotel in Lhasa are St.Regis and Shangri-La Hotel. They are also a few 3-star hotels in Gyantse, Nyingchi, Tsetang, and western Tibet Ngari. There is also one 3-star hotel in Darchen town near Mount Kailash. In most of the other places, it will be a 2-star hotel or guest house.
They are ATMs in Gyantse, Shigatse, Lhatse, Saga, Darchin, Tada, Ngari, Purang, Old Tingri, Tsetang, Nyingchi, Damxung, and Pomi. Banks, Money, Currency, and ATMs in Tibet. There is a limit withdrawal of around 4000-6000RMB depending on the traveler's credit card. The only possible withdrawal of cash will be the Chinese Renminbi.
20. What are the Travel Insurance Tips?
Tibet Travel Permit Regulation changes very often so we highly recommend Travelers buy Travel insurance from their home country. One of our suggestions Travel Insurance website is Insure My Trip. Travelers can also buy basic insurance in Lhasa which Tibet Travelers can also help.
21. What are the Cancellation Policy Tips?
Tour in Tibet might get canceled even after the booking since Tibet Travel Permit Regulation changes very often. Tibet Travelers Cancellation Policy.
22. What is the packing list for Tibet?
A sleeping bag is one of the best recommendations for packing lists. They are lots of blankets even in Mount Everest base camp and Mount Kailash. What is Tibet's Packing list?
23. Which Apps to download before traveling to Tibet?
A few of the popular Apps in the West are not available in Tibet including Facebook, Gmail, Instagram, Twitter, and Youtube. Best Apps to download before traveling to Tibet.
We recommend using WeChat (a Popular China-based social media App) while traveling in Tibet.
24. What are the health Tips in Tibet?
Mountain sickness is when Travelers travel from a lower altitude to a high altitude quickly. As one article on Fotor wrote, the air in Tibet has 40% less oxygen.
No need to worry about this, through our experience, the only thing Travelers get altitude sickness is when Travelers travel very fast so we have customized our tour itinerary with slower driving durations each day before reaching high altitudes. Check out our Health Tips in Tibet.
25. What about 4G and Wifi Tips in Tibet?
Almost all the hotels offer free WIFI even near Mount Everest and Mount Kailash.
It is possible to buy the China Telecom sim card using the Tour Guide's ID, the cost is 199RMB per month, around 30 US dollars and Travelers can use as much data as they want.
26. What are Tibetan culture Tips?
Inside the monastery, it is great to respect wearing long pants, taking off hats, and not smoking.
Smiling toward Travelers without any reason is one of the Tibetan ways of respect and love.
27. What are the Photo Tips in Tibet?
It is a great respect to ask before taking the photos. We request Travelers not to take photos of the military, or police, and not take photos inside the monastery where it is not allowed. Some monasteries allow for some charge.
Sun is very strong in the afternoon making the light of the photo too strong so we recommend Travelers take photos of nature in the morning and late afternoon as one of the best times to take photos. During the night taking photos of stars are also a good choice.
28. How to travel to Tibet like a Tibetan?
Respecting the local Tibetan culture and obeying the rules and regulations of the China Tibet Autonomous Region, is one of the best ways to travel like Tibet.
While interacting with Tibetans, we highly request never to do a discussion on politics.
Visiting random Tibetan villages by having some tea and Tsampa ( Barley organic food) to feel the life of Tibetan villagers. Travelers can also learn the Top 10 Tibetan Phrases to show love for Tibetans via traveling as Tibetans.
29. How to boost the excitement of a trip to Tibet?
The best way to boost the excitement of a trip is not to have high expectations. Having high expectations is the door to disappointment. If Travelers didn't expect good weather in Everest, even rain in Everest will make us feel like a blessing so no expectation means everything becomes a surprise gift.
Traveling in Tibet with Tibetan Tour Guide and Tour Driver like a family or friends will definitely boost the excitement of the trip.
We love seeing both Travelers and Tour Guide get emotional when the moment Travelers have to leave the airport. We would like to thank Travelers for your love for Tibet and Tibetans.
30. How to pay for the Tour fee?
Tibet Travelers request a deposit of 100 US dollars from the whole group together via Paypal or international bank transfer. Tibet Travelers Payment Options.
These are the Top 30 Tibet Travel Tips and Tibet Tours Tips from Tibet Travelers to all the Travelers who are traveling to Tibet. For Tibet travel information or booking a tour to Tibet. Email us at info@tibettravelers.com
Jul 01, 2023