Tibet Travel Guide

Learn to know the difference between Tibet group tours and Tibet private tours before making your choice here and choose the right way that suits your budget

Are you making a difficult choice about how to travel to Tibet? After reading this details, you can choose the suitable one way this time and plan another option for next time. Taking a Flight to Lhasa - the Fastest Way；Taking a Qinghai-Tibet Train to Lhasa - the Cheapest and the Best View; Travelling to Tibet by Overland - the Slowest but the Most View.

When is the best time to travel to Tibet? Tibet can be visited all year around. Every season has its own unique beauty. Accordingly, the best time to visit Tibet should depend what you want to see and do and your personal interests are.

When you are packing your luggage for a tour to Tibet, you may feel helpless and have no clue. In Tibet, most of the time is fine with comfortable temperature and fresh air, but sometime changeable. So you will need to make some preparation. This article will tell you what you need to bring when you are travelling in Tibet.

Follow these steps to plan a wonderful Tibet tour for yourself: Decide when to travel to Tibet and which destinations to visit? How to get to Tibet? What to pack and prepare? What to know about Tibet, such as weather, high altitude, festivals...

A few days before you arrive at Lhasa, our travel consultant will send you notes about your Tibet tour. Among them, the most important thing is asking tourist to move “Slowly, Slowly and Slowly” when arriving at Tibet the first few days, in order to avoid the high altitude sickness in Tibet.

According to the regulations, International tourists, overseas Chinese and Taiwan citizens are required to get a Tibet Travel Permit to travel to Tibet and only authorized Tibet local tour operator can apply for it.

How to Apply for Tibet Travel Permit Successfully? The Application Steps and Tips: 1. Consult online travel agency, confirm your Tibet tour and book it. 2. Prepare valid passport and China tourist visa. 3. Send the copies of valid documents to us. 4. Get your Tibet Travel Permit before traveling to Tibet.

How to get your Tibet Travel Permit? You need to get it via a Tibet travel agency from TTB which is only one to issue your Tibet Permit. After you receive the permit, please take care of it and don’t lose it because there is only one permit for you.

More and more International tourists choose to enter Tibet from Kathmandu, Nepal. According to the regulations, International tourists who enter Tibet firstly from Nepal are required to apply for China Group Visa to Tibet from China Embassy in Kathmandu

Two famous camp bases are Northern Everest Base Camp in Tibet and Southern Everest Base Camp in Nepal. When you take a Northern Everest Base Camp tour, you will need to get the following Tibet Permits: 1) Tibet Travel Permit 2) Aliens’ Travel Permit 3) Frontier Permit

Ngari prefecture located in the remote border, international travelers need apply for the following necessary permits to visit Mt. Kailash and other attractions in Ngari prefecture: 1) Tibet Travel Permit 2) Aliens’ Travel Permit 3) Military Permit, Foreign Affairs Permit and Frontier Permit

Due to the natural conditions in the plateau, Lhasa cannot offer a rich variety of food. But Lhasa cuisine will take you to feel differently from other Asian cuisines. Tibetan people mainly eat yak meat and mutton. And potatoes, cabbages, turnips and some other vegetables that can grow on the plateau can be seen on their dining tables.

It is for tourists who want to know what are the most recommended dishes or snacks they can taste in Shigatse.

Tibetan cuisine is one of the special parts that represents the lifestyle of this magical place. It is also a unique branch of the Chinese flavor system. All tourists coming to Tibet will be recommended to have a taste of Tibetan food to experience the way of life in Tibet, as a way to better understand the place that is closest to paradise.

If you would like to know something about Tibet dining, here is information for you to get to know the diet custom in Tibet and how to eat in Tibet.