Tibet which is located on the northern side of the Himalayas, The Land of Snows earlier. It was seemed to
be a land of mysteriously unreachable. Tourists get it as a challenge to travel from afar. For the present state, as it is easily accessible and it has become most convenient to travel Tibet not even from Nepal or main Land China, but also from all over the world. Through these two main gateways from which tourists can comfortably en joy them journey. Our experts’ main guidelines will make you acknowledged about all travel techniques.
Questions that arise in our minds before traveling to Tibet are basically related to these…
1. What should be your travel guidelines?
2. Popular connections & travel techniques?
3. Whether to choose travel through train or by Air?
4. Accommodation selection, food choices?
5. How curiously to learn from their citizens culture & lifestyle?
6. What are main precautions while travelling?
7. Which time is best to travel?
Travel Guide.
Nepal is one of the closest gateway countries to enter Lhasa, as it is nearest neighbor to Tibet. You can
Reach there by either flight. It’s the only country with an international flight to Tibet. Its fact that Nepali citizens are still required to have Tibet travel permit for entering. For flight schedule, you can easily take flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa. After your Tibet tour is done, if you prefer, you can further travel to other cities, such as Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou ETC in mainland China and finally fly back to Nepal.
Closet distance from Kathmandu to Lhasa is 609 km, it makes closest gateway to Tibet from Nepal.
Flight links or by train both ways can be visualized.
Travel to Tibet from Kathmandu by Air:
Flight from Kathmandu to Lhasa is the only international flight access towards Tibet. There are two direct flights between Lhasa and Kathmandu. These are basically run by Sichuan airline and Air China. It takes around 1.5 hours to fly from Kathmandu international airport to Lhasa Airport.
Travel from Kathmandu by Land:
If you want to witness all thrills of nature by your eyes, you can travel by road which is much cheaper
than by Air. This roadside travelling from Kathmandu to Lhasa land tour takes almost 7 to 8 days covering around 1,300 km. One of the biggest highlights of Kathmandu to Lhasa overland tour is the visit to Everest Base Cap Tibet side. In train travel, you can easily save all these exciting scenes in film of your camera.
Travel to Tibet from Mainland China:
There are five highways to Tibet and four of them are from mainland China, namely Sichuan. Tibet
highway, Qinghai- Tibet highway, Xing Tibet highway and Yunnan Tibet highway. It normally takes 7 to 15 days to get to Tibet by land from mainland China, which is much longer than by train or by flight. For road trip lovers, Tibet overland tour is indeed a perfect choice to admire the beauty of nature along with local customs and tasty local food. Sichuan Tibet highway is popular as the best overland route to Tibet with the most beautiful landscapes. It covers 2147km from Chengdu to Lhasa and takes about 8 days overall.
Travel to Tibet from mainland China by Air:
Its easiest way to travel to Tibet by air. Nowadays, there are direct flights to Lhasa from Beijing,
Chengdu, Chongqing, Xining, Xian, Shangri la and Kunming. Other flights from Shanghai, Guangzhou and some other cities far from Tibet are almost connecting flights for which you have to wait for almost 7 hours or more.
Best time to visit Tibet:
Here one question that strikes in mind is that in which season one should plan to visit Tibet? So the best seasons to visit Tibet are spring and Autumn mainly between months of April, May, September and October. These are basic Tips in this regard.
- The lowest average daily temperature in April and May are still below 10°c , so to enjoy day and night average weather swings during your tour.
- Between May and October when the skies appear to be clear and blue. Temperature reaches double digits variety to enjoy with melted ice.
- Here these phases of beauty will appeal eyes of viewer. In different months with different adventures.
Food specialty & Accommodation in Tibet:
Besides bountiful landscapes Tibet offers you best food and accommodation. Tibetan cuisine, Sichuan
cuisine along with western style dishes. Variety of foods can be available at the same spot. For the sake of accommodation searching The Deluxe Hotels in Lhasa and other big cities. These will provide you reasonable and good stuff.
There are mainly two categories of accommodation available there, the Chinese run good hotels or the
economy hotels which are very basic with common. Bath & toilets. So, you can find reasonable hotels in
Lhasa as well. For meat lovers Tibetans food is mainly composed of meat (beef, mutton or yak) with very few vegetables. Beef, mutton and yak meat with a blend of high calorie foods help Tibetans to live and to resist in very cold atmosphere.
Their unique drinks include yak butter tea, sweet tea and barley tea. Across Tibet, many places produce
mineral waters containing different trace elements.
People, Culture and lifestyle in Tibet.
Tibetans are one of the oldest ethnic groups in China and South Asia. As far as its long history is concerned it comprises in more than 1300 years. Including mysterious Tibetan Buddhism, a unique
language wrapped in lifestyles of native. It all shows their literary actions, music, dance, painting,
sculpture art ETC. The lifestyle of Tibetans is still same in 7th century. Most of them wear robes in their daily lives and most of the herdsman in Tibet spend their time by grazing sheep and yaks. Their women usually wear precious jewelry and flowers in their hair. It will all give you glimpse of pure history and value lover inhabitants. They use warm clothes thick with full waist and shirts. These clothes are made of silk, wool, cotton and sheepskin. To protect themselves from cold atmosphere. Most of the population is belonged to local people which is 92%. They are very friendly, cheerful and atmospherically brave people. Tibetans are mostly Buddhist followers but few of them are believers of old Ban. In Lhasa and Yanjing few followers of Islam Catholicism are also seen.
Tips for traveling.
• Before traveling to Tibet, you should Notice these things as precautions.
• Tips and first aid tools to cope with sudden sickness.
• Choose best and easy time to travel regarding weather conditions.
• Important documents.
• Learn proper guidelines to travel and to follow them attentively.
• Plans to get to Tibet and to check major tourism spots.
• Plan to book at least 10 days before your departure.
• You need a Tibet permit to enter
• Clothes packing and other necessities.
• Choose fly journey or train.
• Be relax and adventurous to enjoy your tour.
• Choose / search a good and reasonable accommodation.
• Beware of total cost.
Passport & Visa requirements.
A Tibet travel permit (TEP) is an entry license needed for all foreign nationals to enter in Tibet. It is
issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau (TTB). For China extra visa is not necessary to use because it is part of
China. TTB permit is a sheet of paper that lists all the names of the people in Tibet tour group along with your travel dates and travel destinations. So, It’s a proper documentations to be verified before entering and existing.
A travel agency will handle all these permits for you without any extra expenses. All you need to supply
your passport and visa copies.
There are basically three common steps to be followed.
1. Book and confirm a ticket tour with your travel agent.
2. Send us copies of your passport and China visa (Residence permit).
3. Prepare three documents and send these in period of pandemic COVID-19. Current city of
residence green health code screenshot. Negative COVID-19 result report along with vaccination
certificate.
Receive your Tibet permit.
• Confirm your Tibet trip. After that submit Tibet travel permit application.
• Arrive in Kathmandu and give your original passport to our staff.
• Get China group visa to fulfil your Tibet trip.
These are all travel instructions, guidelines, precautions and priorities which will definitely help
you to enjoy this fantastic journey…
