Basically you have to use a tour company, there is literally no way around it. You must have a Chinese Visa, a Tibet Permit, a tour guide. No discussion, no independent travel. Now you know that, this is how it’s actually done.
HOW TO VISIT TIBET
Basically you have to use a tour company, there is literally no way around it. You must have a Chinese Visa, a visit Tibet Permit, a tour guide. No discussion, no independent travel. Now you know that, this is how it’s actually done.
Tibet Permit
First, you need to organize a Chinese visa yourself. Next, you need to choose the best tour company for Tibet. They will organize your actual tour in Tibet, your permits and if you’re lucky they’ll help with travel to and from Lhasa, visit Tibet too.
Most tours starting at around 400USD . That included all hotels, guides, breakfast, transfers etc.
HOW TO GET TO TIBET
Right, hard core travel time. Can you fly in and out of Lhasa, visit Tibet? Yes, you can. Should you? Absolutely NOT. The best, best, best way to experience getting in and out of Tibet is this:
Take the 40 hours train from Beijing/Chengdu/Shanghai to Lhasa. It may sounds long, but it help you get early acclimatization. The train takes climbs up to 5200 m and then descends down to 3600 m before it reaches Lhasa. The highest train journey in the world, right through the Himalayas, so high in fact they pump oxygen into the cabins because it gets to around 5000m. The views will blow your mind, this is real travel.
they pump oxygen into the cabins because it gets to around 5000m. The views will blow your mind, this is real travel.
If flying, the body has to go through a torture of sudden change in altitude and oxygen of sea level to 3600 m in just 2 and a half hours.
Fly back to Beijing/Chengdu/Shanghai. After your time in Tibet is up, you’re unlikely to want another forty hours or so on a train. If you fly to Chengdu, you can take a visit tibet the Chengdu Panda Base, to see the cute Giant Pandas.
WHAT TO DO IN TIBET
There is so much to do in visit Tibet, amazing views, the spectacular Himalayas, lake, monasteries. All breathtaking.
IS TIBET EXPENSIVE?
The tours can run from reasonable prices to crazy prices. Do you really want to stay in Sheraton in Lhasa? Stay in the cool Tibetan hotels, with Tibetan staff, such a better experience. Lunches and dinners can range from five bucks for a local place to maybe twenty bucks in a swankier place.
All in all, no it’s not expensive and you don’t spend much money after you’ve paid for your flight and train in, and the tour price. Pretty epic really.
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