Create your next Tibet memory

Tibet is a uniquely spiritual place offering fabulous monasteries, breathtaking natural views, stunning high-altitude treks as well as one of the friendliest people. By visiting Tibet, you will not only appreciate a visual feast and but also experience a lifetime cultural encounter. Since Tibet is a huge land, you can’t see all of it in a single trip. There are some planning ideas for your reference and you can make an ideal tour according to your travel time and preference.

According to regulations of Tibet Tourism Bureau, all travelers without Chinese passports must travel in Tibet with a travel agency and let the agency provide tour services and arrange essential Tibet travel permits. Tibet Travel Permit (often considered as Tibet Visa) is the most important travel document to be obtained in advance. It is a mandatory travel document for any Tibet tour, and indispensably needed when you take train, flight to Tibet from other cities in China, or get to Tibet from Nepal by overland driving or flight, even when you travel around Tibet. 

It is available to visit Tibet all-year-round because you can easily find different fun in a different season. The best time for Tibet travel ranges from April to October when you can savor more beautiful places with more comfortable weather. Other months are usually very cold and possibly have heavy snow, especially in regions like Mount Kailash and Namtso Lake, etc. Holy city Lhasa and its popular surroundings – Gyantse, Shigatse, Nyingchi, and Shannan are suitable to visit all the year-round. The golden time for traveling in August and September. If you want to skip the crowds, you can avoid visiting Chinese National Day in early October.

High Altitude Sickness, also medically referred as Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). It is a possible uncomfortable pathological reaction in high altitude regions where the air pressure is low and oxygen is thin.

You can acclimatize the high altitude sickness in a gradual process. The possible reactions differ by physical conditions. Usually, the symptoms of AMS are moderate.