- Tibet Travel Documents
To visit Tibet, you are not only required to have valid passport (at least valid for six months) and Chinese visa, but also the speical permit to enter Tibet, and some other permits, such as Alien Travel permit(PSB permit), Military Permit, Foreign affairs Permit to visit some unopened and military areas in Tibet. To enter Tibet from Nepal side, please don't apply any individual Chinese visa in your country, since all the tourists enter Tibet from Nepal have to get a group Chinese visa at China Embassy in Kathmandu.
- Tibet Travel Tips
To have a smooth and memorable trip in Tibet, we highly suggest you to learn some travel tips for that area before the trip begins. Here in this section, we have listed out some travel information such as festival, train and flight schedule, high altitude sickness, local etiquettes and taboos, packing list, concerns of the photography, ect.
- Festivals in Tibet
- Lhasa Trains' Schedule and Price
- Tibet flight schedule
- High Altitude Sickness
- Etiquettes and Taboos
- Money and Credit Cards
- Best Time to Tibet
- What to Pack
- What to buy in Tibet
- Food and Drink in Tibet
- Tibetan Language
- Photography in Tibet
- Tibet Medical Treatments, Tibet Hospitals
- Useful Numbers in Tibet
- Tibet Car Rental
Renting a vehicle with a driver has become the most popular way to get around in Tibet. To travel in and around Lhasa, and further to Gyantse, Shigatse, Tsedang, Nyingchi and Namtso lake, the roads condition is good enough to just need to rent minivan, minibus, tourists, cheaper option and safe trip! But overland trip to E.B.C, further to Kathmandu in Nepal or travel to Mt.Kailash, or do overland trip from Chengdu, Zhongdian to Lhasa, we suggest you choose Landcruiser, which is much safer and more comfortable, at the moment there are different kinds of landcruiser(jeeps) available in Tibet, the best and most popular one is Toyoto 4500.