Tibet Itinerary 7 Days: follow our Tibet travel experts to plan your week long trip

Tibet, also known as the “roof of the world” is the second biggest province in China. It occupies up to 1/8 of the landmass of China. Unlike other major tourist destinations in the world, the rich landscape and religious heritage of Tibet make it a place that can not be fully explored in a year. This, therefore, keeps visitors coming even after visiting this place severally.

Are you visiting Tibet for the first time and you fall into the category of tourists that will be spending not more than seven days? You are on the right page. Tibet is a place that is rich in culture and has a lot to offer its visitors. This, therefore, makes it very difficult to make a choice out of the lots and lots of amazing sites that can be visited in Tibet. Tibet is an extremely large space of land which is occupied by many monasteries, as well as temples. These are in addition to the mountains that Tibet is known for. Although not all the mountains in this region are famous, they are all worth visiting. For your first trip to Tibet, try to enjoy the major highlights that it has to offer. In your subsequent visits, you can then go on to enjoy a section of it.

A trip to Tibet might be one of the most anticipated events for lots of tourists. It, however, is not as easy as a lot of people envisaged. This is as a result of very strict visa rules as well as restrictions on traveling. This, therefore, makes it important that you prepare perfectly well for this trip. Well, to get the best out of a trip to Tibet, there are certain things that every traveler has to know and do. Let’s find out what they are.

Find a Trusty Tibet Tour Operator is Vital

Tibet is one of the most restricted regions of the world. As a result of this, traveling to Tibet is not as easy as traveling to other parts of the world. As a matter of fact, individual travel is not permitted. Now, the fact that there is a ban on individual travel does not mean that you can’t travel alone. It only means that you will have to travel with a tour guide. If you are thinking of visiting Tibet, then, it important that you book a tour with one of the Tibet travel operators which are in existence. This is the only way to get a Tibet Travel Permit, as well as the other permits that are needed to get into Tibet.

We, Tibet Vista, local Tibet tour operator, will also help you make arrangements for a driver, a private vehicle, and a tour guide. That is not all that we will get done for you. We can also make the necessary arrangements for your accommodation, the needed tickets and fees as well as train or flight tickets from mainland China to Lhasa. So, with the aid of a Tibet tour operator, you really do not have to do much before getting into Tibet. All you need to do is get a Chinese visa, decide when you want to get into Tibet, the means of getting into Tibet and the day of your visit. And you will be on your way to one of the most amazing tours of your lifetime.

Set Aside Enough Time to Process Tibet Travel Permit

Tibet cannot be accessed by tourists in the same way that other regions of China can be. To get into Tibet, a Chinese visa is required. A Chinese visa can be gotten from the Chinese embassy in your country. While trying to get a Chinese Visa from your country, it is important that you do not make it known that you are traveling to Tibet as this will get the entire process complicated.

Tibet Travel Permit

As a professional travel agency, we can help travelers to get their Tibet Travel Permit and also offer Tibet tours.

Getting a Chinese visa is just the first step to getting into Tibet. A Tibet Travel Permit is needed to get into Tibet from China. A lot of people have the misconception that getting a Tibet Travel Permit can be done and very quickly. Well, the truth is it takes quite some time for a Tibet Travel Permit to get ready. It takes about 7 days for a Tibet Travel Permit to get ready and about 5 days for it to get to you in China via mail. Altogether this is about 12 days. This, therefore, makes it important that you apply for your Tibet Travel Permit quite early so it gets ready before your flight is due.

Find Your Favourite Ways to Reach Lhasa (Flight or Tibet Train)

There are quite a number of ways to get to Tibet from mainland China. Although Tibet can as well be entered from other routes, a lot of people seem to prefer getting in from China. The exact route to be taken when entering Tibet is up to the tourists.

As a tourist to Tibet, you can decide to take a flight to Tibet from mainland China directly or go through a train which will run through the Qinghai Tibet Railway. In as much as taking a flight to Lhasa is faster, going by train gives you the privilege to acclimatize and this is very good for enjoying your tour of Tibet. With a train, you can move gradually from a low attitude to high attitude.

When entering Tibet from Nepal, tourists can choose to go by flight or by bus. This journey is a 920 km long journey and usually lasts about 5 days. Check Ultimate Guide about How to Get to Tibet from Nepal and Mainland China

Spend Three Days in Lhasa for Acclimatization and Landmark Buddhist Attractions

Tibet is known as the roof of the earth because of its altitude. As a result of this, a lot of travelers have altitude sickness while on a tour of Tibet. Although as an individual that is not resident in Tibet, getting to stay away from altitude sickness might be quite difficult, it can be reduced drastically. One way to stay away from altitude sickness is to spend three days in Lhasa on your way to Tibet. Doing this can be likened to a case of killing two birds with one stone. It will help you acclimatize to the altitude and at the same time give you the opportunity to visit some of the monasteries in Lhasa before moving on to Tibet.

Jokhang Temple in Lhasa

Visiting Jokhang Temple, the spiritual center of Tibet Buddhism

Travel to Shigatse, the Gateway City of Mt. Everest

Tourists on their way to Tibet can arrive in Shigatse either by train or by flight. Whatever means that a tourist decides to get to Shigatse through is really up to them. As a tourist that plans on getting to Lhasa by flight from mainland China, a journey from Lhasa to Shigatse by train will be a very good one as it will give you the opportunity to catch a view of the valleys and wildlife which characterize traveling by train.

Every day, there are trips from Lhasa to Shigatse by train. There is a three hour interval between this two trips. So if you can’t make the first trip, you can always get ready for the next journey which should commence after three hours. If you do not want to go to Shigatse by train, you can also decide to go by road.

Visit EBC and exit Tibet to Kathmandu

Mount Everest is obviously the highest mountain in the world and has been climbed from two sides. These are China and Nepal. As a result of the difficulty in climbing the mountain, tourists have to spend some time at the base camp before climbing up the mountain. Although the reason for the existence of the Everest base camp is for acclimatization of climbers, it has become a major tourist destination and one that everyone that is visiting Tibet for the first time should visit. After visiting EBC, tourist can leave through Kathmandu. This offers tourists the privilege of seeing Mt. Everest from different sides.

Mount Everest Base Camp Tour

Our clients were enjoying their Mount Everest tour, with an elevation of 8,844.43 meters.

It is almost impossible to have a satisfactory tour of Tibet. Nevertheless, as a first-time tourist to Tibet, the instructions in this article will come in very handy. Here we have designed out a couple of 7 days tour in Tibet for you to choose. Or you can also contact our Tibet travel guru to work out your own trip to Tibet.

>>6 Days Travel to Sky Lake – Lhasa and Lake Namtso Small Group Tour
>>7 Days Lhasa to Kathmandu Overland Small Group Tour
>>8 Days Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Small Group Tour

So if you’re ready to an Adventure Tour to Tibet

1.) enjoy the mind-blowing Himalayas

2.) trek to the foot of Mt. Everest, the world’s summit

3.) explore mysterious Tibetan Buddhism

4.) appreciate the beauty of holy Tibetan lakes

5.) experience divine kora around holy Mt. Kailash

6.) witness exotic Tibetan culture

7.) taste Tibetan, Nepali, Indian cuisine

8.) look for a paradise of photography

9.) have safari on the roof of the world

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