How to Book a Tibet Tour

Why Tibet Vista Makes Me Book with Confidence

Booking your next Tibet adventure is a big deal. That is why We Tibet Vista, as the leading local Tibetan travel agency, handles all logistics of travel so that you can focus on what matters: Enjoy Your Lifetime Experience in Tibet.

With 30+ years of leadership in Tibet small group adventure travel, we proactively listen to our guests' voices and offer flexible itineraries and freedom to explore. While ensuring your safety and peace of mind, we are dedicated to maximizing the authentic experience of the real Tibet.

5,268 Clients have booked their Tibet tours with us in 2025. The most popular trips are the 8-day Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Tour, 15-day Mt.Kailash and Manasarova Tour, and the 7-day Lhasa to Kathmandu Overland Tour.

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How to Book My Tibet Tour in Six Easy Steps

1. Send Us an Inquiry.

Browse through the most popular Tibet small group tours or other tours and travel blogs on our official website > fill out a simple inquiry form in one minute with your valid Email address/phone No. > submit your inquiry to let us know which Tibet tours, places, or activities interest you.
- Feel free to share your travel ideas with us. Our travel expert will help you arrange your trip to Tibet according to your needs.
- Submit
2. Get an Expert Travel Advisor’s Reply (within 24hrs)

After we get your travel inquiry, one of our expert travel advisors will reply to you via email, WhatsApp, WeChat, or phone call within 24 hours, together with a proposed itinerary and quotation, making sure we fully understand your plan and needs.

You will enjoy one-on-one travel consultations from your initial email/online contact until you complete your travel in Tibet.
3. Discuss and Tailor the Tour Details to My Needs

After thorough communication, your travel advisor will pre-design a tour itinerary and offer a quotation based on your idea. Please feel free to discuss and modify the itinerary, services, and price quotation with us until it fully satisfies your needs.
4. Sign My Tour Contract and Pay a Deposit

Please fix your schedule with the travel advisor and get a final tour program with an agreed price quotation. Your travel advisor will prepare a formal tour contract for you including the traveler's info, travel company info, fixed itinerary, price quotation, payment info, insurance info, terms and conditions of booking a tour, etc.

Please read this tour contract and get back with your opinion, your travel advisor will modify the tour contract until agreeing. Please sign your name on each page of the tour contract and fax or email the signed contract to your travel advisor.

Pay a deposit (credit card, PayPal, wire transfer) according to the request in Payment info. Normally, you are expected to pay 20-30% of the local Tibet Tour fee and 100% of the domestic transportation fee as a deposit when you book the tour. The balance is to be paid before you leave for Tibet or on your second day in Lhasa.

We sometimes ask for more than 30% if you book the trip urgently or your trip is considered as an unusual case. After signing the contract, you will have a free opportunity to modify the contract.
5. Get Tour Confirmation and Tibet Permit Processing

After booking a trip and paying the deposit, your documents will be handed over to another department at Tibet Vista, which is called--Operation Department (OP for short).

The OP will list a plan to arrange each service item in your contract, like air ticket booking, train ticket booking, applying for your Tibet Permit, etc.

You are kindly required to email the clean colorful photocopy of your passport and China visa in large size 20-30 days before you set out to Tibet to apply for Tibet Permit.

And 7-10 days before your tour starts, you will get the tour confirmation of local tour guide info, train tickets info, etc.

Your Tibet Permit, Train tickets and other important documents will be delivered to your hotel address or home address in the departure city to Lhasa on time.
6. Go to Tibet to Enjoy My Adventure

Your tour guide will meet you at the train station or airport, enjoy the Tibet Tour! Please contact your travel advisor when you need his/her help during your trip to Tibet, if you are not satisfied with any of our services, please don’t hesitate to point it out and give us a chance to correct it immediately.

If your contract includes the balance payment in the Lhasa office of Tibet Vista (Room 8102, first floor, of Lhasa Gang Gyan Hotel), please pay for it before the tour formally starts.

Our company requires full payment of the tour fee before your tour starts. All the tour fees are required to be fully paid in the first two days of your stay in Lhasa. We have a tour service manager, Mr. Kunga at the Lhasa office to deal with the payment.

Most Asked Questions When Booking My Tibet Tour

1. Is It Safe to Send My Passport Information to Tibet Vista?

Yes, once your travel consultants receive your passport images, they will use them to apply for your Tibet Travel Permit and book entry tickets for Potala Palace and other attractions. Rest assured, your information will be kept safe and secure.
2. In What Currency Can I Pay My Deposit?

Currently, we accept payment in all the mainstream currencies incluidng, USD, EUR, GBP, CNY, CAD, AUD, SGD, JPY, etc. You can pay through credit cards (service fee: 4%), Paypal (service fee: 4%), and Wire Transfer (service fee: $25.00/deal on China side).
3. Do I Need to Pay the Balance in Cash in Lhasa?

On your day two in Lhasa, you can visit our Lhasa office in Room 8102 (first floor) of Lhasa Gang Gyan hotel, Beijing East Road, Chengguan district, Lhasa to pay the balance. Apart from cash, credit cards is also accepted.

If you join our Tibet small group tour, on the welcoming dinner on day two, our guide and finance personnel will also help collect the balance after the welcome dinner.
4. How Can I Get My Tibet Travel Permit?

After we get your Tibet Permit in Lhasa, our staff will deliver it by SF Express to your hotel in your Tibet-entry cities in the mainland of China. In some cases, our staff will manage to deliver it to you in person at the airport or railway station.
5. How to Avoid Altitude Sickness for Tibet Travel?

Firstly, try not to catch a cold before you leave for Lhasa. After you arrive in Lhasa, overexert yourself or do strenuous activities like jumping and running.

With an increase in altitude, our human body needs time to develop physiological mechanisms to cope with the decreased oxygen, which occurs during the first 24 hours at altitude.

Sleeping or resting in your hotel is the best option to give time for your body to get acclimatized to the altitude. Learn more to prevent altitude sickness in Tibet.

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