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| Travel Information : |
| Passport: A traveler should bring with him a passport with validity remaining no less than six months. Make sure that it has plenty of blank pages for visas, entry and re-entry stamps and extensions. Loosing passport in Tibet will be very difficult, as you have to go to Beijing to get new one. |
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| Visa-Travel Permit : |
| A traveler to Tibet requires to obtain a special Group Visa/ Permit. The visa processing is initiated only after you book a trip with us. Original passport has to be submitted while applying for Visa/ Permit at the Chinese Embassy in Nepal or abroad. We are eligible to process your visa/ permit even in Kathmandu before your arrival. Normally, Chinese embassy in Kathmandu opens on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 09:30 AM to 11:00 AM. A Tibet-bound traveler requires to pay Visa fee according to varying nationalities. |
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| Food : |
| In Lhasa there are some popular restaurants that provide Tibetan, Chinese and even Western food to the travelers. These restaurants also serve Tibetan tea (salted butter tea), sweet milk tea, hot boiling black tea, Tibetan barley beer, soft drinks, canned beer and imported wine, whisky and local beverage. Very basic food will be served at Zhangmu and Xegar. Guesthouse or hotel on the way will provide you basic accomodation. |
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| Landslide & Extra Charge |
| Our company will put all its efforts to make your journey smooth and pleasant. However, during the monsoon while crossing the Tibet-Nepal border you need to pay extra cost to hire porter & additional transport due to landslides & road blockade. |
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| Money |
| The circulated currency in Tibet is RMB. Foreing currency can be exchanged in the bank of China in Lhasa and other cities. But only the main offices of Bank of China accept traveler's check & cast in advance. You can ecchange money into RMB according to the exchange rate of that day with your valid passport. If you want to visit remote areas in Tibet, your are advised to have enough RMB with you. However, your can have some US dollars with you, too. |
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| Health Requirements |
| Our company reserves the rights to exclude clients who are physically or mentally unfit to undertake long trips. Travelers to Tibet are required to provide a doctor's certificate stating that he/she is fit enough to travel & his/her blood pressure & heart condition are normal. This is a necessary requirement because of the possible effects that the very high altitude may have on certain people. |
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| Final Payment |
| A traveler needs to transfer minimum US$ 300 per person as deposit for permits and Visa processing in advance to our company's bank account. The rest payment must be made upon arrival in Kathmandu before your trip begins. The company accepts cash US$, Euro or any other convertible currencies. We also accept final payment by a major credit card-visa, Master card. |
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| Climate in Tibet |
| The climate in highland Tibet belongs to the typical downy special climate. Climates are much different in different areas in Tibet and temperatures vary greatly within a single day. While in Lhasa and the centrl part of Tibet, the climate is normal and nice for traveling. Visitors would not feel cold in winter nor hot in summer, especially from March to October, the best seasons for traveling. Most annual rainfall comes in the rainy season that starts from May to September, when the precipitation covers 90 percent of the whole year. Usually it rains at night in Lhasa, Sigatse and Chamdo area. |
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