Chinese Visa & Travel Permit
You are requested to submit us the following passport information at least 20 days before trip departure for visa procedure. At least 2 days before tour commencement, original passports must reach to our office in Kathmandu.
- Name in full (as in passport)
- Geschlecht
- Nationalitéit
- Passnummer
- Datum Gebuertsdatum
- Beruff
Temperature & Clothing
Tibet will have its average temperature between 5-20 degree Celsius in the month of April through October. During trekking season, the night temperature in the mountain often falls below freezing. Therefore, you are required to have adequate warm clothes to save from extreme cold. Further, it will be better to dress in layers that can be easily put on & off as required. It is often advisable to carry raincoat because snow or rain can also occur sometimes.
Clothing & Equipment Recommended
Thermal underwear, woolen or silk long sleeve tops & bottoms
Woolen shirts, pullover, pants, socks, hat, gloves & scarves
Down jacket or wind breaker
Good walking boots or shoes
Sun hat, sun glass, suntan lotion, torch light, pen knife
Medicine for common colds, headache, diarrhea & Diamox against altitude sickness.
Gesondheet
It is necessary to be physically fit & healthy for the participate on Tibet tour. Even if, there is no particular age limit guideline, child below 8 years or elderly people exceeding 70 years or more are not advisable to take participation. Doctor’s medical certificate is essential for trip participation. Further more, those who are sufferer of high blood pressure, heart problem or diabetic are not recommending for tour.
Travel Insurance
It is most advisable all clients to have full insurance against medical and person accident risk, natural calamities, political instability, etc.
Wéi kënnt Dir dohin?
This unique land is now easily accessible from Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Schedule air services fly from Kathmandu to Lhasa, and back every Tuesday and Saturdays with additional flights on Thursdays from July. This flight last a little over one hour and gives you a panoramic view of the Himalayas. Our sponsors have different package tour programs to this fascinating land. They will will give you a reason to get up early. Please check out their Programs to find out how. A trip not be missed in this lifetime!
The best season for Tibet tour is from the end March to end November each year. From end November to end March it gets too cold and flights do not operate during this period. Flights operate from first week April to end November every year.
Visa & Permit Information
Tourism Bureau is start to issue to Tibet entry permit but with much more restrictions. There are overall four documents required for foreign tourists who want to travel freely in Tibet.
Chinese Visa – you can apply for in Chinese Embassy in your country;
Tibet Entrée Permis – It is issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau and is a must for foreigners entering Tibet.
Rees Permis: It is required when you are planning to travel to the closed areas in Tibet, which you can obtain it after you arrive in Tibet.
As a local travel agency, Himalayan Idol Adventure (P) Ltd. is able to assist you to process all of those above documents if you book a Tibet tour with us. WhatsApp 977 9851010754
Passport & Visas
All individuals entering Tibet must hold a passport valid for at least six months. If you are entering Tibet from China, your Chinese visa must be valid. Only travelers with tourist visas (not business, resident or student visas) are permitted. Entering Tibet from Nepal, either by friendship highway or by air requires a separate visa valid for Tibet from the Chinese embassy in Katmandu (30-60 day visas are the normal and it normally takes 2 weeks to obtain it.). You may apply for a group visa from us (minimum of two people in a group and you must leave China with this person unless you can change the visa inside China).
Tibet Entrée Permis
Customers whose travel arrangements are made by Himalayan Idol Adventure (P) Ltd. will receive their Tibet Entry permit from our local office in the city where they depart for Tibet e.g. Chengdu if by air, Golmud if by Qinghai-Tibet Highway. You are required to present this document when boarding the flight to Tibet. Himalayan idol adventure ( P.) Ltd will make all necessary arrangements to obtain the correct documentation for you if you book a tour with us.
How to apply for a Tibet Entry Permit?
Travelers have to travel in tour group and ask their travel agent to apply it for you. Please prepare the following documents before asking your travel agent to apply permit.
A copy of your Passport:
A copy of your China visa (tourist visa)
Full names, gender, Date of Birth, Passport number, nationality, occupation.
Rees Permis
Travel Permit, also called Aliens’ Travel Permit (A.T.P), is required to visit closed areas. It is issued by Foreign Affairs Section of the Local Public Security Bureau (PSB). The Law on the Control of Entry and Exit of Foreigners (Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China (No.31), 22.11.1985, Chapter 4), says:
Article 20: Foreigners who hold valid visas or residence certificates may travel to places declared open to foreigners by the Chinese Government.
Article 21: Foreigners who desire to travel to places closed to foreigners shall apply for travel permits from local public security organs.
Wéi fir et ze gëllen?
We will assist you in applying for it after you entering Tibet. Our guide will ask you for your passport and the Tibet Entry Permit and submit it to the Foreign Affairs Section of PSB.
Which parts of Tibet are listed as the closed areas?
At the present, you have to apply for a Travel Permit if you are planning to visit the following places:
Tsetang: Samye Monastery, Tomb of Tibetan King, Changdruk Temple, Yumbulakhang
Shigatse: Sakya Monastery, the Mt. Everest, Rongbuk Monastery
Gyangtse: Pelkor Chode Monastery & Kubum Stupa
Nqari Regioun
Basumtso Lake in Nyingchi Region
Chamdo Region
Lhasa and Nagqu regions are open to foreign travelers and no need for Travel Permit.
Entry Procedure
Op der Strooss
Kerung Border near Rasuwa Gadi from Kathmandu( Nepal)
Kodari Border near Zangmu from Kathmandu ( Nepal)
Through Golmud road to Amdo
Purang from Simikot, Humla ( Nepal)
Mam Loft
Kathmandu zu Lhasa
Chengdu-Lhasa
Beijing-Lhasa.
Shanghai-Lhasa.
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