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Kathmandu to Lhasa Road

The journey from Kathmandu should be viewed as an adventure, not just a sightseeing bus tour. The road itself was poorly constructed and is prone to closure by landslides, particularly from June through September. It can be very dusty and some kind of facemask is a good idea to take along. As you drive to altitudes of over 17000 feet at some points, altitude sickness becomes a real possibility and most will feel some symptoms. You must make sure to drink plenty of fluids to help you acclimatize. The choice of hotels en route (except Lhasa) is extremely limited. Hotels are basic with showers, flush toilet, a small shop, a restaurant and the laundry facilities only. Food is not readily available en route until the stopover hotels are reached. We recommend you carry packed lunch from the hotels. We suggest you bring a canteen or water bottle with purification tablet or water filter pump and refill your bottles at every opportunity. Meals en route (until Lhasa) tend to be greasy and you may want to bring snacks or other foodstuff with you. We therefore suggest you to carry tinned food, biscuits, chocolates, cheese, drinking chocolate/coffee, soup cubes, instant noodles, vegetables, nuts and raisins, chewing gum, etc.

INSURANCE
Full travel insurance coverage, particularly for health, trip cancellation/interruption is strongly recommended.

Money
Banks in Tibet/china are closed on Saturday & Sunday. So, you are kindly requested to carry about US $ 100 per person in cash over and above the tour cost to cover your extra expenses for main meals and others enroute until Lhasa. If it is cash dollars, even local people help you to get them exchanged in Chinese yuan. Travellers cheques & credit cards are very difficult to be cashed outside the banks especially Outside Lhasa.
The unit of currency for foreigners is the Yuan. US$ 1= +/- 8 Yuan. Money can be exchanged at the bank of China at Zhangmu, Xigatse and Lhasa.

Risk and Liability
Ghale Treks & Tours will make every effort to make your journey very smooth and pleasant. However, all programs in Tibet are conducted strictly under the rules and regulations of the Tibet Tourism Bureau. Therefore, Ghale Treks & Tours or its Tibetan counterpart cannot be responsible for any change or alterations in the itinerary due to unavoidable circumstances such as landslide, road blockage, flood, snow, political unrest, cancellation of flights, delayed arrivals, sickness or accidents. Any extra cost incurred thereof shall be borne by the clients. It is most advisable all clients to have full insurance against medical and personal accidents. Cancellation insurance is also highly recommended.

Visa
The Chinese governments prohibits individual traveller to visit Tibet. The Chinese embassy will only issue visas to travellers on group tours i.e if there is a single tourist or a tourist group of less then 05 pax then they will have to join a group in order to get a visa. In addition to the visa, it is necessary to obtain an aliens' travel permit for travel in Tibet.

For Tibet/China visa, we need 7 clear full working days and clients or their passports should be available in Kathmandu. On request, we can advise the CHINESE CONSULATE/EMBASSY to issue TIBET/CHINA visa provided the group is minimum of FIVE PAX. For permits, passport details of the clients is required atleast a month prior to trip. Please find the tibet visa sample below:

When to Visit Tibet?
The best time to visit Tibet is May to October when it is warmer. The winter months are very cold. The best time to make a tour in Tibet is between mid-May and mid-October. However, the weather of the first and last months of this season is generally stable and clear, with cool temperatures during the days and nights below freezing, so least travelers visit Tibet during this period. July and August are usually warmer, but this is when the monsoon pushes beyond the Himalaya, swelling the creeks and coating the valleys with greenery and wildflowers.

Climate
Temperature, Rainfall and Sunshine in the Lhasa Area