Tourists must carry a valid Passport and a valid Visa for traveling in China. Visit to Tibet Travel & Tours is not responsible for any liability due to Passport and Visa issue.

To enter Tibet legally, the Tibet entry permit (sometimes it is also called Tibet Travel Permit or Tibet Visa) will be required. We will help you get all necessary Tibet permits as long as you are not a diplomat, journalist and government official who should travel to Tibet under the arrangements of the Foreign Affairs Office of local government, instead of a travel agency.

• To book the tour you need to send us minimum 6 months valid passport scanned copies of all group members by e-mail.
• To confirm the tour for Tibet, we request you to send us advance payment USD 316 each person at least one month before to get issued the flight ticket for Kathmandu-Lhasa and the balance could be paid upon arrival in Kathmandu 2 days before trip departure to Lhasa. Those who want to make this trip deposit with credit card they need to fill out ‘Credit Card Authorization Form’ to be sent upon request. Please add three percent extra for all payment made by Credit Card. Or, the clients can wire/ transfer the deposit to our following account.
• We will send the scanned passport copies of all members to Tibet Travel Bureau requesting them to issue the permit.
• Once we receive the permit from Tibet Travel Bureau we will apply the group visa along with Tibet Travel Permit at Chinese Embassy in Kathmandu.
• After above condition is fulfilled, the we will send you a confirmation of all services for your Tibet tours/ treks

Notice of cancellation must be made in person by those booking in Nepal & for those booking from overseas cancellation notice must be sent in writing & refunds will be made as follows:

• 15 days before departure - No charges Less than 15 days - USD 100 No shows - No refunds
• Please note as per Air China regulation there is 35% cancellation charge if air ticket is once issued & cancelled for whatsoever reason. Please note this cancellation charge is strictly enforced by Air China central office.

We request all our clients to bring their travel insurance from their home country which should adequately cover for medical, emergency rescue expenses or any other eventual mishaps. Visit to Tibet Travel & Tours is not responsible for any accidents occurred on or during the tour. But we are always ready to provide all possible helps in emergency.

All prices are net per person quoted in USD. While we make every effort to offer accurate price information to all our clients, sometimes price for airline tickets increase, local inflation affect the tour program beyond the control of Visit to Tibet Travel & Tours, we reserve the right to strictly inform the clients in time.

Warm clothing is required more specifically from October to April. In general dressing in layers is recommended. Few change of clothes such as shirt, sweater, jacket & cotton inner linings with tops & bottoms, comfortable walking shoes, pair of pants should suffix. During the month of October to April more heavy woollen or down clothing & boots are required.

Other recommended accessories are- water bottle, water purification tabs, chap stick, suntan lotion, utility knife, flash light, battery operated shavers, dusk mask or bandana, medicine for common colds, headache, fever, stomach disorders & diamox for altitude sickness.

For camping/trekking trips we recommend:

• Down jacket or warm fleece top + Parka
• Thermal underwear (top and bottom)
• Cotton shirts (short and long sleeved)
• Warm and cotton trousers
• Sun polarized sunglasses
• Warm woollen hat, gloves and socks
• Comfortable walking shoes/boots
• Sandals (flip-flops)
• Towel
• Sleeping bag
• Rain jacket
• Strong sun cream and lip protector
• Moisturizer
• Water bottle