--- title: "Planning For A Tour To Tibet? – This Will Help You In Planning Your Journey" description: "All Tibet tours must be booked at least 20 days in advance." author: "GoTo Tibet" published: 2018-11-28 updated: 2020-04-16 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23377/planning-for-a-tour-to-tibet-this-will-help-you-in-planning-your-journey category: "travel" tags: ["travel"] reading_time: 3 minutes --- # Planning For A Tour To Tibet? – This Will Help You In Planning Your Journey All Tibet tours must be booked at least 20 days in advance. It normally takes 2–3 days to confirm hotel bookings, and about a further 10 days for the Tibet Tourism Bureau to issue the permit to Tibet Entry. You should make sure you have a secure an Entry Permit, especially if new [restrictions](https://www.mindstick.com/news/3098/us-considering-new-restrictions-on-ai-chip-exports-to-china) are brought in, before you apply for a visa and make the final preparations for your trip, unless you are willing to consider [alternatives](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81795/top-alternatives-of-milk-in-case-you-do-not-wish-to-drink) once you arrive in China. ## You need a Entry Permit to enter Tibet All non-Chinese passport holders need a Entry Permit to visit Tibet, and the only way to enter there is to travel under an arrangement by a travel agency.Travelers are not allowed to travel to Tibet independently. All Tibet tour must be booked in advance by a Chinese travel agency, like Go to Tibet. The Tibet Entry Permit is very important. It will be checked at the train station or airport, when you enter attractions in Tibet, and even when you check in to a hotel, so take care of it. ## Choose the best time to go The best time to visit Tibet is when the weather is comfortable and oxygen content higher- from May to October. This is Tibet’s high travel season. You may consider visiting Tibet in the low season to enjoy a less-crowded trip and get various discounts. It is usually closed for most of February and March for the politically [sensitive](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/34778/recently-heard-about-ultra-sensitive-electronic-skins-what-is-it) time of Tibetan New Year purpose. So plan a Tibet tour from April onwards to be on the safe side. ## Pack and carry what you need: 1. Clothes: Warm clothes, such as sweaters and fleeces are needed even in summer as the day-night [temperature](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50763/what-to-do-when-iphone-7-is-showing-temperature-iphone-needs-to-cool-down-error-other-issues) drop there is big. A thick down coat is [essential](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/157259/why-web-design-is-essential) if you go to Everest or travel from Tibet to Nepal. If you go in the low season then bring mountain [winter clothes](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/3567/types-of-wools-available-in-india-for-winter-clothes). 2. Comfortable walking shoes:Bring comfortable shoes as almost all monasteries have steep steps to climb. 3. Altitude sickness medicine: Taking the medicine [one day](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84553/why-shubham-gill-becomes-youngest-to-score-200-runs-in-one-day-cricket) before arriving at high altitude increases your effectiveness. 4. [Motion sickness](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/103738/how-to-prevent-motion-sickness) medicine:If you have motion sickness on long mountain road journeys then take this medicine. ## Keep healthy Try to keep healthy and not catch even a cold before entering and while in Tibet, as illness makes any altitude sickness feel worse. Take rest well, keep warm, drink a [lot of water](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/33549/what-happens-if-we-don-t-drink-a-lot-of-water), and eat simply the first two days in Tibet to reduce any altitude sickness symptoms. If you do not feel well before you depart for Tibet you are not suggested to go to Tibet. Also a cold can make altitude sickness feel a lot worse. The most quick and convenient way is to fly in and fly out. But if you want to [experience](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12627/how-can-predictive-analytics-enhance-customer-base-and-experience) the train trip, and see amazing mountain plateau views, you can take a train out there to travel. Do not take a train to Tibet as the long journey on the train may make you very tired, which is bad for high attitude acclimatization and because of this high demand for and limited supply of trains to Tibet, tickets are very hard to get. --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23377/planning-for-a-tour-to-tibet-this-will-help-you-in-planning-your-journey Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.