Tibet is under the administration of the People’s Republic of China. Tibet the historic and region is covered with Tibetan Plateau. It is also the highest and biggest Plateau in world. That’s why it is known as the “roof of the world.” Tibet has harsh and rugged terrain and covers an area of 2,500,000 square km. It is a home of 3.6 million people. Southern rim of Tibet boarders Nepal i.e., Himalayas including Mt. Everest and other snowcapped peaks lies in Tibet. Tibet boarders Nepal, India, Bhutan, Burma and Turkistan. Tibet is the home of lots of ethnic groups like Mona, Quang and Lhoba. Majority of the population follow Buddhism and other practice Bon in Tibet. There are lots of ancient temples and monasteries being preserved in Tibet. That’s why Tibet is the travel destination of people all over the world. Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet known as “forbidden city”. In Tibetan Language Lhasa means “Place of gods”. Lhasa itself has popular destinations like Potala Palace, Norbulingka Palaces and Jokhang Temple. Some of the monasteries nearby Lhasa are Sera monastery, Derupuk monastery, Toling monastery and Rongbuk monastery. The easiest and cheapest way to visit Tibet is overland trip of Tibet. There are lots of formalities to get the permit in Tibet.
The Trip to Tibet starts from Kathmandu to Kerung boarder which is full of greenery. The landscape changes to arid highland barren land of Tibet. In Tibet we would see lakes, river, pasture land with sheep and Yaks, villages with nomadic life, high passes and far away view of snow-capped peaks. The Tibetan art, architecture and culture are rich and unique in the world. Variation in landscape, rich Buddhist culture and many world heritage sites can be seen in Tibet that makes our journey memorable. Every year lots of foreigners travels Tibet. Religious tour to western part of Tibet, Mt. Kailash and lake Mansarovar, Central Tibet, Lhasa, Everest base camp in Tibet and surroundings are very popular among tourists. Adventurous trip to Everest Base and summit to Everest from North Side is immemorial.
Supporter Treks and Tours helps you to get the permit. You have to buy one of the packages to travel there. Driving in and flying out, flying in and flying out, flying in and driving out, flying in to Lhasa and overland to Kailash etc. are the options to travel Tibet. According to the services we enjoy the cost of travel differ. Supporter Treks and Tours runs mt. bike trip to Tibet by using Tibetan guide which is compulsory. Towards Lhasa and surrounding and north Everest base camp we don’t need to send the crew from Nepal but in case of Mt. Kailash, Guge Kingdom and Ali and do mt. biking from Lhasa to Kathmandu cook, supporting crew and guide from Nepal is compulsory. In the case of mt. biking from Tibet to Kathmandu we have to arrange the tent and other requirements as there are no hotels. We will update you the latest updates of rules and regulation and move ahead accordingly. You will have to send the scan of your passport in advance for the Tibet permit and please be sure when you travel from Nepal to Tibet Chinese visa in passport doesn’t work, just to remind you we need Tibetan permit and that can be optioned from travel agency in Nepal and we will do that. For it we have to be sure and fix the places where we are going and for how long we want to stay in Tibet. Not only that we have to buy their entire packages including the flight ticket. Sometime we need to issue the tickets month in advance. Supporter Treks and Tours assists you in theseall administrative tasks.
The visa rules keep changing in Tibet. So, let us know your nationality we will inform you accordingly.