I.Best season to Tibet
Generally speaking, the best months to travel Tibet are May, June, September and October, peak season is from May to September, for the climate in highland Tibet belongs to the typical downy special climate. However, the tourists should avoid the rainy season in June,July and August, who entering Tibet along the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, for there will be mudslides,cave-ins and mire on certain sections between Lhasa and Nyingchi and between Lhasa and Ngari. There will be no problem for tourists to travel by air at any time from May to Qctober.
II.Tibet Travel Permits
Customers whose travel arrangements are made by Full-View travel agency will receive their Tibet Entry permit from our local office and Full-view will make all necessary arrangements to obtain the correct documentation for you if you book a tour with us.
Chinese Visa - you can apply for the Chinese Visa in Chinese Embassy in your country(All tourists entering Tibet must hold a passport valid for at least 6 months, and with a valid Chinese tourist visa.)
Tibet Entry Permit - It is issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau and is a must for foreigners entering Tibet;
2 Counterfeit currencies and counterfeit valuable securities;
How to apply for a Tibet Entry Permit?
Here are the needed documents you have to prepare, before asking your travel agent to apply permit.Here are the needed documents you have to prepare, before asking your travel agent to apply permit.
1.A copy of your Passport;
2.A copy of your China visa (tourist visa);
3.Full names, gender, Date of Birth, Passport number, nationality, occupation;
III.How To Avoid Mountain Sickness
Some travelers will get mountain sickness when on the Tibetan plateau. We have some tips for you:
Before you go to Tibet
1.Do a physical examination and consult your doctor to check if your body is ready to go or not.
2. seek the advice from your friends, who has been to Tibet beforem, he or she will give you some details that haven’t occurred to you.
3. If you are ready, please sure you bring enough water or drinks or fruits, snacks with high caloric content, like chocolate, which could highly release you from the mountain sickness.
When you are in Tibet
1. Do not eat too much, smoke, drink alcohol, and do anything strenuous.
2. Do not rely on the oxygen equipment frequently, if you feel little short of breath, your body is working for acclimate you to the high altitude.
3. Do not take showers or bathes too frequently in case of catching cold, and if you caught and feel uncomfortable please tell your guide firstly,who has years experiences to hanld this will help you out of the situations.
IIII.What to Pack
Tibet is located a highland, on the roof of the world, a remote area, so a better consideration in packages will help you enjoy Tibet better.
(1) ID card, Travel Permit.
(2) backpack that will free your hands from carrying the souveniors, camera,etc.
(3) A waist pack to put property and important documents.
(4) Cold-proof clothes.
(5) Protection against sunburn light: sunglasses, sunhat and suntan lotion etc.
(6) Medicine: Take medicines in case of catching colds, diarrhea, nausea and fever and better consult your doctor prior to your travel to Tibet.
IIIII.Tibetan taboos
Taboos on social courtesies
1.Let the elder people go first when you walk together with them. When you talk, use honorific expressions,please add "la" behind the name to express respects.
2.When the host presents you a cup of wine, you should dip your ring finger in the wine and flick the wine in the air three times to express your respects to the heaven, the earth and the ancestors before sipping the wine. The host will fill the cup, and you take a sip of the wine again. After the host fills your cup for the forth time, you have to bottom it up.
3.When the host presents you a cup of ghee tea, you should wait until the host holds the cup with both hands to you and take the tea.
4.Do not accept things or give things to others with one hand. When the host fills the cup, you should lower the cup a little with both hands to show respect.
Taboos on behaviors
1.Do not spit or clap your palms behind Tibetan people.
2.Seeing any dagobas, monasteries or Mani piles, please go around them clockwise (not of the Bon). Do not cross any musical instruments used in the Buddhist mass. Do not cross any fire-pans.
3.Do not relieve yourself near any cattle pens, horse stables, or sheepfolds.
4.Do not throw any bones into fire.
5.Do not touch other’s head by hand.
6.Do not use paper with Tibetan characters as tissue or wipe off mess with the paper.
7.Do not step on threshold when entering the tent or house. Do not spit in front of the Tibetan people.
8.In the tent, men sit on the left side, and women on the right side.
9.When there is someone ill or when a woman is giving birth to a baby, Tibetans will make a sign in front of their houses. Some people light a fire in front of their houses. Some place a branch or a red cloth tag in the doorway. Do not enter the house if you see the sign.
10. Tibetan people believe that there are auspicious days and ominous days for everyone. In the ominous days, people can do nothing but stay at home pattering or go to worship the gods and Buddha to avoid the mischance. The Tibetans believe that the end of each Dizhi (the 12 Terrestrial Branches, used in combination with ten Celestial Stems to designate years, months, days and hours) and the beginning of the following Terrestrial Branch in the Tibetan calendar is an ominous year. People should be more careful when they reach their ages of 13, 25, 37 and 49 and so on, which are believed to be one’s ominous years in their life.
11.On the outskirts, you could not drive or disturb the sheep or cows with red, green or yellow cloth strips on because these animals are the Tibetan sacrifice to worship gods. Eagles are the sacred birds in the eyes of the Tibetan people. You should not drive them away or injure them.