Some Strongly Recommended Tips for Tibet Travel

After visited Tibet with a group of 10 tourists as well as the latest unexpected illness of one customer of mine, I think it is very important to give out some tips for tourists that are planning their Tibet travel.

 

1.     Don't go to Tibet without warm clothes; visiting to Yomdrok lake and Mt.Everest or Lake Namtso etc even in summer requires down jackets or Rocketsports; the reason to get yourself warm is that once you catch a cold, you are more likely to end up with high attitude sickness and cannot deal with the long distance ride on the tour either.

2.     Mental preparation:It is very normal if you have a headache or feel uneasy when you are in Tibet.knowing that to experience the high attitude sickness itself is also a kind of tour experience. Walk slowly and on the first day arrival Lhasa, do not take bath nor do any sightseeing but have a good sleep or just relax at the hotel is good to let yourself be accustomed to the condition in Tibet.

 

3.     For senior travelers, it is suggested that to have a health check before getting to Tibet. A customer of mine who is very energetic and had travelled worldwide had problem in Tibet lately; his tour to Beijing, Xian in the first 6 days was very well. However on the day to Potala Palace, he felt not comfortable and had a stomached. Our guide took him to the hospital and the doctor check said that he had kidney stone and the pain was really killing him. Fortunately, he was well treated by a professional doctor and the pain was gone within 1 day, he flew out of Lhasa the next day.

 

4.     What to pack: Medicine( for cold and diarrhea Aspirin); water proof outdoor shoes; sunglass; Camera, not too heavy If you take very heavy camera set in the high land with less oxygen. It's a burden for you. You can take very good picture in Tibet with even card camera; portable SLR camera is also ok.

 

5.     Travel insurance We recommend that you may buy insurance covering a large scale in your own country. If hospitalized, please remember to collect every single document from hospital that insurance company may need you to offer.

 

6.     Hygiene: Once you get out of Lhasa city, toilets are not available, sometimes a toilet is just a hole on the ground or behind bushes or rocks. Some monasteries had toilet however the condition was very worse; there is even no door at the toilet.