Required Document for Traveller: Traveller must carry a valid travel document i.e. passport, visa, re-entry Permit etc. Nepal Adventure Point is not responsible for lost or stolen personal items and also will not be responsible for any liability due to travel document. Once programmed is booked clients are requested to send us the following details 3 weeks before you arrival to Kathmandu.

Full Name (as in the passport):
Sex:
Passport Number:
Passport issue Date:
Passport Expiry Date:
Date of Birth:
Nationality:
Occupation:
Passport photo copy:
Passport size photo
Flight details:
Telephone No:
E-mail:

Travel Insurance: Travel insurance is highly recommended who are joining any of our trips that you take out personal travellers insurance policy that must covers you for medical assistance, emergency helicopter rescue, cancellation, accidents, health, lost of items, theft of or damage to baggage and personal effects. The insurance we require you to take out makes sure everyone is properly covered if such an event occurs.

Physical Requirements: We suggest travellers to be in good health condition enough to be able to walk up and down on moderate hills on a daily basis, Tibet tours are not highly demanding physically. You may be away from modern medical facilities for some days. Travelers with a pre-existing heart and lung problems should consult their doctors before taking Tibet tours. According to the scientific studies, high altitude sickness has nothing to do with the age, sex or state of fitness of the travelers and can affect anyone who travels to the areas with the elevation of over 10,000 feet. Medicine is only treatment for high altitude sickness, so consult the doctors for getting the prescribed medicines.

Important Stuff: We suggest you to bring 2 passport-size photos with you. You should also make copies of passport & visa, one to bring with you and one to leave with family or friends. Keep these separate from your passport. Other things you should have copies of are insurance policy, birth and health certificate, a record of bank details and traveler’s cheque details. You should also have contact numbers of next to kin, Bank and insurance company and your travel agent/ flight booking office.

Tibet Visa & Travel Permit information

Tibet Visa: According to an official memo between the governments of China and Nepal, it is a must to get the China visa from the China Embassy in Kathmandu. Normal procedure takes about 4 working days. Normal visa fee for all nationality US$80 and US$144 except American passport holder cost US$164 and US$198. The visa fee is subject to change as Chinese government regulation. The China Embassy in Kathmandu opens for visa application on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 09:00-11:30am only. There is no guarantee that the rule is same as instructed here because Chinese authority they make changes in rule without any prior notice so that we request you to contact us for permit and visa latest news.

When you fly from any city to Lhasa you will need to show this permit when you check in at the airport. Furthermore, whenever you buy a flight to Lhasa you need to show this permit. TTB permits (Tibet Travel Permit/ Tibet Visa) are also needed by groups traveling by Land Cruiser. We will arrange permits of travelers travelling to Tibet.

Tibet Visa Issues

• All kinds of people can get Visa (Travel Permit) through a travel agency except diplomats, journalists, and government officials who should travel to Tibet under the arrangement by the Foreign Affairs Office of Tibet Government.

• After having a permit, a travel agency could buy you the air tickets, and you can pass the check-in at the airport and the check point reroute with the permit.

• Only the guide could hold the permit after you establish yourself on Tibet land. You are not allowed to bring with it and travel to anywhere you want because except Lhasa you need another permit named as "Aliens’ Permit". Otherwise if you are stopped by the police you will be sent out of Tibet or have trouble politically and economically. Furthermore, the travel agency which helped to get you the permit will also be in trouble.

• Any illegitimate travel agency could not sell you the Tibet permit.

• There is a service charge (by the government) to get the Tibet permit. And it takes time, paper work, transportation fee and delivery fee for us to get a permit for you, so we will charge an extra fee for the permits.

Types of Tibet Travel Permit
There are two kinds of permits for traveling in Tibet:

Tibet Entry Permit: It is also called TTB permit, issued by Tibet Tourism Bureau. You need it to help you enter Tibet. If you are going to take plane to Tibet, you need it to issue the air tickets, if you travel overland; you have to show the TTB permit to help you pass the check-in.

Alien's Travel Permit: It is also called PSB Permit; it is issued by People's Security Bureau. You need it when you travel out of Lhasa area, such as Tsedang, Gyantse, Nyingchi¡.

Obtain visa and Permits: Traveller need to obtain the travel permits from Tibet Tourism Bureau before entering Tibet. The permits are issued only to the groups operated by tour operators. The tour operators can assist the travellers to obtain the travel permits.

Visa if you entering Tibet from China: Regarding visa if you are going to enter Tibet from China then you could obtain China single entry tourist visa in your home country and apply for entry permit with our help taking your travel package to Tibet.

Visa if you entering from Nepal: As per Chinese visa regulation, if you are going to enter Tibet from Nepal, then we advice you not to obtain Chinese visa in your home country, which will be canceled and a new group visa will be issued. Group visa will be paper not in passport, you will have stamp while you enter Tibet at the border.

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