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Travel Guides & Tips
Expert advice and insider tips for your Tibet adventure
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Travel Tips8 min read
What Should Travel Insurance Cover for Tibet?
Use this Tibet travel insurance checklist to review altitude, medical care, evacuation, cancellation, trekking and route exclusions.
Trekking & Adventure2 min read
Everest Base Camp from Tibet: 8 Days, 5,200m, and What They Don’t Tell You
The Tibet side lets you drive to 5,200m. Sounds easy — it’s not. Here’s what actually happens: 3 days acclimatizing in Lhasa (non-negotiable), Gyawula Pass with 5 peaks over 8,000m, and sleeping in a tent at Rongbuk with no shower.
Trekking & Adventure9 min read
Everest + Namtso + Wild Changtang: The 10-Day Route Most Tourists Skip
The 8-day Everest tour is great. But add 2 days and you get the Changtang Plateau — Tibetan antelopes, nomad camps, zero cell signal, and Namtso Lake at sunrise. Only 1 in 20 travelers do this.
Trekking & Adventure12 min read
Mount Kailash Kora: 52km, 5,630m Pass, and Why Tibetans Do It 108 Times
The Kailash kora is 52km around the most sacred mountain in Asia. Day 2 crosses Drolma La at 5,630m — every step is work. Tibetan pilgrims do this 108 times for enlightenment. Most foreigners barely finish once.