Tibet Mountain Bike Tour is another popular tour package in Tibet. This tour is focused on those travelers who love different adventures during the tour and travel by bicycle. Generally, you will fly to Lhasa from Kathmandu or arrive from Mainland China. The flight is kind of your life experience as you will enjoy the spectacular aerial view over the Himalayas. Once you land in Lhasa Gonggar Airport, you will explore the Lhasa city and acclimatize against the high altitude because the elevation of Lhasa is 3650m above sea level. In Lhasa, you look around the city by bike, visit places of your interest, including the Ganden monastery, and then follow the Bike route from Lhasa to Kathmandu which stretches less than 600 miles (920 km) in 14 to 25 days. You run through 6 passes, traverse the backbone of the Himalayas, where you admire the northern face…
Tibet Mountain Bike Tour is another popular tour package in Tibet. This tour is focused on those travelers who love different adventures during the tour and travel by bicycle. Generally, you will fly to Lhasa from Kathmandu or arrive from Mainland China. The flight is kind of your life experience as you will enjoy the spectacular aerial view over the Himalayas.
Once you land in Lhasa Gonggar Airport, you will explore the Lhasa city and acclimatize against the high altitude because the elevation of Lhasa is 3650m above sea level. In Lhasa, you look around the city by bike, visit places of your interest, including the Ganden monastery, and then follow the Bike route from Lhasa to Kathmandu which stretches less than 600 miles (920 km) in 14 to 25 days. You run through 6 passes, traverse the backbone of the Himalayas, where you admire the northern face of Mt. Everest and visit two cities.
This Tibet Mountain Bike Tour starts in Lhasa and heads onto the Tibetan Plateau and reaches to Nepal. This Tibet Mountain Bike Tour offers one of the world’s longest and steepest mountain bike descents from Lhasa to Kathmandu – an unbelievable 4600 m.
The roads are predominantly crushed stone roads that head over spectacular mountain passes. The highlight of the mountain biking tour comes when we arrive at the monastery of Rongbuk and see Mount Everest Base Camp (5200 m) from your mountain bike. This is the only mountain biking tour in the world where you can visit Everest Base Camp with a mountain bike. This will become one of the amazing and remarkable trips in your lifetime.
This day, you fly to Gongar Airport and drive to Lhasa (3650m); Acclimatize and stay overnight at hotel.
Sightseeing in Lhasa by Cycle. Including Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple Sera Monastery, O/N at Hotel
Bicycle Lhasa- Nagatse O/N at Hotel/Guest house
Bicycle to Gyantse O/N at Hotel
Sightseeing in Gyantse. O/N at Hotel.
Gyantse to Shigatse.(3900m) O/N at Hotel
Shigatse to Tso La.(4200m) O/N at Guest House
Tso La to Lhatse.(4300m) O/N at Guest House
Lhatse to Shegar.(4150m) O/N at Guest House
Shegar to Tingri(4380m) O/N at Guest House
Tingri to bottom of Thang La.(4100m) O/N at Guest House
Thang La to Nyalam/Kyirong.(3700m) O/N at Guest House
Drive Nyalam/Kyirong to Kathmandu. O/N at hotel.
Departure
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Payment: 30% of the total tour cost is required as an advance deposit to confirm the tour with HimalayanWindows (HW). The remaining balance can be paid 3 days before the departure date. Payment can be made through Wire Transfer or Credit Card. We process your credit card payment securely and no extra fee is charged.
Cancellation: For cancellation more than 30 days before the Tour Start Date, No Cancellation fee is charged. For cancellation from 29 calendar days up to and including 4 calendar days before the Tour Start Date, a charge of 30% of the total invoice amount is charged. For a cancellation occurring within 3 days of the date of travel or No Show shall be charged 100% of the total invoice amount. Learn more about Terms and Conditions.
Accommodation: Accommodation is in twin rooms in cities unless a special request is made for a single supplement with an additional fee. Accommodation is in twin or dormitory at lodges on the trek, especially in a peak season, it is difficult to find single/twin rooms in the mountains. Our main focus is to provide clean and safe rooms to our valued guests.
Meals: Basically, every package we offer includes breakfast; lunch, and dinner are provided based on the cost we offer on the tour. In Bhutan, every package is on a full board plan that includes Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner. During the trek, we provide all meals where you will need to pay extra for drinking water and snacks.
Nepal Visa: Every traveler from any country who wanted to visit Nepal needs to obtain a Nepal Visa. A Nepal Tourist Visa can be obtained on arrival and some countries need a visa before traveling to Nepal. Make sure your passport is valid at least 6 months from the Tour Start Date. Make sure to obtain a multi-entries Nepal Visa if you are planning cross-country tours.
Bhutan Visa Clearance: Every traveler from any country who wanted to visit Bhutan needs to obtain a Bhutan Visa Clearance before the travel to Bhutan. We obtain your Bhutan visa; you need to send your color scanned clear passport copy. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the Tour Start Date. Before flying to Bhutan, a Visa Clearance will be sent to you from your tour operator, you have to print the clearance paper and show it at the Druk Air/Bhutan Airlines counter during the Check-in. The original visa would be stamped into your passport upon arrival at the Paro airport. Learn more about Bhutan travel info.
Tibet Group Visa (TGV): Every traveler from any country who wanted to visit Tibet from Nepal needs to obtain a Tibet Group Visa (TGV) in Kathmandu through the help of a tour operator. Make sure to land in Kathmandu 3-4 working days before the travel date t process for TGV. If you are traveling from China, no TGV is required, a Chinese Visa & Permit are needed, though. Learn more about the Tibet entry procedure.
Nepal & Bhutan: Nepal and Bhutan share the climate from high mountains to the low land sub-tropical plains and jungles. Both countries have similar weather and are ideal to visit at the same time of the year. March to April (spring) & October to December (autumn and early winter) are the best time to visit as the air is clean and fresh with sunny skies. January and February are colder and June, July, and August (summer) are monsoon seasons.
Tibet: The best time to visit Tibet is from April to October as the weather is warmer, fresh, and sunny skies. November to March are usually very cold, but still possible to visit if the route is not blocked by the snow, especially in the regions like Namtso, Everest Base Camp, Mount Kailash, etc.
HimalayanWindows advises bringing proper Travel Insurance to all the travelers who are interested in traveling in the Himalayas. Travel Insurance is a policy that helps cover medical problems, emergency evacuation, theft, loss of belongings, last-hour tour/ticket cancellation, etc.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about Tibet tour Where is Tibet? Tibet is situated in the South-West of China, also bordering Nepal, India, Burma, and Bhutan. The historical territory of Tibet would make it the world’s tenth-largest nation. At present, Tibet is under China’s occupation and has been divided up, renamed, and incorporated into Chinese Provinces. If China refers to Tibet, It means only part of historic Tibet; what it names… Read More »