[Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple Visiting Tips] Since both the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple operate on a real-name reservation system, visitors are kindly requested to bring their original valid ID documents, follow the guide's arrangements, and enter strictly according to the reserved time slot. When visiting, flat shoes are recommended for easier climbing of stairs. Dress and appearance should be neat and dignified; shorts, short skirts, revealing clothing, and open-toed slippers are not allowed. Please remove hats and sunglasses when entering the halls. Please do not make loud noises, chase, climb, lie down, spit, litter, or touch cultural relics inside the halls. Photography and video recording are strictly prohibited inside the Jokhang Temple, the Potala Palace halls, and all attractions in the Shol area, and do not touch cultural relics or murals. Do not bring liquid beverages into the palace. Smoking and open flames are strictly prohibited. The Potala Palace is quite high, so please walk slowly when going up and down. The halls are relatively cold and damp, so it is recommended to bring a jacket even in summer. As the main visiting time inside the Potala Palace is limited to 1 hour, guides are not allowed to linger or speak loudly inside the halls and can only explain outside. Please all visitors travel in a civilized manner and abide by the regulations of the cultural relic protection units. The Potala Palace & Jokhang Temple are ancient buildings with narrow passages and many wooden staircases, and since the same narrow staircase is shared for going up and down, receiving too many visitors can easily create safety hazards, so please leave as soon as possible after the visit. When visiting and going up and down the stairs, please be sure to walk in order, pay attention to safety, and do not crowd.
【Braving Mount Everest】Lhasa + Yamdrok Lake + Shigatse + Everest Base Camp 7-Day Tour (Route B1)
Lhasa + Yamdrok Lake + Karola Glacier + Shigatse + Everest Base Camp · Join-in Group Tour · Tibet Travel Permit Included
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Overview
Route B1 follows the classic loop of Lhasa–Yamdrok Lake–Karo La Glacier–Shigatse–Everest Base Camp, 7 days and 6 nights. It passes through Gampa La Pass, Gyawu La Pass (where you can view five 8,000-meter peaks at once) and Rongbuk Monastery, reaches Everest Base Camp for a close-up view of the world's highest peak, and on the return journey visits Tashilhunpo Monastery. Join-in group tour, includes Tibet Travel Permit processing, accepts foreign guests and Taiwan compatriots.
🧭 Itinerary
💰 What's included / not included
| Item | Included? |
|---|---|
| 1 Transportation Arrangements: Standard tourist vehicle: 7-26 seats (if the number of visitors touring within Lhasa is fewer than 4, the tour guide will take guests by taxi instead - taxi fare paid by the travel agency). This is a join-in group tour, so vehicles and guides may be changed; we appreciate your understanding. Tibet's overall reception capacity is relatively limited, and standard tourist vehicles are somewhat old, with conditions not comparable to cities in inland China. Due to Tibet's high altitude, most tourist vehicles have no air conditioning or do not turn it on (turning on the AC easily slows the vehicle's power, and the contrast between warm inside and cold outside can easily cause a cold). Tibet has section-based speed limits on roads (for example, driving a certain XX kilometers must take no less than 2 hours), so stops will be chosen at random for rest and waiting; please be aware. This is a join-in group tour; before departure, other visitors will be picked up from different hotels, so there may be waiting for one another. Please keep to the schedule voluntarily. Vehicles are arranged according to the number of people. If a visitor voluntarily gives up the itinerary, the vehicle fee will not be refunded. Luggage specifications: because Tibet is located on a high plateau, too much luggage will cause the tourist vehicle to lack power and move slowly, and will also affect visitors' riding comfort; each person is limited to one 26-inch suitcase + one carry-on backpack. The guide will notify visitors in advance to store excess luggage at the front desk of their Lhasa hotel. | ✓ Included |
| 2 Hotels Throughout: Basic room type twin rooms, i.e. standard rooms, are provided (natural single rooms, i.e. king rooms, are not guaranteed; no bed, no breakfast). If there is a single man or single woman in the group, the travel agency has the right to arrange a triple room, room sharing, or have the visitor pay the single room supplement according to the actual situation. This is a join-in group tour with fixed hotels uniformly arranged by the travel agency; specific hotels cannot be requested. We appreciate your understanding. | ✓ Included |
| 3 Meal Arrangements: All hotels include breakfast, plus 2 complimentary specialty meals (free gifts, no refund if not eaten): a Lhasa specialty meal (Tibetan meal or Nepalese meal) and Everest hot pot. Other meals are at your own expense; if you give up a meal for personal reasons, the meal fee will not be refunded. If you are not accustomed to dining in Tibetan areas, you may bring your own side dishes. The complimentary specialty meals can be arranged as lunch or dinner. | ✓ Included |
| 4 Guide Service: Chinese, English, or Chinese-English bilingual guide. This is a join-in group tour, and the travel agency will arrange a guide for the corresponding language according to the actual situation. If Chinese-native and English-native visitors are in the same vehicle, our company will arrange Chinese-English bilingual guide service. We appreciate your understanding. This is a join-in group tour, so guides and vehicles may be changed; we appreciate your understanding. | ✓ Included |
| 5 Attraction Tickets: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier, Rongbuk Monastery, Mount Everest (including eco-bus), Tashilhunpo Monastery. Only the first admission tickets for the attractions listed in the itinerary are included, and all will be visited. If an attraction cannot be visited due to unexpected circumstances, it will be exchanged for another after discussion with visitors. Off-season travel cost calculations already take into account annual winter ticket discounts; there is no ticket fee or price difference to refund, and if discount policies suddenly change, no additional price difference will be charged. Tickets for the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple both require real-name reservations; please follow the guide's arrangements. Thank you. | ✓ Included |
| 6 Tibet Entry Procedures: Processing of the Tibet Entry Permit, travel permit, military area permit, and other required documents. Some scenic areas require border defense permits, but the conditions for processing border defense permits within Tibet change frequently, so Chinese nationals are best advised to process their border defense permit in advance at their local public security bureau before departure. | ✓ Included |
| 7 Travel Insurance: Travel accident insurance, tourist vehicle seat insurance, and travel agency liability insurance (all three types included). | ✓ Included |
| 8 Pickup and Drop-off Service: Complimentary time-limited free pickup and drop-off service (only on the fixed departure date and end date of the join-in group tour): 1. Airplane (Lhasa Gonggar Airport): free pickup (for flights arriving between 08:00am-22:00pm); free drop-off (for flights departing between 08:30am-22:30pm); 2. Train (Lhasa Railway Station): free train pickup/drop-off. If visitors need to arrive in Lhasa before our company's fixed departure date or leave Tibet after the end date, a separate pickup/drop-off fee must be paid. If a visitor's booked flight is not within the free pickup/drop-off time, a separate pickup/drop-off fee must be paid. This itinerary is a join-in group tour, so for airport pickup and drop-off, guests with similar time slots will be grouped together, and waiting time may vary around 2 hours. One day in advance, staff or sales personnel will confirm the pickup and drop-off time with visitors in advance. If visitors do not wish to wait, they may notify the travel agency one day in advance to arrange a separate pickup or drop-off at their own expense. | ✓ Included |
| 9 Complimentary Services: Oxygen and water. One small portable oxygen bottle per person as a gift. Two small bottles of mineral water per person per day (300ml each) as a gift. One backup emergency medical oxygen tank (6.8L) provided in the vehicle. Potala Palace headset service. So that visitors can, within the limited visiting time, follow the guide and understand the Potala Palace more clearly, the guide will help visitors rent headsets at the scenic area entrance and return them at the scenic area after the visit. Please keep them safe! Small gift. One Potala Palace-pattern fridge magnet as a gift (to keep as a memento of this Tibet trip). | ✓ Included |
| 10 Service Fee: Travel agency service fee, Potala Palace ticket reservation, driver and guide food and accommodation subsidies, etc. | ✓ Included |
| 1 Single room supplement: hotels default to 2 people per room (except dormitory rooms). If you stay in a single room, you must pay the single room supplement separately. | ✕ Not included |
| 2 Room loss: as rooms are booked with full payment, any room charges incurred due to changes during the trip are at your own expense. | ✕ Not included |
| 3 Personal expenses: laundry, telephone, fax, pay TV, beverages, snacks, tobacco and alcohol, and other personal expenses in the hotel. | ✕ Not included |
| 4 Unforeseen circumstances: due to irresistible objective reasons and reasons not attributable to the travel agency (such as natural disasters, war, strikes, epidemics, etc.), or airline flight reasons, insufficient number of registrations, and other special circumstances, the travel agency has the right to cancel or change the itinerary, and has the right to charge additional fees for the corresponding extra costs. | ✕ Not included |
| 5 Round-trip major transportation: the cost of major transportation to and from Tibet, such as air tickets or train tickets, is not included in the tour fee. If you need the travel agency to book on your behalf, an additional fee will be charged. | ✕ Not included |
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✅ Inclusions
1 Transportation Arrangements: Standard tourist vehicle: 7-26 seats (if the number of visitors touring within Lhasa is fewer than 4, the tour guide will take guests by taxi instead - taxi fare paid by the travel agency). This is a join-in group tour, so vehicles and guides may be changed; we appreciate your understanding. Tibet's overall reception capacity is relatively limited, and standard tourist vehicles are somewhat old, with conditions not comparable to cities in inland China. Due to Tibet's high altitude, most tourist vehicles have no air conditioning or do not turn it on (turning on the AC easily slows the vehicle's power, and the contrast between warm inside and cold outside can easily cause a cold). Tibet has section-based speed limits on roads (for example, driving a certain XX kilometers must take no less than 2 hours), so stops will be chosen at random for rest and waiting; please be aware. This is a join-in group tour; before departure, other visitors will be picked up from different hotels, so there may be waiting for one another. Please keep to the schedule voluntarily. Vehicles are arranged according to the number of people. If a visitor voluntarily gives up the itinerary, the vehicle fee will not be refunded. Luggage specifications: because Tibet is located on a high plateau, too much luggage will cause the tourist vehicle to lack power and move slowly, and will also affect visitors' riding comfort; each person is limited to one 26-inch suitcase + one carry-on backpack. The guide will notify visitors in advance to store excess luggage at the front desk of their Lhasa hotel. 2 Hotels Throughout: Basic room type twin rooms, i.e. standard rooms, are provided (natural single rooms, i.e. king rooms, are not guaranteed; no bed, no breakfast). If there is a single man or single woman in the group, the travel agency has the right to arrange a triple room, room sharing, or have the visitor pay the single room supplement according to the actual situation. This is a join-in group tour with fixed hotels uniformly arranged by the travel agency; specific hotels cannot be requested. We appreciate your understanding. 3 Meal Arrangements: All hotels include breakfast, plus 2 complimentary specialty meals (free gifts, no refund if not eaten): a Lhasa specialty meal (Tibetan meal or Nepalese meal) and Everest hot pot. Other meals are at your own expense; if you give up a meal for personal reasons, the meal fee will not be refunded. If you are not accustomed to dining in Tibetan areas, you may bring your own side dishes. The complimentary specialty meals can be arranged as lunch or dinner. 4 Guide Service: Chinese, English, or Chinese-English bilingual guide. This is a join-in group tour, and the travel agency will arrange a guide for the corresponding language according to the actual situation. If Chinese-native and English-native visitors are in the same vehicle, our company will arrange Chinese-English bilingual guide service. We appreciate your understanding. This is a join-in group tour, so guides and vehicles may be changed; we appreciate your understanding. 5 Attraction Tickets: Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Yamdrok Lake, Karola Glacier, Rongbuk Monastery, Mount Everest (including eco-bus), Tashilhunpo Monastery. Only the first admission tickets for the attractions listed in the itinerary are included, and all will be visited. If an attraction cannot be visited due to unexpected circumstances, it will be exchanged for another after discussion with visitors. Off-season travel cost calculations already take into account annual winter ticket discounts; there is no ticket fee or price difference to refund, and if discount policies suddenly change, no additional price difference will be charged. Tickets for the Potala Palace and Jokhang Temple both require real-name reservations; please follow the guide's arrangements. Thank you. 6 Tibet Entry Procedures: Processing of the Tibet Entry Permit, travel permit, military area permit, and other required documents. Some scenic areas require border defense permits, but the conditions for processing border defense permits within Tibet change frequently, so Chinese nationals are best advised to process their border defense permit in advance at their local public security bureau before departure. 7 Travel Insurance: Travel accident insurance, tourist vehicle seat insurance, and travel agency liability insurance (all three types included). 8 Pickup and Drop-off Service: Complimentary time-limited free pickup and drop-off service (only on the fixed departure date and end date of the join-in group tour): 1. Airplane (Lhasa Gonggar Airport): free pickup (for flights arriving between 08:00am-22:00pm); free drop-off (for flights departing between 08:30am-22:30pm); 2. Train (Lhasa Railway Station): free train pickup/drop-off. If visitors need to arrive in Lhasa before our company's fixed departure date or leave Tibet after the end date, a separate pickup/drop-off fee must be paid. If a visitor's booked flight is not within the free pickup/drop-off time, a separate pickup/drop-off fee must be paid. This itinerary is a join-in group tour, so for airport pickup and drop-off, guests with similar time slots will be grouped together, and waiting time may vary around 2 hours. One day in advance, staff or sales personnel will confirm the pickup and drop-off time with visitors in advance. If visitors do not wish to wait, they may notify the travel agency one day in advance to arrange a separate pickup or drop-off at their own expense. 9 Complimentary Services: Oxygen and water. One small portable oxygen bottle per person as a gift. Two small bottles of mineral water per person per day (300ml each) as a gift. One backup emergency medical oxygen tank (6.8L) provided in the vehicle. Potala Palace headset service. So that visitors can, within the limited visiting time, follow the guide and understand the Potala Palace more clearly, the guide will help visitors rent headsets at the scenic area entrance and return them at the scenic area after the visit. Please keep them safe! Small gift. One Potala Palace-pattern fridge magnet as a gift (to keep as a memento of this Tibet trip). 10 Service Fee: Travel agency service fee, Potala Palace ticket reservation, driver and guide food and accommodation subsidies, etc.❌ Exclusions
1 Single room supplement: hotels default to 2 people per room (except dormitory rooms). If you stay in a single room, you must pay the single room supplement separately. 2 Room loss: as rooms are booked with full payment, any room charges incurred due to changes during the trip are at your own expense. 3 Personal expenses: laundry, telephone, fax, pay TV, beverages, snacks, tobacco and alcohol, and other personal expenses in the hotel. 4 Unforeseen circumstances: due to irresistible objective reasons and reasons not attributable to the travel agency (such as natural disasters, war, strikes, epidemics, etc.), or airline flight reasons, insufficient number of registrations, and other special circumstances, the travel agency has the right to cancel or change the itinerary, and has the right to charge additional fees for the corresponding extra costs. 5 Round-trip major transportation: the cost of major transportation to and from Tibet, such as air tickets or train tickets, is not included in the tour fee. If you need the travel agency to book on your behalf, an additional fee will be charged.📌 Booking Notes
Regarding tips (the quote does not include driver and guide tips): We suggest tourists pay 60 yuan per person per day in tips (guide: 30 yuan/day, driver: 30 yuan/day). The Potala Palace is closed on Mondays; if your itinerary falls on a Monday, the group itinerary will be adjusted, so please confirm the final itinerary with your sales representative. Seasonal prices (2026 · per person): Comfort tier — Low season ¥6240 / Shoulder season ¥7080 / High season ¥8040 Luxury tier — Low season ¥7440 / Shoulder season ¥9720 / High season ¥10560 Single room supplement — Comfort tier: Low ¥1200 / Shoulder ¥1680 / High ¥2160; Luxury tier: Low ¥3000 / Shoulder ¥3840 / High ¥4560 Season periods: Low season (1.1-3.15 / 11.1-12.31); Shoulder season (3.16-6.25 / 8.29-9.26 / 10.7-10.31); High season (6.26-8.28 / National Day 9.27-10.6). Prices exclude round-trip major transportation. Note: Tibet Travel Permit processing is guaranteed (required documents: scanned copies of passport page + visa page; please submit 15 days in advance; if it falls on a statutory holiday, it will be postponed accordingly). We can accept foreign visitors and Taiwan guests.📋 Refund / Change
| Cancellation / change timing | Terms |
|---|---|
| 30 days or more before departure | Free cancellation or date change; deposit fully refunded |
| 15–29 days before departure | A 30% deposit cancellation/change fee applies |
| 7–14 days before departure | A 50% deposit cancellation/change fee applies |
| Within 7 days of departure | Deposit is non-refundable; one date change permitted (subject to availability) |
The above is a general reference; actual cancellation/change terms follow the order confirmation and the receiving party (operating airline / local operator). For itinerary changes due to force majeure (weather, policy changes, flight cancellation, etc.), both parties will discuss a solution.
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