Tibet culture tour & Everest base camp
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£2570 excluding flights
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*The price is per person, is subject to availability and confirmation at the time of booking.
It is based upon 2 people travelling.
It is based upon 2 people travelling.
Description of Tibet culture tour & Everest base camp
Price information
£2570 excluding flights
Convert currency:
*The price is per person, is subject to availability and confirmation at the time of booking.
It is based upon 2 people travelling.
It is based upon 2 people travelling.
Departure information
This trip can be tailor made throughout the year except the monsoon season (July to early September).
Travel guides
See the world from a higher perspective in Tibet, exploring from Lhasa to the edge of Everest National Park.
Our guide does its best to provide responsible travellers with a balance of rated, underrated and overrated things to do.
Holiday information
Cultural tour:
These tours are unique in that they bring you into contact with some of the world’s most fascinating cultures in iconic locations, where those people actually deliver the experience or are central to your trip. You will see a destination through the eyes of the local people and you will stay with them for part of the trip in traditional and comfortable accommodation to get to know them and to learn about their ways and beliefs. Itineraries are pre-planned and they may vary slightly according to various things, but they will always give you the best experience possible. The mix of genuine contact with a culture, exciting and traditional activities, iconic locations and traditional and contemporary accommodation will leave you refreshed, inspired and informed –with some beautiful memories and maybe some new contacts too!
Reviews
1 Reviews of Tibet culture tour & Everest base camp
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed on 23 Oct 2024 by Sue Jones
1. What was the most memorable or exciting part of your holiday?
The scenery - iconic Potala Palace & Mount Everest
2. What tips would you give other travellers booking this holiday?
Take Chinese currency! None of the restaurants or shops I went to in Tibet took cards. It’s all the Alipay app which charges you a percentage every time you use it & I couldn’t get mine to work. Buy an Esim package & Vpn as hotel WiFi blocks things like Google, translate apps, WhatsApp etc so you can only contact people via FaceTime or iMessage (if they have an iPhone of course). I found my Esim invaluable as no one speaks English so you need translate & I was able to keep in touch with the guides through WhatsApp.Take plenty of snacks such as nuts & chocolate or energy bars as the food choices are limited & I got fed up with noodle soup & yak meat!
Book a hotel in Chengdu at the airport where you will leave to fly to Lhasa as you can get a good rest after your flight from UK & most hotels do a free shuttle to the airport so that’s all sorted for you. I stayed at the Holiday Inn Express & it was very cheap (£30), the girls on reception spoke English & I could use a card to pay. Breakfast was included & as I booked through Booking.Com I was able to message them via that site to arrange my shuttle to pick me up.
Take the advice of your guides & rest when you can to combat the altitude headaches - bring paracetamol & ibuprofen with you for this - worked a treat for me.
3. Did you feel that your holiday benefited local people, reduced environmental impacts or supported conservation?
Yes - the guides were very conscious of this & I am as well so it was easy to be mindful about it.
4. Finally, how would you rate your holiday overall?
Fantastic! It was everything I expected & more!
Responsible Travel
As the pioneers of responsible tourism, we've screened this (and every) holiday so that you can travel knowing we've worked to maximise the benefits of your holiday to local people and places, and minimise any negative impacts.
Planet
Our Tibetan partner and the guides we use have a deep respect for their environment. This has been developed into an official environmental policy that governs the operation of these programmes. They are led by a mountaineer who has climbed Mount Everest 4 times and many other mountains in China. He graduated from the Tibetan Mountaineering Guide School, where he studied for three years and participated in the National Mountaineer seminar at the Tibet Mountaineering Guide College. He has a unique respect for the landscapes, wildlife and environment, which translates into the operation and tours. The policy seeks to minimise the impact of visitors to the areas through limiting the use of vehicles as far as possible, removal of waste and any detrimental trace of the visit, recycling materials such as water bottles and protecting natural landscapes and wildlife. When camping we look for new sites that are off the usual track, but we ensure that we leave no trace of our visit. Our travellers can receive a Responsible Traveller Charter or Code of Conduct within their trip pack on request.People
The guides are Tibetan Nationals who have a natural association with the local people and knowledge of their history, culture and lifestyle which they share with visitors. They are local experts and have developed good links with the local village communities and people in the villages and Mountains of Tibet. Your guide will be with you from the start of the tour to its end and will introduce you to local people where possible.These experiences are designed to offer greater cross cultural understanding between the local culture and the visitor, by promoting genuine contact within an enjoyable holiday experience. We are working with our local partner to deliver a unique set of enjoyable and inspiring cultural insights for the visitor. We hope you will come home refreshed, inspired and with memories and a greater understanding of another culture that may even have an influence on your way of living back home.
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