Tibet Travel / China Travel Guide

Tibet is often called the `sea of song and dance'. Tibetans are rich in culture heritages. Tibet lies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the southwest border of China. The average height of the whole region is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, for which Tibet is known as "Roof of the World". The northern part is a high plateau and a wild life reserve (Changtang reserve), 115,500 square mile, as large as Texas), the southern, eastern, western parts are valleys. Its unique culture, celebrated monasteries and its magnificent scenery make it charming and mysterious. The mountains, including Mount Everest, which is as high as 8,846.27 meters above sea level, are imposing with their snow-covered heights.

Although a part of China, Tibet has a unique culture of all there own. Tibetans mainly inhabit it, a minority nationality of old and mysterious people. Tourist attractions include the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, and a number of Buddhist sacred places.

Tibet (Xi Zang in Chinese) is to the south of Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qing Hai Province, to the west of Sichuan, to the northwest of Yunnan and to the north of India and Nepal. Their populations of 2.3 million people come from a variety of ethnic groups including Tibetan, Han, Monba and Lhota. Its capital city is Lhasa.

Nearly all Tibetans follow Tibetan Buddhism, known as Lamaism, with the exception of approximately 2,000 followers of Islam and 600 of Catholicism. Tibetan Buddhism was greatly influenced by Indian Buddhism in its early time, but after years of evolution, Tibetan Buddhism has developed its own distinctive qualities and practices. A well-known example is the belief that there is a Living Buddha, who is the reincarnation of the first, a belief alien to Chinese Buddhism.

It is freezing cold in most time of the year. Most tourists come to visit Tibet only in the warmest seasons, June, July, August and early September.

Travel to Tibet is a dream of many people, whatever they are from other part of China, or from America, Europe, or South Africa. Traveling to Tibet used to be very difficult, for there were a lot of restrictions, and people know little about that mysterious land. But now, we will help you travel to Tibet with easy and safe.

Travel to Tibet is easy now. There are daily flights to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet from Beijing, Chengdu and Kathmandu of Nepal. Hotels, meals, transportation are better and better. All you need is a special travel permit, which you can easily obtain from us.