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Your Guide to Visit the Everest Base Camp

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Everest Base Camp

This article, a complete guide to visit the Everest North Base Camp, was written by Harley Greenberg, who arrived in China in 2008 as a Peace Corps Volunteer. When not teaching he would always crisscross the country and his first visit to Tibet was in 2009. Today Harley is a manager at WindHorseTour.

Your Guide to Visit the Everest Base Camp – Index

  1. Can you visit Tibet on your own?
  2. When to visit the Everest
  3. How many days do you need to visit Everest Base Camp?
  4. Should you join a private or a group tour?
  5. How to get to Mount Everest
  6. The most popular route: Lhasa to Kathmandu via Everest Base Camp
  7. Food and Guest Houses at Base Camp
  8. What to do at Everest Base Camp?
  9. Frequently asked questions
  10. Need a travel agency for Tibet? Ask a free quotation

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How to Organize Your Trip to Tibet as a Foreigner

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Travel to Tibet: Our Guide – Index

  1. Why it’s compulsory to join a travel tour to visit Tibet, what the Tibet Permit is and how to get it
  2. How to spot a good travel agency
  3. How much does it cost a trip to Tibet?
  4. The pros and cons of reaching Tibet by train (instead of flying)
  5. Planning your trip: how long to stay, what to visit and when to visit Tibet
  6. Some general advices
  7. Frequently asked questions

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p.s. For more in-depth information on traveling around China (insurances, vaccines, ATMs, internal flights, common scams, internet, food, etc.) you may have a look at my complete guide to travel to China. It’s massive, around 4,000 words, but you don’t need to read it all, just jump on the sections you find interesting to you. You can also download a travel phrasebook Chinese-English. [Read more…]

Tibetan monasteries and a revolution on the bus – Photo Essays

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Tibeta Monastery

This article tells the last part of my travel to Tibet. If you didn’t read them yet, in the first two episodes you can learn about my adventures in Lhasa or virtually exploring the The holy lakes of Tibet.

The day after visiting the Namtso lake we get again on the bus and start our trip from Lhasa to Shigatse. We arrive at Yamdrok lake around 1 pm and to the Kharola Glacier a couple of hours later (see photos below).

Nobody told us where Shigatse was nor how much time would take to get there. So I wasn’t psychologically prepared to stay all day in a bus. The truth is that Tibet is huge and it takes time to move to a place to another. Is it worth the effort? Yep, for me it is! [Read more…]

The Holy Lakes of Tibet (Photo Essays)

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Holy Lakes of Tibet

Before to visit a country, or a region, we all have a general idea of what to expect. And, unless we research our trip in advance, this idea is usually wrong.

I was expecting to find a barren land composed by mountains and rocks in Tibet. Conversely, the Eastern Tibet plateau is a green land where Lakes act as the main character.

There are nine Holy Lakes in Tibet. Today I want to focus on the two that I was able to visit, Namtso Lake and Yamdrok Lake. They are, together with Manasarovar Lake, the most famous lakes of Tibet. [Read more…]