Travel magazine
Six running series and hundreds of articles, written by the people who plan the trips.
When to go
Seasons, month by month, region by region
What it costs
Real budgets in dollars, with tables
Routes that work
Tested itineraries and combinations
Eating across Asia
What to order and where
On foot
Treks and long walks, described honestly
Before you book
Visas, permits, timing, practicalities
What we would skip in Tibet
Editing a Tibet itinerary is different from editing any other trip we sell, because the currency is not time or money. It…
What a trip to Tibet costs, and why it cannot be cheap
The cost of a trip to Tibet works differently from every other destination in this library, and the reason is structural rather…
Tibet for the first time, and how the permits actually work
The Tibet Travel Permit is the first thing to understand about a Tibet trip, because it decides everything that comes after it:…
Tibet month by month
The best time to visit Tibet is a shorter list than most destinations offer, and it is decided by three things rather…
Tibet with older children
Altitude is the whole answer to this question, and it answers it before anything about sightseeing, food or interest gets a vote.
What to eat in Tibet, and what we will not pretend about it
Let us start with the honest position, because it is the one that makes the rest of the article useful. Tibetan food…
Lhasa in three days
Lhasa has about two days of sightseeing in it and we give it three, and the reason is not that we have…
How many days do you need in Tibet?
How many days in Tibet is not a question about how much you want to see. It is a question about altitude,…
Everest North Base Camp: what it is actually like
The first thing to understand about Everest north base camp is that it is not a trek. There is almost no walking…
The best two-week route through Tibet
A two week Tibet itinerary is the length we would choose ourselves, and the reason is not that fourteen days fits more…
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