"Lotus Expeditions offers the best of independent travel and travel with a guided tour company. Their leaders are well tested, knowledgeable, and very personable so that their trips feel like the freedom of traveling on your own. Yet their organization and care will enable you to relax and enjoy the attention of a well-run adventure travel company."
 - John Shanahan, Colorado

"A mind stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes

 


 


 

Tibet: Cultural and Trekking Tour Deluxe Services 

What is Included:

  • Six nights four-star hotel accommodation based on double occupancy (includes breakfast)
  • All ground transportation including 4x4 Landcruisers on trek
  • Two days sightseeing around Lhasa including the Jokhang Temple, Barkor Market, Potala Palace and Sera Monastery
  • All entrance fees, conservation fees and trekking permits
  • Professional, international trip leader
  • Professional, English-speaking Tibetan guide
  • Six nights luxury camping in tents
  • All meals where noted on the itinerary
  • Experienced, professional cooks prepare delicious local and international meals on trek
  • All camping equipment (excluding sleeping bags)
  • Group first aid kit, Gamov bag and emergency oxygen
  • Baggage transport by pack animals or porters (limited to 15kg)
  • Celebration dinner in Lhasa at journey's end

Beijing, China Inclusions

  • Airport transfers
  • 1 night four-star hotel accomodation based on double occupancy (includes breakfast)
  • 1/2 Day sightseeing to Tiananmen Square and Forbidden City
  • Tibet Entry Permit
  • R/T Airfare Beijing-Lhasa

What is Not Included:

  • Domestic or international airfare to Beijing
  • Chinese visa (must be obtained in advance)
  • Required travel insurance
  • Airport or departure taxes and any excess baggage fees
  • Rescue or medical expenses
  • Personal clothing, equipment, first aid and drug kits
  • Single room supplement fees for hotels and single tents
  • Hotels, meals, transport or other fees if leaving trip before scheduled departure
  • Meals not listed on your itinerary
  • Local and international staff gratuities (suggested $250)
  • Personal items such as laundry, telephone, email, alcohol, bottled drinks, etc.
  • Personal cash for emergencies, gifts, etc. (suggested $500)