Bibet Bike Tours
Cycling in Tibet is a rewarding experience that, while challenging, allows people to fully soak up the scenery and culture of this mysterious land.
With years of experience in cycling tours, we can help you complete the wonderful cycling trip you have always dreamed of in Tibet. We offer customized bike tours within and in Tibet. You can get to Tibet by bicycle via popular national highways, such as the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. Or you can start your bike tour from Lhasa and then extend to Shigatse or even the EBC and Geelong borders.
As a celebrated Tibet Tour operator in the industry, we offer tourist-friendly service to facilitate your Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Bike tour. In addition to favorable prices and well-tailored itineraries, our Tibet Bike tours also include high-class services on travel documents application, accommodation arrangement, English local guide, and many more details, so as to ensure you a pleasant and safe journey closest to the world’s summit.
Tibet Bike Tour Packages in Small Group
To facilitate our clients with varied preferences, we collect the most recommended Tibet Bike tours as follows. From week-long short biking routes around Lhasa to epic cycling journey across the massive Tibet plateau, you can choose the right one that fits yourself. If there is no suitable trip you prefer, we can also help to customize your perfect itinerary according to your own needs.
Tibet Bike Tour Packages in Private
We have designed Classic Tibet Bike Tours specially for those who love cycling and adventure. Our Best Tibet Bike Tours cover some of the most mature/famous biking routes around Lhasa, Shigatse, Mount Everest Base Camp, or even Mount Kailash. For the Tibet Lhasa Cycling Tour, you can choose to do the Ganden Monastery Bike Tour. For the Tibet EBC Bike Tour, you can do Lhasa to Everest Base Camp Bike Tour. For the Tibet Kailash Bike Tour, you can take more days to complete the circuit around the holy Mt. Kailash and achieve spiritual enlightenment. Contact TTC team if you want to plan a Tibet Bike Tour on your way.
Explore Tibet by More Themes & Adventures
Keen to engage in a particular activity such as highland trekking, cycling or family tour, photography journey, etc.? We also offer the thrilling thematic tours in Tibet and Nepal for you. Of these diverse travel themes and activities, you got to find the right one for yourself.
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FAQs about Tibet Bike Tour
When is best time to enjoy a Tibet bike tour?
Generally, the best time to enjoy a Tibet biking tour is from April to June and September to November. In spring and autumn seasons, the climate is stable and the weather is mild, and clear and bright sky makes it favorable to explore the wildness of Tibet. One can appreciate the refreshing natural landscape from blooming flowers to lush grassland. Summer season is also a good time for biking as an alternative, but one needs to pay attention to the rain forecast in advance if the cycling involves some mountain roads. From November, most routes in Tibet will be blocked by heavy snows and it could be risky to bike on the plateau at this time.
What is the fitness demand for cycling in Tibet?
Considering the high altitude and long distances of most cycling tours in Tibet, one needs have at least an average level of fitness. Some of the short cycling around Lhasa may be relatively easy for most tourists, while some mountain biking tours, like the one from Lhasa to Everest Base Camp, requires a higher degree of fitness. The road is generally flat and broad, but there will be quite a few twists and turns from time to time. Especially, when crossing the mountain passes, it can be quite exhausting. It is recommended to take training for a couple of months before you officially start cycling on the plateau. Also getting acclimatized to the high altitude is helpful.
What permits and documents to prepare for a Tibet bike tour?
First of all, you need to get the
Tibet Travel Permit and Chinese Visa to travel to Tibet. After you get your Chinese Visa by your own, we can help you to get the Tibet Travel Permit with the copies of your visa and passport. With the two documents, you are able to cycle in Lhasa and its surroundings. If your biking route extends to Everest Base Camp or other remote regions, or even the China and Nepal border at Gyirong, you will also need to get Aliens’ Travel Permit or Frontier Pass. Still, our guide will help you to get the required documents just before checking during your cycling journey.
How is the road condition for biking in Tibet?
In fact, you will ride on very good roads most of the time as the road conditions in Tibet have been greatly improved especially for those between big cities. There is smooth and wide Friendship Highway that connects Lhasa with Gyirong Port, and the route from Lhasa to Lake Namtso is also well-paved. Certainly, some mountain roads in remote areas of Tibet are still rugged and bumped, but no so bad as one imagined. Usually, a mountain bike is qualified for all kinds of biking in Tibet.
Can I bring my own bike? How could I get a bike in Tibet?
Yes, you can bring your own bike if it is convenient for you. You can pack your bike up to take flights or trains to Tibet, but you will probably pay a lot for the long-distance transportation. As a proper option, you can hire a bike in Lhasa. There are several stores providing bike rental services. Remember to bring the spares like chains, tires, tubes in case the bike breaks en route. The cost on hiring a mountain bike will depend on how many days you will hire for your trip. But it normally cheaper than the way you bring your own bike.