Tibet Travel ORG Recommends Tibet as the Best Place for Leisure and Adventure
Tibet (PRWEB) November 29, 2013 -- Located on the Tibetan Plateau, the world’s highest and largest plateau, Tibet has become a hot tourist destination for adventurers to escape from cities to challenge their limits. Each year, Tibet attracts millions of visitors of different colors, cultural backgrounds and interests.
With an average elevation of over 4,000 meters, Tibet is referred to as the “Roof of the World”. It offers natural beauty and cultural experience that travelers can’t find elsewhere. With a history of at least 1,500 years, Tibet has formed fine cultural traditions closely relating to Tibetan Buddhism. Most people in Tibet are devout Buddhists. Because of their strong religious belief and little desire for wealth, they always look happy and peaceful. On seeing them, travelers who may be suffering from certain physical, psychological or social depression will cheer up immediately.
Tibet’s beautiful landscape also makes travelers relaxed and excited. Its turquoise lakes, deep valleys, emerald-green forests, glittering snow mountains, pure blue sky, changeable clouds, extensive grasslands and desolate desert represent the utmost of beauty, inviting tourists to open their eyes, heart and mind.
Moreover, slow life in Tibet makes travelers comfortable, too. Travelers who may be still worrying about their jobs, bills or children’s education on the plane to Lhasa will easily blend into the local slow-paced life upon setting their feet on the ground of Tibet. Travelers can do anything leisurely and purposelessly there, bathing in the warm sunshine on a square, drinking a cup of butter tea in a teahouse, looking at the blue sky through a window or following a Tibetan pilgrim to do ritual walk around Barkhor Street.
At the same time, Tibet also provides various opportunities for enthusiasts of adventures and outdoor activities. Tibet boasts many grand mountains over 8,000 meters above sea level. The high mountains are irresistible attractions to both professional and amateur mountaineers. Take Mt. Everest for example; it has received thousands of climbers of different ages from all over the world, the youngest being 13 and the oldest 82. Everyone wants to leave their footprints at the peak of the world.
Besides mountaineering, there are many other interesting outdoor activities travelers can do in Tibet. For hikers, it will be full of fun to trek to remote areas in Tibet to explore ancient monasteries and meditation caves. Besides, they can visit alpine lakes, snow-capped mountains, high passes, deep valleys, or tranquil villages. For white-water rafters, a half-day or full day rafting in a high-altitude river will be extremely exciting. For cyclists, it will be a lifetime experience to bike from Lhasa to Kathmandu along the trans-Himalayan Friendship Highway. They will experience the world's longest and steepest descent, a non-stop downhill that begins on the Tibetan Plateau and winds 150 kms down to the fertile rice fields of Nepal (an unbelievable 4,600m drop in height). For horse enthusiasts, it will be enjoyable to have a horse or yak race with Tibetan nomads on Changtang Grassland in northern Tibet.
In a word, the magic Tibet makes travelers both excited and relaxed. People can get to Tibet by train, plane, car or bike, or on foot. Plane is surely the fastest and most comfortable way. However, most travelers have chosen train since 2006, when the Qinghai-Tibet Railway was put into use. They enjoyed travelling to Lhasa from mainland China on the world's highest railway.
For foreign travelers, visiting Tibet is different from travelling to other places of China. In addition to Chinese visa, a Tibet Entry Permit or Tibet visa is required. If travelers are going to visit areas outside Lhasa, an Alien’s Travel Permit and/or a Military Permit is also needed. All these permits should be applied through an authorized local travel agency.
More information about Tibet is available at the official website of Tibet Travel ORG (http://www.tibettravel.org), the top online Tibet tour operator.
Tibet Travel Org, Tibet Travel CITS, http://www.tibettravel.org, +86 2885552138, [email protected]
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