Air China tickets have to be issued/purchased 90 days in advance. If a trip does not run due to low numbers the air tickets will need to be cancelled. Once tickets are issued they are non refundable. We need to purchase tickets as client's book otherwise we cannot guarantee seats.
Please check every new booking with Dawn Till Dusk Mountain Bike Trekking Pvt. Ltd for confirmation of Air China seat and accommodation in Nepal/Tibet. Also inform us as soon as the booking is confirmed, so that we can issue Kathmandu – Lhasa tickets and work on every necessary arrangement including hotel room bookings.
Each passenger is allowed to carry 20kg baggage including the bike and 5 kg hand carry. Additional weight is charged at US$13 per kg. When checking baggage in a group, please remember your baggage's weight as all the baggage are weighed individually and then checked in as one. There is still the option of checking your baggage individually.
Airport tax is approx. 22 US$. Once while flying to Tibet and the second time while returning to your country.
Most roads in Tibet are newly built and black topped. The road between Khambala and Gyangtse are still closed for construction till date. According to our Tibet agent, this section of the road will re open from January 2008. Road construction is still going on between Milerepa cave and Zangmu.
If this section is still not open during the trip in 2008, we will use the old Friendship highway. In this case instead of spending the night in Nagarze we will stay at Rephung. The accommodation here is very basic. 4-6 bed in garage type room. The road between Milerepa cave and Zangmu are under heavy construction which means that it may affect the trip in 2008.
Due to this we can't spend the night at Nyalam as the vehicles are allowed to pass through this section only after 8 p.m. due to the construction. But the clients can still pass through being on mountain bike but the support vehicle will only join the group after 11 p.m. Because of this construction we will ride without support vehicle up to Zangmu. We must advise the clients to carry a pair of warm clothing for this section of the journey.
The tour includes hotels & basic guesthouses in Bed and Breakfast Basis. In Lhasa, Gyantse and Shigatse, we will provide nice Hotels/guesthouses but in other places guesthouses are very simple Tibetan style dormitory rooms with 4-6 bed in one room.
Please advise clients that the bedding in the basic accommodation is not very clean so it is advisable for clients to bring their own sleeping bag. Washing and toilet facilities are outside and very basic.
We get less choice in breakfast and dinner at most places because the restaurants and tea houses on the way are of the very basic standard. Mostly the menu will be potato rice, barley flour with butter tea and noodles.
In big cities like Lhasa, Gyangtse and Shigatse there is always fruits, chocolates and instant noodles, etc. available. So it is good to advise the clients to stock up. Also we can carry packed lunch while riding from the big cities.
NEPAL VISA
You can get your Nepali visa from Nepalese Embassy or Consular in your country prior to your departure or you can get it upon arrival at the Tribhuwan International Airport in Kathmandu. You need double entry visa for a Tibet tour so it will be helpful when you re-enter Nepal from Tibet.
TRANSIT VISA
If clients stay 3 nights or less in Nepal they can get a free transit visa on arrival at Kathmandu airport. When they re-enter Nepal from Tibet again they can get a free transit visa if they are in Nepal 3 nights or less. All clients require a photo for each Nepal visa.
If clients are spending more than 3 nights to Kathmandu they need to get a $ 30 visa.
GROUP VISA FOR TIBET
Clients should specify about his/her occupation and send a scanned copy of their passport through e-mail for the visa process. Tibet Group visa from Kathmandu is issued on A4 sized paper, not stamped in your passport. If you wish to have a stamp in your passport for remembrance, you can request immigration officer in Lhasa.
During the briefing, your return tickets and visa fee should be hand over to the guides in order for flights reconfirmation and to issuing visa.
NOTE: Please advice clients that they must travel in same passport as the scanned copy.
we provide a truck with cabin for clients in a group of 4 PAX and for more than that, we provide a bus for the clients and a truck for bikes and luggages.
TREK 4400/4500 2007 models.
Bike Weight: 18 kg after packing
Bike Hire Cost: US$ 265per bike. *Please note that the cost does not include the transfer charge from KTM to Lhasa*
Helmet Hire Cost: US$30 per helmet.
Driving Rules: Tibet right hand drive Nepal left hand drive
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