Tibet Tour for Seniors – Tips for Seniors Planning a Tibet Tour

Though tourists planning a Tibet tour don't need to be over worried about the possible high altitude sickness, seniors planning a Tibet tour should also pay enough attention to it in the consideration of health. Tibet Tour provides several tips for seniors planning a Tibet tour.

Tips for Seniors Planning a Tibet Tour – Best Season to Visit Tibet

The period between July and October is the best season to visit Tibet since there is always a good weather and the oxygen content in the air is relatively higher compared to the other seasons. In August, the weather in Lhasa, Nyingchi and Shigatse are pretty good. The temperature is between 10-23?. Seniors making a Tibet tour in August would have more chance to experience the real Tibet and explore the local culture since a series of Tibetan festivals would be celebrated in August, including the Shoton Festival, Buddha Exhibition Festival of Drepung Monastery, Ngaqu Horse Racing Festival and Wangkor Festival.

Tips for Seniors Planning a Tibet Tour – Seniors not Suitable to Go to Tibet

For the consideration of health and safety, seniors suffering a cold are not advised to go to Tibet before a full recovery. A comprehensive physical examination is also very important for seniors before enter into Tibet. It is dangerous to make a Tibet tour for tourists suffering a hypertension, heart diseases, tracheitis, glycuresis and some other severe chronic diseases.

Though good health condition is an important premise for seniors planning a Tibet tour, tourists are not advised to do some special physical exercises before enter into Tibet. In addition, tourists keeping doing some physical exercises are suggested to stop training about half a month before your departure date. It is reported that the trained body requires a larger oxygen consumption which will put extra burden to the heart and would easily cause high altitude sickness.

Tips for Seniors Planning a Tibet Tour – Prevention of High Altitude Sickness

The glucose and Rhodiola rosea are said to be the most common medicines effective in the prevention of high altitude sickness. Seniors are strongly recommended to take the preventive medicines about two weeks in advance of your departure date. These medicines would improve your physical fitness and your adaptability to the plateau environment, and also strengthen your cardipvascular.

Generally, the high altitude sickness symptoms will disappear in 2 days if you have a strong adaptability to the plateau environment. But it takes 3-7 days to get adapted to the high altitude if you have a poor adaptability. Slight symptoms of high altitude sickness might be relieved through self-adaptation while the severe symptoms of high altitude sickness need to get professional treatment from the doctors.