Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival
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Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival

Update: Mar. 11th, 2013

Buddha Exhibition in Shoton Festival

Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival – Accommodation

You are highly suggested to find accommodation after reaching Tibet or book in advance. Since you may appear symptoms of high altitude sickness after reaching plateau, you need to take good rest immediately. In addition, the Shoton Festival is held in August in Tibetan Calendar when is high season of Tibet tour. You are highly suggested to book hotel in advance because there are many travelers in Tibet during Shoton Festival.

Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival – Health Care

In general, travelers may appear symptoms of high altitude sickness in different degree when just reach Tibet. Consequently, you are suggested to do exercises before coming into Tibet. In addition, travelers with cold, fever, heart disease, hypertension and other diseases are not suggested to have Tibet tour. After reaching Tibet, please do not do aggravating activities. Furthermore, travelers are suggested to prepare Herba Rhodiolae and other medicine for high altitude sickness. If there is no good condition during your Tibet tour, please do not have bath to avoid cold.

Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival – Entrance Ticket of Potala Palace

About buying entrance ticket of Potala palace, travelers need to get a voucher with ID card or passport at 14:00 on the day before visiting Potala Palace. On the second day, travelers can go to buy the entrance ticket of Potala Palace with this voucher at the time listed on the voucher. If you are late for 5 minutes, you can not visit Potala Palace this day. In general, each ID card can buy two entrance tickets. There are 1200 entrance tickets every day.

When visit the Potala Palace, you are suggested to listen to the explanation of guide so that you can know more about Tibetan Buddhism and broaden you knowledge and view.

Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival – Photography

About photography during Shoton Festival, you are suggested to focus on Drepung Monastery and Norbu Lingka. In Drepung Monastery, you can photograph the grand scene of Buddha Exhibition in the morning. In Norbu Lingka, you can photograph the wonderful performances of Tibetan Opera.

If you want to photograph the Potala Palace, you are suggested to choose the Chakpori Hill which is on the south side of Potala Palace. To climb up the Chakpori Hill in the morning, you can enjoy the beautiful scene of Potala Palace in the firs sunlight. The Potala Palace looks like a mysterious palace at that time. Since the altitude of Chakpori Hill is relatively high, please pay attention to high altitude sickness.

Tips of Tibet Tour during Shoton Festival – Sightseeing

It is better to spend more time in Lhasa because there are many sight spots really worthy visiting in Lhasa. On the first day, you can enjoy the grand Shoton Festival. On the second day, you can visit nearby sight spots in Lhasa, such as Jokhang Temple, Ramoche Monastery, Chakpori Hill, etc. You also can buy tourism souvenirs at Barkhor Street after coming out from Jokhang Temple and buy the entrance ticket of Potala Palace by the way. On the third day, you can visit Potala Palace and other sight spots. If you have extra time, you also can visit some sight spots around Lhasa.

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