How Much Does a Tibet Tour Cost from Singapore? 2026-27 Prices for 7, 8, 12 and 14 Days in SGD

In short

A guided Tibet tour from Singapore costs S$2,200 to S$3,890 per person, twin share, for 7 to 14 days on HSJ Travel's 2026 and 2027 departures. That price covers every Tibet permit, a licensed Tibetan guide for the whole trip, a vehicle and driver with bottled oxygen, premium 4-star hotels in Lhasa and Shigatse, daily breakfast and the entrance fees on the route. Flights from Singapore to Lhasa are extra, at about S$699 to S$1,147 return when we last checked, and so are travel insurance, most lunches and dinners, and tips. Singaporeans need no China visa for stays of up to 30 days, so there is no visa fee to add.

Tibet tour cost from Singapore at a glance

Prices are per person on a twin-share basis for two travellers, checked on 31 October 2026. Each tour page shows the live price for every date. Small groups of 2 to 12 travellers. Flights from Singapore are not included.

Where your money goes in Tibet

Tibet has no nightly government fee like Bhutan's, so the price of a trip is made of the things you can see: permits, a guide, a vehicle, hotels, entrance tickets and some meals. Knowing the parts makes two quotes easy to compare, because a low headline price usually means one of them is missing.

1. Permits: the Tibet Travel Permit and the rest

Every foreign visitor needs a Tibet Travel Permit on top of entry to China, and it is issued only through a licensed travel agency for a trip with a guide. Routes beyond Lhasa add an Alien's Travel Permit, Everest adds its own area permit, and Mount Kailash adds a Military Permit and a Foreign Affairs Permit. All of them are in the price of our trips. You send a clear scan of your passport photo page; we apply, and the permit is handed to your guide before you fly to Lhasa. Allow two to four weeks, and about a month for Kailash.

2. Guide, driver and vehicle

A licensed English-speaking Tibetan guide and a vehicle with a professional driver are included for every day of every trip, with Lhasa airport or railway station transfers. Each vehicle carries bottled oxygen. On the Kailash trip a second staff member walks the kora so the group can move at two paces, one porter carries for each traveller, and the guide checks everyone's oxygen level with a pulse oximeter each morning.

3. Hotels: premium 4-star in Lhasa and Shigatse

The biggest difference between a cheap and a good Tibet trip is where you sleep at 3,650 metres. Our trips use the Lagari Hotel Lhasa and the Shigatse Cangyu Yabu Hotel, both premium 4-star, with rooms twin sharing. Smaller towns have no hotels of that grade: Gyantse, Saga and Darchen use the best available, the Kailash kora uses simple guesthouses, and the Everest night is in the tent guesthouse at base camp, or the Rongbuk Monastery guesthouse outside the tent season.

4. Entrance fees

Every site in each itinerary is included: the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa, Drepung and Sera monasteries, Norbulingka, Pelkor Chode and the Kumbum in Gyantse, Tashilhunpo in Shigatse, Rongbuk and the Everest area, and the Kailash and Lake Manasarovar area fees. The Everest trips also include the eco-bus from the checkpoint to the visitor area. What is not included is the photography fee some monasteries charge to take pictures inside their halls, which you pay on the spot if you want to.

5. Meals

Breakfast is included every day from the morning after you arrive, with a welcome dinner in Lhasa and, depending on the trip, a farewell dinner and dinners on the Everest days. On the Kailash trip all meals are included from Day 7 to Day 12, when the route has few places to eat, and the crew plans vegetarian and Jain-friendly meals. Other lunches and dinners are paid as you go, in Lhasa's restaurants and teahouses or at roadside stops.

What 7, 8, 12 and 14 days in Tibet cost from Singapore

7 days: Tibet Discovery Tour, from S$2,900

The classic first trip. You spend three days in Lhasa for the Potala, the Jokhang, the Barkhor kora, Drepung Monastery and the Norbulingka gardens, then drive over the Kamba La past Yamdrok Lake to Gyantse and Shigatse, and back along the Yarlung Tsangpo. The highest point is a road pass at 5,010 metres, crossed by vehicle. It includes five nights in the two premium hotels, one in Gyantse, and a welcome and a farewell dinner. See dates and prices for the Tibet Discovery Tour.

8 days: Everest Base Camp Tibet Tour, from S$2,200

Lhasa first, then the road west to Shigatse and on to Rongbuk and the Everest Base Camp visitor area at about 5,200 metres, where you spend one night below the North Face and wake for the sunrise. You do not trek: the vehicle and the eco-bus take you to the viewpoint. It is the lowest-priced of the four trips and includes four nights in Lhasa, two in Shigatse, the base camp night, every Everest permit and the eco-bus. Our Everest Base Camp: Tibet or Nepal side guide compares it with the trek from Nepal. See dates and prices for the Everest Base Camp Tibet Tour.

12 days: Tibet and Nepal Grand Journey, from S$3,890

Kathmandu and Tibet in one trip. You spend three days in the Kathmandu Valley, fly over the Himalaya to Lhasa, follow the Everest route through Tibet, and fly back to Kathmandu. The price includes both Kathmandu to Lhasa flights in economy class, ten nights in premium 4-star hotels in Kathmandu, Lhasa and Shigatse, and the base camp night. You fly from Singapore to Kathmandu, which Singapore Airlines serves direct; our Singapore Airlines flights to Kathmandu post has the schedule. The Nepal visa on arrival, currently USD 30 for 15 days, is extra. See dates and prices for the Tibet and Nepal Grand Journey.

14 days: Mount Kailash Manasarovar Kora, from S$3,200

The pilgrimage trip. After Lhasa and Shigatse you drive west across the plateau to Lake Manasarovar and Darchen, then walk the three-day kora around Mount Kailash, crossing the Drolma La at 5,630 metres. It has the lowest price per day of the four, and it includes the most: four permits, porters, a second staff member, all meals on the kora days, and oxygen carried on the trail. Horses for the kora can be booked in advance at extra cost. See dates and prices for the Mount Kailash Manasarovar Kora.

What is not included, and how much to budget

Flights from Singapore to Lhasa

Flights are the largest cost outside the trip price. There is no non-stop flight from Singapore to Lhasa: you connect in a Chinese city such as Chengdu or Chongqing. When we checked Kayak on 27 October 2026, typical return fares from Singapore to Lhasa were S$699 to S$1,147, with January the cheapest month. Fares move with dates, the national holidays in China and the seats left on the Lhasa leg. Our Singapore to Lhasa guide has the routes, the train option and how to time the connection.

China visa: nothing to pay for Singaporeans

Singapore passport holders can enter China without a visa for up to 30 days, under the mutual visa exemption that took effect on 9 February 2024 (ICA). Every one of our Tibet trips is shorter than that, so there is no visa fee. The Tibet Travel Permit is still required on top, and it is included.

Travel insurance

Insurance is not included, and it is the one extra we ask every traveller to buy. It must cover travel to the highest point of your trip, 5,010 to 5,630 metres, and emergency evacuation. Many standard policies stop at a lower altitude or exclude trekking, so check the wording before you pay, especially for the Kailash kora.

Lunches, dinners and spending money

Plan for the meals that are not listed, drinks, laundry and souvenirs. China is close to cashless: most shops and restaurants in Lhasa and Shigatse are paid by mobile wallet, so set one up before you travel and carry some yuan in cash for the smaller towns. Monastery photography fees are paid on the spot, in cash.

Tips

Tips for your guide, driver and, on the Kailash trip, the porters are not included and are up to you. Most travellers tip at the end of the trip, in cash, as a thank you for the days on the road.

Extra nights and changes

Weather, road closures and permit changes can add a night or a cost that no one controls. The Kailash trip already has a buffer day in Lhasa. If you want a spare day in Lhasa before or after a shorter trip, ask us to add one when you book, rather than on the day.

Example: an 8-day Everest Base Camp trip for two from Singapore

That covers seven nights in Tibet, every permit, the guide, the vehicle with oxygen, all entrance fees, the Everest area and its eco-bus, breakfast every day and the welcome dinner. A solo traveller on the same trip pays S$2,200 plus the single room supplement of S$350, S$2,550 in total, before flights.

Travelling alone, as a couple or with friends

Our Tibet trips run as small groups of 2 to 12 travellers on fixed departures, and the price per person is for two people sharing a twin room. A solo traveller who wants a room alone pays the single supplement: S$300 on the Discovery tour, S$350 on the Everest tour, S$550 on the Tibet and Nepal journey and S$650 on the Kailash kora. Friends travelling together pay the same per-person price as couples when they share a room.

How booking and payment work

A deposit of S$400 per person holds your place on a departure, and the balance is paid before you travel. You can pay by card (Visa, Mastercard or American Express) or by bank transfer, which has no handling fee; a 3.5% handling fee applies when the balance is paid by card. The balance due date and the cancellation charges are set out in our booking terms.

Book early enough for the permits: two to four weeks is the minimum, and about a month for Kailash. Departures run from April to June and in September and October; Kailash departures run from May.

How to compare Tibet quotes from Singapore agents

Tibet packages can look alike and differ in the details. Before you compare two prices, check:

• Is every permit included, including the Alien's Travel Permit, the Everest permit and, for Kailash, the military and foreign affairs permits?
• Are the Lhasa and Shigatse hotels named, and what grade are they?
• Is there oxygen in the vehicle, and does the guide carry it on walks?
• Are entrance fees included for every site, including the Potala Palace?
• Is the price per person twin share, and what does a solo traveller pay?
• Are taxes, service charges and peak-season surcharges in the price or added later?
• Are flights included, and from where?

On HSJ Travel's Tibet trips the first five are included, taxes and service charges are in the price, and flights from Singapore are not, apart from the Kathmandu and Lhasa flights on the 12-day journey.

Is Tibet cheaper than Bhutan or Nepal?

Per day, Tibet costs less than Bhutan, because Bhutan adds a government fee of USD 100 per adult per night, about S$128, that Tibet does not have; our Bhutan cost guide breaks that down. Nepal is usually cheaper again, and a trek there can cost less in total than a week in Tibet. What Tibet adds is the permit system and the altitude, which is why every trip needs a guide, oxygen and careful pacing. If you want to see Everest without trekking, Tibet is the shortest and simplest way to stand in front of it.