There are three routes to take into Tibet. Read on to find out more.

There are flights from Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi’an, Chongqing, Kunming, Zhongdian and Kathmandu(Nepal) to Gonggar airport now, Gonggar airport is about 65km from Lhasa city. For details, check the flight timetable below.

 

Now there are trains from Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou Chengdu, Chongqing, Lanzhou and Xining to Lhasa now. More and more people are taking the train into and out Tibet everyday now.

It is better to fly to Tibet and take the train out of Lhasa to Xining, as the Lhasa-Golmud sector offers the most breath-taking scenery, furthermore, Lhasa-Beijing, Lhasa-Shanghai, etc will cost you more than 48hrs, you will be extremely tired before you arrive your destination.

Read more about the Qinghai-Tibet Railway

After years' construction, now you have 5 ways to enter Tibet: the Sichuan-Tibet Highway, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, the Yunnan-Tibet Highway, the Xinjiang-Tibet Highway and Nepal-Tibet Highway. For those very adventurous people, driving a land cruiser is the most popular way to explore Tibet, which will be remembered for the rest of your lift, but the drive does require a lot of courge and determination. In this section, we hope you can find which route is best for you.

Among the routes below, driving from Kathmandu ("friendship highway") is the easiest route. But please note if you are entering Tibet from Nepal, you must get your Chinese Visa in Kathmandu. The opening time for the Consulate of P.R China in Kathmandu is only available from 9:30AM-11:00AM on every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.