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Entering Route to Tibet
There are flights from Tibet to Beijing,
Cheng Du, Xi An, Chong Qing and the
capital of Nepal. Besides those flights, there are highways
that link up with other nearby provinces. There are 5 different
highways in entering Tibet: Chuan-Zang Highway, Dian-Zang
Highway, Qing Zang-Highway, Xin-Zang Highway and Zhong-Ni
Highway. There are different features of the scene for each
highway.
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Qing Zang Highway:
- Qing Zang Highways starts from Qing
Hai Golmud and ends at Lhasa. The whole length of it is 1,115
km. The highway is quite smooth and you can admire the scenery
of the biggest salt water lake of China - Qing Hai Lake.
Chuan-Zang Highway:
- Chuan Zang Highway starts from Cheng
Du and ends at Lhasa. The whole length of it is 2, 410 km. The
difference in elevation vary during the whole highway, so you
can experience 4 seasons within the same day. It may also snow
on the mountain and feel warm at the foot of the mountain. The
highway is built round the mountain and the path is rugged.
It is quite possible to have landslide during rainy season and
block the highway. As delay may incur loss to travelers, the
schedule in travelling on the highway should not be too tight.
The scene is graceful throughout the highway, which include
Er Lang Mountain, Lao Ding Bridge on Da Du River, Kang Ding,
Li Tang grassland, beautiful Hai Zi Mountain, torrential Jin
Sha Jiang River, Ran Niao Lake and Lu Lang pasture.
Dian-Zang Highway:
- Dian-Zang Highway starts from Xia
Guan and ends at Lhasa. The whole length of it is 1,930 km.
The highway is quite smooth and the scene includes Cang Mountain,
Er Hai (Da Li), Na Xi ancient capital (Li Jiang) and Shangri
la (Zhong Dian). There is also magnificent sight of continuous
mountains. This highway used to be the path traveled by ancient
merchants and travelers. If you want to travel from De Yin to
Lhasa, you have to travel by trucks pass by and the duration
of the journey is not easy to predict.
Xin Zang Highway:
- Xin Zang Highway starts from Xin
Jiang Ye Cheng and ends at Lhasa. The whole length of it is
2,841 km. Xin Zang Highway possesses the highest elevation among
other 4 highways. The elevation of the initial part of the highway
is higher and the latter part is placid. Most part of the highway
is in untraversed region, so transportation and telecommunication
is not that convenient. There are trucks that travel from Xin
Jiang Ye Cheng to the capital of A Li - Shi Quan He Town. But
there is not much trucks that travel in the opposite direction.
The most ideal case is that several people join together and
rent a car. It will be safer to have more than one car to walk
on the highway at the same time. Most of the drivers will prepare
more petrol for the journey as it is not easy to find a petrol
station on the way. It will take more than half month to finish
the journey. The scene on the way is splendid. You can rarely
see pedestrian who walk at untraversed region, but you can easily
see many animals there. There are wild donkeys and yellow sheep
running at the mountain foot. You may also admire the climate
change of Kun Lun Mountain and the ruins of Gu Ge Kingdom and
also Bai Ju Monastery.

Among all the flights to Lhasa, the
flights from Cheng Du of Si Chuan are the most frequent. There
are 3-4 flights each day. You may look down at Himalayas when
you take the flight from the capital of Nepal to Lhasa.
| Cheng Du to Lhasa |
About 2 hours, USD$158 for a single ticket, 3-4
flights per day |
| Beijing to Lhasa |
About 4 hours, USD$255 for a single ticket, a
flight on each Thursday and Sunday |
| Xi An to Lhasa |
About 3 hours, USD$174for a single ticket, a
flight on each Monday and Thursday |
| Chong Qing to Lhasa |
About 2 hours, USD$158 for a single ticket, a
flight on each Wednesday and Sunday |
| Capital of Nepal to Lhasa |
About 1 hour and 45 minutes, USD$30.3 for a single
ticket,a flight on each Tuesday and Satursday. There will
be one more flight on Thursday during July to October.The
Civil Aviation Bureau in Lhasa is located in the east side
of the Potola Palace and on the south of Liang Re Road. |
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