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Travel Advice and Tips

Here, we show you some practical travel tips to help you plan better before you go and deal with emergencies or unpredictable situations on your trip. If you choose us, we will do our best to provide you with first-class service and sincere travel tips and suggestions.

The map of the flight route from Chengdu to Nyingchi
Chengdu to Nyingchi flights cover a distance of 1,700 kilometers and takes about 2 hours. Check the flight schedule, price, and FAQs.
Making Beijing as the 1st destination before flying to Tibet is a popular choice.
Flying to Lhasa from Beijing is convenient since there are several two flights available every day. Check the last schedules, prices, travel advice, etc.
flight route from Kunming to Lhasa
Kunming to Lhasa flight covers a distance of 1,963km and takes about 2 hours and 50 minutes. Check for more details and tips.
Tshechu festival, the grandest Buddhist festival in Bhutan.
Festivals in Bhutan can be divided into traditional festivals, non-religious festivals and religious festivals, among which Tshechu is the grandest one.
Tibet Border Pass is required when you travel to some remote border areas in Tibet.
Traveling to Mt.Everest, Mt.Kailash and other border areas between Tibet and other countries, you are required Tibet Border Pass.

Tibet Border Pass

Eric
Eric
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Saga Dawa Festival
Saga Dawa festival is celebrated in the 4th month of the Tibetan Calendar. It's significant for remembering the birthday, enlightenment, and death of Sakyamuni.
Kuan Zhai Alley
Chengdu to Tibet is a popular tourist route as there are multiple international flights to Chengdu and it's very convenient to travel to Lhasa from Chengdu.
Butter Lamp Festival
Butter Lamp Festival falls on the 15th of the first month of the Tibetan Calendar. It’s a tradition that commemorates all of Buddha’s miracles.
Ganden Thangka Showing Festival 5
Ganden Thangka festival is a traditional feast that attracts thousands of pilgrims. It falls on August 9th, 2025.
Tibetan Shoton Festival
The Shoton(Sho Dun) Festival is one of the most popular festivals in Tibet. “sho” means yogurt, and “ton” means banquet. It's a feast of eating yogurt.
Saga Dawa Festival 2017 celebrated at Mt Kailash
Saga Dawa is usually celebrated at Mt.Kailash. The famous Tarboche Flagpole would be replaced with new prayer flags and raised again during this festival.
How to plan a trip to Tibet?
A trip to Tibet is not as tough as you thought. It has a unique landscape, mysterious Tibetan Buddhism, and many other fantastic things for you to explore.
Wenshu Temple
Wenshu Monastery was built during the Sui Dynasty and is a famous Buddhist temple known for its best-preserved cultural relics and other treasures.

Wenshu Monastery

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Overlook of the golden summit of Mt. Emei.
Mt. Emei is located in Leshan, Sichuan Province. It was enlisted as one of the world's natural and cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1996.

Mt. Emei

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Land mark of Spain
Traveling to Tibet from Spain via mainland China or Nepal by connecting flights, Spaniards need to apply for a China visa/group visa and a Tibet travel permit.
Travel to Tibet from China
There are three ways of traveling to Tibet from mainland China, by plane(the fastest option), by train(the cheapest way) or by road(discover hidden spots).
friendship highway
Friendship Highway(China-Nepal) is the only international highway in Tibet now. Countless tourists travel along the way from Tibet to Nepal or vice versa.

Friendship Highway

Freya
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From this map, we can know that Tibet is the second largest region of China.
Tibet maps show the location of Tibet on a world, Asia, and China map. You also can find Tibetan Plateau terrain, travel routes, river resources, etc.

Where is Tibet?

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
Namtso, located in the central Tibet autonomous region, is the second largest lake in Tibet.
Namtso Lake is one of the top three holy lakes in Tibet, also is called as "heavenly lake" by locals. It's an ideal place to take a spiritual journey.

Namtso Lake

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ANA flight
You can take a flight from Tokyo or Osaka to Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xian, etc. then take a flight or train to Tibet. There are multiple options.

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