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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.

Shanghai to Lhasa train map
Shanghai to Lhasa train (Z164) takes around 44 hours and 57 minutes. It's regarded as the most beautiful train route to Tibet.

Shanghai to Lhasa Train

Mark
Travel Advisor
Friendship highway
You can travel to Tibet by flight, train, or road from China OR by flight or road from Nepal. The best way depends on your place of departure and travel plans.

How to Get to Tibet?

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
Mani Stone
Mani Stone is spiritual evidence with a profound religious connotation. It carries the pilgrims' wishes and gradually forms a mound and Wall.

Mani Stone - Mysterious Tibetan Folk Art

Freya
Travel Advisor
Toronto
Canadians can fly to Tibet from Vancouver via Chengdu, Xiamen, or Shanghai. You need to obtain a China visa and Tibet travel permit in advance.

Flights to Tibet from Canada

Emily
Emily
Travel Advisor
Tibetan dance reflects rich culture and devotion, from lively folk traditions to sacred rituals, capturing the spirit of the highland people.

Tibetan Dance

Merry
Merry
Travel Advisor
A monk is meditating at Namtso lakeside.
Meditation can allow us to fully release stress and traveling to Tibet can see plateau scenery. Combining both will be an amazing journey of a lifetime!

Top 10 Meditation Retreats in Tibet

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
Bhaktapur Durbar Square
Nepal is a beautiful country. Hinduism, Buddhism, ancient palaces, as well as rich and colorful natural landscape, constitute its unique tourism resources.

Top 10 Tourist Places to Visit in Nepal

Guest Blogger
Lanzhou to Lhasa train takes around 23 hours and covers a distance of 2,188 km. There are 4 to 5 trains heading to Tibet each day from Lanzhou.

Lanzhou to Lhasa Train

Guest Blogger
Plateau scenery
Chongqing to Lhasa train Z223 departs every other day. The whole distance is about 3,269 kilometers and it takes about 33 hours and 48 minutes.

Chongqing to Lhasa Train

Liffity
Liffity
Travel Advisor
backpackers at Norbulingka Palace
International backpackers must book a tour through Tibet Travel Agency and obtain a Tibet Travel Permit before entering Tibet.

Backpacking in Tibet

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
Tibet train
The facilities on the Tibet trains are well-equipped. Compared with ordinary trains, they can be better adapted to the weather of the Tibetan Plateau.

Inside Tibet Train

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Apple
Travel Advisor
Tibetan incense
Tibetan incense has a typical "earth" or "herbal" flavor, and also with a deep relationship with Buddhism and Tibetan Medicine.

Handmade Tibetan Incense - Representative of Tibetan Culture

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
Autumn in Shigatse
October is the best time to visit Tibet, as the weather starts to cool down with less rain. Tibet is covered with golden yellow color, like a fairy tale world.

Tibet Weather in October

beatrice
Beatrice
Travel Advisor
Kathmandu valley map
Kathmandu is situated in the Kathmandu Valley of the central Bagmati zone. Check Kathmandu maps with attractions, city map, Kathmandu valley map, etc.

Maps of Kathmandu

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Nepal tourist map
Located on the southern slopes of the Himalayans, Nepal is a landlocked country in South Asia, in eastern Eurasia, and on the west coast of the Pacific Ocean.

Where is Nepal Located?

Eric
Eric
Travel Advisor
Thangka is a traditional Tibetan painting art form.
Tibetan thangka is a scroll painting used for worship in Tibetan Buddhism with distinct national characteristics, religious color and unique style.

Tibetan Thangka Painting

Lynn
Lynn
Travel Advisor
list picture
Zhangzhung is the kingdom and ancient culture of Tibet. Zhangzhung culture predates the Tibetan Buddhist culture and is the source of all Tibetan culture.

Zhangzhung: The Ancient Tibetan Kingdom and Culture

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
Tihar, also known as Deepawali or Diwali, is the most beautiful festival in Nepal for driving away darkness with light and defeating evil with goodness.

Tihar in Nepal

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor
Nepalese women dress up for Teej Festival
Hartalika Teej is a traditional festival celebrated by Hindu women. During the festival, married women would fast and pray for longevity for their husbands.

Hartalika Teej Festival

Catherine
Catherine
Travel Advisor

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