How To Get To Lhasa, Tibet: Basically there are three main ways for visitors to get to Lhasa. These are flight, train, and overland. Taking a flight is the most straightforward way of getting to Lhasa. Visitors who choose this option will land at the Lhasa Gonggar Airport. It is 79 kilometres (60 miles) away from Lhasa and takes just under an hour. The train journey from Xining to Lhasa offers the most breath-taking scenery on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau, the journey takes approximately 21 hours to reach Lhasa with covering of 1972Kms.
Overland travel to Lhasa can be a great experience. Taking a Chengdu to Lhasa via Chamdo overland trip along the Sichuan Tibet Highway has always been a long-expected overland route to many adventure lovers and it is the most epic journey in Tibet. The epic overland journey from Sichuan to Tibet covers about 2100km, embark the journey from Chengdu, the gateway city to Tibet on the easternmost edge of Tibetan Plateau.
Overland expedition tour from Shangri-La to Lhasa obvisouly going to be an another greatest Himalayas adventures. Shangri-La is a county-level city situated in north western Yunnan province in China and the main seat of the Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The driving distance from Shangri-La to Lhasa covers about 1622km.
Lhasa to Xinjiang Kashgar overland travel will be also a great adventure spanning over 2756km, Kashgar lies in the westernmost cities of China near the border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan. This tour will take us to almost the entire length of the Himalayas and Karakorum Mountain ranges, which will ensure you that you have plenty of time at your own disposal to experience the Tibetan and Muslim culture and customs.
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