Getting There

By land

An approach that has great appeal for hardy and adventurous travelers is to enter or leave Tibet by road, following the footsteps of explorers who for more than a century tried (and usually failed) to reach Lhasa overland. Although there are five major road routes to Lhasa, foreigners are officially allowed to use only the Nepal and Qinghai routes

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By Air

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Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province is Lhasa's window on the world. Flights to Lhasa depart Chengdu twice (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) or three times (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday)daily and cost 1200 yuan. There are three flights a week between Lhasa and Beijing-on Monday, Thursday and Sunday via Chengdu. From Beijing a ticket costs 1940 yuan. You might also fly out from Chongqing every Saturday to Lhasa (1300 yuan). The flights from Xi'an to Lhasa (1320 yuan) fly four times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday). Lhasa-Kathmandu flights operate on more..

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Qinghai-Tibet Railway

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The rail line from Qinghai to Tibet is now complete, and train journeys will be available from October 2006.

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Destinations in Tibet

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