For a Tibet tour, you need consider the way of entering Tibet at first. Therefore, most foreign travelers worry about how to come to Tibet. Here Tibet Travel Expert offers Tibet transportation travel tips for you. Hope you can learn some useful information from our tips.
The Way of Getting into Tibet-Tibet Transportation Travel Tips
Most people are worrying about AMS (Acute Mountain Sickness). So we suggest you can come to Tibet from Qinghai Province. Since the railway can provide oxygen in plateau, you can feel safe without worrying the lack of oxygen issues. What’s more, you can take the Qinghai-Tibet Railway for a landscape train travel to Tibet. And along the way, you can see blue sky with big cluster of clouds, which are very unique from anywhere else. People said Qinghai-Tibet Railway is closest to the sky and clouds. Thus, it is very worth seeing the magnificent view.
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Time Schedule
| Departure City | Departure Time | Elevation |
| Xining | 14:05 | 2,261m |
| Delingha | 18:13 | 2,980m |
| Golmud | 21:22 | 4,700m |
| Amdo | 05:38 | 4,800m |
| Nagqu | 07:03 | 4,500m |
| Damxung | 08:43 | 4,200m |
| Lhasa | 12:00 | 3,658m |
For people have a short time visiting Tibet, you can also take a flight to Lhasa. It will be convenient and fast. However, you may need one or two days for acclimatization in Lhasa. And when you get off the airplane, please do not exercise heavily and drink enough water to get accustomed to plateau environment.There are direct flights to Lhasa from Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Kunming, and Shenzhen. And many cities have flights to Lhasa with stopovers, such as Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xiamen, Hangzhou and Urumqi.
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