Qamdo Transportation - How to Go to Qamdo, Qamdo Local Transportation

It is 3306 meters above the sea level with an area of 4.5 square kilometers. Qamdo Town is the entrance of Tibet for tourists from Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai provinces.

Qamdo Transportation - How to Go to Qamdo

By Air

Bangda Airport of Qamdo is the highest airport of the world with the longest runway. Only one scheduled flight between Chengdu and Qamdo a week. Other flights are usually flying between Lhasa and Qamdo Prefecture, which takes about 1 hour.

By Long-distance Bus

It is about 1200 kilometers away from Chengdu to Qamdo, which usually spends two nights three days. The timetable is on Saturdays and Wednesdays.

It is about 1000 kilometers away from Lhasa to Qamdo, which usually spends three nights four days on the way as the relative bad road condition. The timetable is not stable as it is usually changes according to the number of tourists at a time. In general, it starts every Saturday.

The long-distance bus between Qamdo and Mangkang usually starts on Mondays and Fridays.

The long-distance bus between Qamdo and Chaya usually starts everyday.

Qamdo Transportation - Local Transportation

Public Bus

It usually costs only 1 RMB per person when you take a public bus in Qamdo.

Taxi

The flag-down fare of taxi is 5 RMB.

Tricycle

It usually costs 3-4 RMB taking a tricycle in Qamdo. Many foreign tourists would like to have to try on it, as it is a special experience in highland.