Tips for Self-driving Tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway

Tips for Self-driving Tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway – Road Condition

Compared to Sichuan-Tibet Highway, the road condition of Qinghai-Tibet Highway is much better. In fact, the road condition of Qinghai-Tibet Highway ranks first among all the highways to Tibet. Though different sections of Qinghai-Tibet Highway are under maintenance all year around, most of the sections are asphalted road with good condition. There are more accommodation and catering sites along Qinghai-Tibet Highway and tourists making a self-driving tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway could always enjoy a good rest if you plan your schedule reasonably.

The typical plateau landscape is available the whole journey. The best season to make a self-driving tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway is between May and October. There are few self-driving tourists in winter for it is very cold. Warm clothes should be prepared even you are planning to make this trip in summer for there is always obvious temperature difference between day and night.

Tips for Self-driving Tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway – Accommodation Condition

There are board and lodging sites each dozens of kilometers on Qinghai-Tibet Highway. The lodging sites would be relatively far away from each other at the Xidatan Section, Wudaoliang Section and Tuotuo River Section. But there are guest houses and military depots or highway maintenance squads with limited accommodation condition. Hotels with hot water supply and showering equipments would be available after you enter into Ando Section. There are many restaurants provide Sichuan style food or Hui flavor food. The simple solid food is also available in the stores.

The belay stations and the maintenance squads are the best choice for tourists making a self-driving tour to Tibet along Qinghai-Tibet Highway and missed the planned lodging guest house. There are totally 5 belay stations along Qinghai-Tibet Highway till Tuotuo River and there is a maintenance squad in charge of the maintenance and reconstruction of the highway every 100 kilometers. Most of them could provide bed and simple food for tourists.

Tips for Self-driving Tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway – High Altitude Sickness

Tourists making a self-driving tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway should note that we have to climb over several mountain passes with an altitude around 5000 meters, including the Kunlun Mountain Pass and Tanggula Mountain Pass. According to doctors, there might be different level of high altitude sickness after human beings arrive in a plateau environment with an altitude of 3000 meters. Hence, tourists should make a good preparation for the precaution and relieving of the high altitude sickness symptoms.

Except for enough rest and water drinking, the effective medicines are also very for the precaution and reliving of the high altitude sickness. Tourists making a self-driving tour along Qinghai-Tibet Highway are strongly suggested to prepare some glucose liquid which is adopted by the experienced drivers running on Qinghai-Tibet Highway. Besides, taking some rodiola rosea about 15 days in advance would also be helpful in the precaution of the high altitude sickness. Tourists should always remember never over estimate your physical adaptability and adjust yourself to the high plateau environment gradually in a correct way.