Tips for Tibet Flight Tours

Gonggar Airport is located in Gonggar County, about 98 kilometers away from Lhasa City. To meet the demand of tourists, it has opened several domestic flights (including the direct flights between Lhasa and Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Xi'an, Xining, Guangzhou, Qamdo, Kunming, Shenzhen) and one international flight between Lhasa and Kathmandu (capital city of Nepal).

Tips for Tibet Flight Tours – Airport Transportation and Ticket Price

The shuttle bus running between Gonggar Airport and the downtown of Lhasa City is available. It takes about 1.5 hours to get to the down town from the airport. The picturesque landscape of Yarlung Zangbo River and Lhasa River would be available on the way to the down town from the airport. Tourists making a Tibet tour in group with several partners could rent a vehicle together since you could share the cost.

The air tickets to Tibet are always in large demand between April and October (this period is widely regarded as the peak season of Tibet tour) since a large number of tourists would like to visit Tibet during this period of a year. Hence, there is no discount for the single trip tickets in the peak season. Tourists join the Tibet group tours might have the chance to get a 70-85 percent discount if your group is composed of more than 10 members and all of you would like to book a round-trip ticket. Besides, there is no preferential price for tourists with a Teaching Certificate in all the Tibet flights. During the winter and summer vacation, students could get a 60 percent discount with a Student's Identity Card.

Tips for Tibet Flight Tours – Advantages and High Altitude Sickness

Make a Tibet tour by air, tourists could get to Lhasa from other cities in few hours. That is much more time-saving compared to enter into Tibet by train since it takes dozens of hours to get to Lhasa from other cities mostly. For tourists who only have a short vacation and willing to spend more time in Tibet rather than on the way to Tibet, the Tibet flight tours are the best choice. There is a large quantity of tourists are wondering which is the best way to get accustomed to the high plateau environment and avoid the high altitude sickness effectively.

In fact, tourists join the Tibet flight tours don't have the chance to get adjusted to the high altitude gradually since the plane would bring you from the plain to the high plateau with an altitude around 3500 meters in just few hours. It is easy to suffer certain high altitude sickness symptoms due to the sudden and obvious altitude difference. Some tourists hold that enter into Tibet by train is more accessible for tourists being worried about the possible high altitude sickness since it leaves tourists enough time to get accustomed to the rising altitude.

Actually, there is no much difference between Tibet train tours or Tibet flight tours in the aspect of high altitude sickness. The Tibet trains are totally isolated from the high plateau environment and there is abundant oxygen supply in the cabin after it arrives in Golmud. Just as tourists making a Tibet flight tour, tourists join the Tibet train tours have to face the environment with thin air and low oxygen content once you land in Lhasa. According to the professional doctors, the best way to avoid the high altitude sickness in Tibet is ensure good rest and good mindset.