Transportation of Tibet Group Tours - the Highway

If you want go to Tibet by bus or drive to Tibet, there are five different highways entering into Tibet to choose. Before your Tibet group tour, Tibettour.com will offer you some information of Tibet highways.

Qinghai-Tibet Highway

The most famous one is the Qinghai-Tibet Highway, which is from Xining of Qinghai to Lhasa, via Golmud. The flat asphalt road is of good condition. Tourists can enjoy the picturesque sceneries alongside the road. You can watch Qinghai Lake, the largest salt water lake in China. You can appreciate the the Kunlun Mountains with continuous snow peaks. You can also catch a view sight of Tuotuo River locates in the upper Yangtze River, Tangula Mountain where the weather is changing unpredictably, Extensive areas of grassland of North Tibet. There are long distance buses from Golmud to Lhasa every day, which takes about 30 hours. Hard seats and sleeping berths are accessible.

Sichuan-Tibet Highway

Sichuan-Tibet highway is from Chengdu to Lhasa. The altitude alongside the highway is of large difference. People may experience the four seasons in the same day. When it snows on the peak of the mountain, it may rains at the foot of the mountain. Most of the roads are built round the mountain, climbing up and down. In the rainy season, collapse sometimes happen and that will block the way. Alongside the road, there are splendid Erlang Mountain, Luding Bridge, Kangting, Jinsha River with rushing current, Ranwu Lake, Tongmai and Nyingchi with beautiful scenery.

Yunnan - Tibet Highway

The highway from Shimonoseki of Yunnan to Lhasa also has attractive sceneries alongside. For instance, there are Cangshan Mountain, Erhai, Nakhi Ancient City, Shangri-La and peculiar and grand Hengduan Mountain Ranges. This route was called ancient tea route of ancient times.

Sinkiang-Tibet Highway

Sinkiang-Tibet highway is from Karghalik of Sinkiang to Lhasa. The altitude is the highest among the five highways. Most of the areas alongside the road are depopulated zones, no gas station. Many local drivers will take several barrels of gas when start. The condition of transportation and communication is not good. It will take at least 15 days passing the road. The natural landscape of this road is the most astounding. It will go across the paradise of the wild animals. You will see the grand site that Asiatic wild ass and Mongolian gazelle running at the foot of the mountain. You will also see Karakoram, ruins of The kingdom of Guge Brown, Lake Manasarovar, Sakya Monastery and so on.

Friendship Highway

Friendship Highway is from Katmandu of Nepal to Lhasa. The natural landscape and human landscape are amazing. From camphorwood, via friendship bridge, and enter into Nyalam County of Tibet, to Tingri, you can watch the spectacular Himalayan Ranges. Then pass Shigatse, where the famous Tashilhunpo monastery locates. Then come to Gyangz. You will meet Yamdrok Yamtso, one of the three holy lakes of Tibet.