Tibet Tours from Chengdu by Train/Flight 2024: your story starts here
Why travel from Chengdu to Tibet
- Chengdu is the most popular gateway city to Tibet both by flight or train. Daily flight (train) makes it easy to reach the pure holy land for you.
- Chengdu is the hometown of the Giant Pandas, it also offers other spectacular experience, such as museums, cuisine, ancient buildings, etc. Imagine the marvelous journey covering cute pandas and mysterious Tibetan culture and landscape!
- Visiting our office in Chengdu, we deal with your itinerary, payment and other stuffs together to design a wonderful Tibet travel experience.
How to plan a Tibet tour from Chengdu
Usually 2 or 3 days are needed to visit the highlights in Chengdu and take flight or train to Lhasa. You can spend a whole day to explore the bests in Chengdu, such as Panda Reserve Base, Wenshu Temple, Jinli Street. Other activities depend on your scheduled flight or train. If you can spare out some part-time, you can visit Renmin Park, Jinsha Relic Museum or watch a Sichuan Opera Show.
As for the part in Tibet, two destinations should be covered - Lhasa and Everest. Lhasa is the transfer center as well as the first destination in Tibet where houses Potala Palaces and many magnificent Buddhism monasteries. After 1 or 2 days stay in Lhasa, you can travel around to other places, such as Namtso Lake, Nyingchi, Shannan, Shigatse, Ngari as well as Mount Everest.
Custom Tibet Tours for Expats in China
Happened to be working or living in China? It's time to take a break, and board a flight or train to the holy land Tibet. Following are our specially tailored tour packages for expats in Chengdu - enjoyable and budget.
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4 days Holy City Lhasa Tour for Expats
Destination: Lhasa city and suburb
Lhasa, the city of gods and the essence of Tibet, has attracted thousands of travelers as well as pilgrimages. If you want to explore the highlights of Lhasa in short times, this four days tour is perfect.
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7 Days Mount Everest In Brief Tour from Lhasa
Destination: Lhasa / Gyantse / Shigatse / Everest / Lhasa
This tour is perfect for those who want to visit Mount Everest in a short week with less Tibetan monasteries to visit. You will travel from Lhasa, via Gyantse and Shigatse to Mount Everest.
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7 Days Tibet Culture & Scenery Tour (Lhasa/Gyantse/Shigatse/Namtso)
Destination: Lhasa / Gyantse / Shigatse / Namtso / Lhasa
This is our "Golden Route" of Tibet tours. One trip to Lhasa just isn't enough, as you could only get a little taste of Tibet's majesty, charm and diversity. This "Golden Route" will show you the real highlights of Tibet travel.
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Chengdu Lhasa Flight Info
There are DAILY flights leaving Chengdu for Lhasa, and most direct flights from other cities go through Chengdu to Tibet.
Flights usually take 2.5 hours from Chengdu to Lhasa, and you can choose to leave in the morning or the afternoon, for the flight that meets your needs.
Chengdu Lhasa Train Info
Train Z322 from Chengdu to Lhasa departs every other dayand arrives at Lhasa Railway Station on the third day (about 37 hrs).
Note:
1. We do NOT offer a ticket-only service because foreign visitors must book a tour from a travel agency and obtain a Tibet Entry Permit before booking their Tibet train ticket;
2. Tibet train tickets are quite popular, especially in peak seasons (from July to October), so please make your inquiry at least 3-6 months before your departure date.
Custom Services for Expats in Chengdu
1. All necessary Tibet Permits: No matter what kind of visa you're having, you are assured that we can help you get your Tibet travel permit.
2. Tibet local guide & transfer: To ensure your freedom and flexibility to stop off en route.
3. Purchase air/train tickets to Lhasa from the main cities of China, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, at the best-price.
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To Lhasa. On 04/05/2017
Thanks for your question. You can book train ticket online without Tibet Travel Permit. Only the valid passport number is required. But the Tibet Travel Permit is required when you collecting train ticket at train stations. If you need, feel free to contact us to help you apply the permit and book train tickets.
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Thanks for your message. Yes, Tibet Travel Permit is needed to purchase the train ticket. We can arrange the both permit and ticket for you. I have delivered your message to our sale department, one of our travel specialist will help you deal with the permit and train ticket soon.
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Thanks for your message. It is our pleasure to serve for you. I am sorry to let you know that we don’t have such a Qigong learning tour. As you know, Qigong is very hard to understand and harder to learn. But if you want, you can take some Kung Fu classes for Tai Chi, Wing Chun in Chengdu, Beijing and Shnaghai. You can even go to learn some Shaolin Kung Fu skills in Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, get some inspirations here http://www.chinadiscovery.com/dengfeng-tours.html Anyway, what our best-selling tour packages are our Tibet vacation deals. If you need, tell us more about your plan so that we can customize a trip for you in Tibet also in China.