Tibet Travel

January, July and August are the peak tourist season. At this time, RV prices will rise and air tickets will be difficult to buy. Bring aspirin and take something for headaches. Rhodiola rosea is available in pharmacies across Tibet. You should start taking it 2 weeks before entering Tibet. It can prevent but not cure.

And why did you choose a plane? It is indeed appropriate because it saves time, but it is also the most inappropriate because it will reduce the process of adapting to the plateau.

You must choose to go to Tibet by train! ! ! The advantages are very prominent. First of all, the altitude of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway gradually increases as the train progresses, which is conducive to the tourists' bodies gradually adapting to the plateau environment; on the other hand, they can experience the unique natural landscape of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway that cannot be appreciated by air travel. The oxygen supply of the carriages is from Golmud. The section has been put into operation. It runs from Golmud to Lhasa in about 12 hours. Passengers can enjoy the Tuotuo River, the source of the Yangtze River, the Tanggula Pass with an altitude of 4,718 meters, the Qingshui River Bridge where Tibetan antelopes often pass, the mysterious no-man's land, etc. The unique scenery of the Qinghai-Tibet line. From the city, you can take bus No. 91 to Lhasa Railway Station.

This is a beautiful scenery that cannot be enjoyed by flying, please choose carefully!

2. There are Qinghai, Dian, Sichuan, Xin, Xin, and Zhongni highways into Tibet. The Qinghai-Tibet Highway has the best road condition among the five roads into Tibet. It is responsible for 80% of the transportation of materials into Tibet every year. It is also Self-guided travelers prefer to enter Tibet by land to appreciate the scenery along the way.

3. Tickets to the Potala Palace were sold out in less than an hour, and only a few hundred individual tickets are sold every day. Self-guided tourists can join a group locally or queue up at the west gate of the Potala Palace one day in advance. Receive the ticket purchase ticket, which has the time written on it to enter. You have to walk to the palace entrance 20 minutes in advance to exchange for the official ticket. If you are late for too long, the ticket purchase ticket may be invalid. It is a bit of a luxury to buy tickets in the peak season. During the peak season, you need to go to the west gate 1 day in advance to get the reservation ticket with your ID card. The next day, you can enter from the south gate 20 minutes in advance according to the marked time to buy tickets. The Potala Palace is a UNESCO World Heritage, and there are so many treasures worth seeing. There are too many, so come early to visit, tickets are limited to 2,300 per day. It's hard to get a ticket during peak season.

Tickets in peak season (5.1-10.31) are 200, and tickets in off-season (11.1-4.30) are 100.

4. Yaowang Mountain cliff carvings: The hill diagonally opposite the Potala Palace is One of the ideal places to take a panoramic view of the Potala Palace, behind the mountain is the home of Lhasa's famous Ten Thousand Buddha Wall Paintings and Buddhist Sutra Carvings. It is good to watch the sunrise and sunset from Yaowang Mountain. It is the best angle to take pictures of the Potala Palace from Yaowang Mountain.

5. Tibetan History Museum: The epitome of history. Different from other places, every temple in Tibet is a beautiful museum, a good place to learn about Tibetan history and culture. Address: Norbulingka is between the long-distance stations. By car: Take a rickshaw in the center of Lhasa for about 10 yuan.

6. Jokhang Temple: It has the supreme status in Tibetan Buddhism and is the highest-level temple. Free for Tibetans, 85 yuan for tourists, 35 yuan in off-season. By car: Go from the city center, or take a minibus and get off at the Tibetan Hospital, and take a tricycle for 4 yuan. It is said that there is an open-air toilet on the top of the building, surrounded by a golden dome. You can go and see it.

7. Drepung Monastery is the largest temple in Tibet. There are also Sera Temple and Ramoche Temple.

8. Lhasa River: It originates from Mila Snow Mountain at an altitude of 5020 meters. I won’t go into details. The focus is from behind the Lhasa River in the eastern suburbs, along the road on the right after passing the military station and then proceeding 2 kilometers further. It is an ideal location to take photos of the morning light in the Potala Palace. You can drive or ride there by yourself.

9. Barkhor Street: Many buildings that are over a hundred years old are still well preserved and are living examples of Lhasa’s residential art. The products on Bajiao Street are complicated, and there are many imitations. You need to identify them before buying, and follow two principles: don’t buy those who claim to be silverware, and don’t buy those who claim to be antiques. After 6 p.m., Bajiao Street turns into a general market, mainly selling daily necessities.

Buying Tibetan knives: The authentic place of origin is in Lazi County, Tibet. The knife steel produced there is good, but Tibetan knives cannot be carried on planes or checked in. They can only be mailed through the post office, north of the pedestrian street. Beijing Middle Road Post Office is the General Post Office in Lhasa, and it is much faster to send items there than to some small post offices.

10 Deji Road and Beijing Road in Lhasa bring together delicacies from all over the country, and there are even Western food bars. Many tourists to Lhasa will try them.

11. A good place to eat Tibetan food: Snow God Palace Tibetan Restaurant, one of the most high-end Tibetan restaurants in Lhasa, served exclusively by Tibetan girls

Guangming Sweet Tea House: Tibetan A restaurant favored by compatriots may not necessarily be liked by outsiders. The sweet tea and Tibetan noodles are good, and you can help yourself to the tea cups. 5 yuan per person, next to Xueyu Hotel on Tibetan Hospital Road

Xueyu Restaurant: Nepalese-style decoration, Tibetan food, Western food and Nepali food all taste authentic. 57 yuan per capita No. 4, Zangyuan Road (north side of Jokhang Temple)

Mad Cow Restaurant: Featuring a mad cow dance performance accompanied by buffet seats. 50 yuan/person, reservation required in advance. There are two shows in the evening. Address: Jiri Hotel

Tashi snacks: Tibetan-style Western food tastes first-class and is reasonably priced. The walls of the restaurant are full of Tibetan photos and oil paintings, which is unique. Located near the intersection of Tibet Hospital Road and Beijing East Road

12. Except for Lhasa, there are very few banks in other places in Tibet, so prepare more cash. Coins are rarely used in Tibet, so you can prepare some small changes of banknotes.

13. Ganglamedo Cafe and Bar: Ganglamedo means snow lotus in Tibetan. It has the most music discs, the most paintings and the most complex venues in Lhasa, as well as people from all over the world. Chefs from Guangdong and Nepal, and the consumption is also very low.

Maggie Ami Bar: On the turning road of Barkhor Street, the beige three-story building has a history of hundreds of years. The terrace on the third floor has a very good view, and you can enjoy taking pictures of street scenes.

Penguin Island Cold Drinks: It is a favorite place for fashionable young people in Lhasa. It is especially crowded in the afternoon. There are all kinds of cold drinks, including tea, coffee, soda, beer, etc. The price is cheap. On Nyangre South Road (diagonally opposite Longwangtan Park)

14. Accommodation: Lincang Family Hotel: From the roof, you can see the Golden Dome of the Jokhang Temple and the peaks around Lhasa. Off-season regular price 70, standard 150

Located at No. 38, Lugu 1st Lane, Chengguan District, Lhasa

Kangzhuo Hotel: a purely Tibetan-style ethnic hotel, 300 meters away from the Potala Palace , 200 meters away from Barkhor Street of Jokhang Temple. It is quiet in the bustling city. The lighting atrium is the most distinctive, with hanging curtains and green plants. The environment is very comfortable

120 in off-season, 160 in peak season. Inside the pedestrian street Yutuo Road

15 Tour around Lhasa: Ganden Monastery

This is a Tibetan Buddhist holy place composed of strange peaks, rocks, streams, grassland caves and temples, so it is also a holy place for photography. Bring a camera.

The address is 40 kilometers east of Lhasa in Datse County. You can take a bus to the Jokhang Temple Square by CMB and it takes 20 round trip

Namtso

For many people who have been there For people who live in Namtso, this is the most majestic place they have ever seen. Words cannot describe it. If you can only go to three places in Tibet, then people who have been to Tibet would recommend: Namtso, Everest, and Kailash.

By car: Namtso is about 60 kilometers away from Damxung County (completely on a dirt road, passing through the Nagan Pass at an altitude of 5190 meters on the way), and Damxung is 164 kilometers away from Lhasa (China-Nepal Line). There is no transportation to Namtso. Many travelers go together to rent a car. It costs 1,500 yuan for a two-day round trip with a minibus and a minibus. Go to the notice board of YAK or Barkhor Hotel to find a companion; or you can take a minibus in front of Kirey Hotel, the latter is relatively cheap. It is cheap and convenient. It departs at 7 o'clock in the morning, but you should go to Kirey Hotel to ask for details the night before. Sometimes the situation is uncertain; if you are traveling from the Qinghai-Tibet plateau via Damxung, you can charter a car to Namtso, which costs 200 to 300 yuan. It is difficult to adapt to the plateau when you first arrive. You will have obvious altitude sickness when staying here. The beauty and hardship are absolutely proportional. Most people choose to go to Lhasa to adapt first, and then go to Namtso. The temperature in summer is also extremely low, so prepare warm raincoats, water and food;

There are no hotels to stay by the Namtso Lake, but local residents have tents here, which can provide tourists with ethnic-style tent hotel accommodation. The general price ranges from 25-100, and many travelers will spend the night together here to see Namtso in the early morning and dusk.

16. If you have time, you can walk up from Rezhen Zangbo. The scenery is quite beautiful. The infinite scenery changes constantly along the way, with river valleys that are sometimes wide and sometimes narrow, perennial grasslands that are green in spring and yellow in autumn, clear rivers, clumps of lush shrubs on the left bank of the river covering the entire hillside, and mountains covered with white snow and slopes full of autumn grass on the right bank. .

It’s all done by hand, so tiring, it’s in the book