Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Tickets
If you want to get to Tibet as quickly as possible (perhaps to get the maximum use from
your visa), consider buying a domestic Air China ticket as part of your international ticket.
Some Air China offices will give you a discount on the domestic leg if you buy the long-haul
leg through them. Airfares to China peak between June and September.
The cheapest tickets to China are available on the various international ticket and price
comparison websites such as Skyscanner ( www.skyscanner.com ) , Expedia
( www.expedia.com ) or Travelocity ( www.travelocity.com ) . You can buy discounted domestic
tickets to Chéngdū from online Chinese ticket agencies such as Elong ( www.elong.net ) and
Ctrip ( http://english.ctrip.com ) . However, these latter sites will not sell you a ticket from
Chéngdū to Tibet without Chinese ID. International online ticket sites do not have this stipu-
lation. Your best best is usually to ask your tour agency to handle domestic tickets to
Lhasa.
GETTING THERE & AWAY - TIBET
This section has detailed information about getting directly into Tibet from Nepal or China.
Air
Within China there are flight connections (direct or with a stopover but no change of planes)
to Lhasa from a dozen cities (and growing), including direct flights from Běijīng with Air Ch-
ina. Most travellers still fly in from Chéngdū. Permits are checked on arrival at Lhasa's
Gongkar airport, as well as when checking in for your flight to Lhasa.
Note that flights to and from Lhasa are sometimes cancelled or delayed in the winter
months, so if you are flying at this time give yourself a couple of days' leeway if you have a
connecting flight.
Baggage allowance on flights to Lhasa is 20kg in economy class and 40kg in 1st class,
so you'll have to limit your gear to avoid penalties, regardless of what you are allowed to
bring on your international flight into China.
Nepal
Flights between Kathmandu and Lhasa run three to four times a week in the high summer
season. From April to October flights are organised by demand only, usually operating once
or twice a week.
 
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