Tibet Travel Guide

Tibet is not famous for its historic and natural sites, but also for its unique culture and traditional customs, including diversified Tibetan arts and handicrafts, various traditional festivals, ancient architecture, mysterious sky burial ceremony, Tibetan Buddhism, etc. All of them are intriguing for most tourists.

Tibetan Culture Heritage Tibetan Arts Tibetan Handicrafts Local Customs Food and Cuisine Tibetan People Tibatan Architecture Tibetan Medicine Tibetan Festivals Tibetan Language Tibetan History Tibetan Buddism

Tibetan calendar is lunisolar calendar, that is, the structure of the Tibetan calendar is based at the same time on the cycles of the sun and the moon. The Tibetan year is composed of either 12 or 13 lunar months, each beginning and ending with a new moon. A thirteenth month is added every two or three years, so that an average Tibetan year is equal to the solar year.

Tibetan Calendar 2011 Tibetan Calendar 2012

Reputed as one rare piece of pure land on the earth, Tibet is gifted with turquoise sky, brilliant sun, vast grassland, grand mountains, beautiful rivers and lakes, but Tibet environment is suffering some damage as Tibet becomes more accessible.

Tibet Weather Tibetan Animals & Plants Tibet Geography

Tibet's transport infrastructure have been greatly improved in recent years, with the forming of transportation network. Nowadays, there are many ways to get to Tibet and travelling in Tibet is quite easy now. Tourists can go to Tibet by air, by road and by railway.

Gateway Cities	Overland Routes to Tibet	To Tibet by Air
Chengdu to Lhasa Shanghai to Lhasa Beijing to Lhasa Xining to Lhasa Kathmandu to Lhasa Shangri-la to Lhasa Xian to Lhasa Chongqing to Lhasa Guangzhou to Lhasa Kunming to Lhasa	Yunnan to Tibet Highway Sichuan to Tibet Highway Qinghai to Tibet Highway Lhasa to Kashgar Overland Route Northern Tibet Highway Lhasa to Kathmandu Overland Route	Chengdu to Lhasa Flight Beijing to Lhasa Flight Shanghai to Lhasa Flight Shangri-la to Lhasa Flight Kathmandu to Lhasa Flight Guangzhou to Lhasa Flight Xian to Lhasa Flight Kungming to Lhasa Flight
Train to Tibet	Transportation in Tibet
Chengdu to Lhasa Train Shanghai to Lhasa Train Beijing to Lhasa Train Xining to Lhasa Train Guangzhou to Lhasa Train	Main Roads in Tibet Bus Travel in Tibet Car Rental in Tibet Road Conditions in Tibet