As the world’s highest mountain, Mount Everest is one of the biggest highlights of a Nepal Tibet overland tour. For many travelers, staying overnight near Everest Base Camp offers a unique opportunity to experience the world’s highest peak at sunset, sunrise, and beneath a spectacular night sky. In the past, however, spending the night at…

Gyirong Town, the closest habitation on the Tibetan plateau to the Gyirong border between Nepal and China, is about 25 kilometers from Gyirong Port. After passing the port, it is advisable to stay at Gyirong Town for at least one night instead of continuing on your trip to Tibetan plateau, even if you have only…

Traveling from Kathmandu to Tibet is a fast-growing activity among travelers all over the world. Since the destroy of Zhangmu Port during an earthquake in 2015, Gyirong Port, which is about 175km away from Kathmandu, is the main crossing point between Tibet and Nepal. Considering the short distance and the recent opening, almost all the…

As one of the most iconic journeys across the Himalayas, the overland trip from Kathmandu to Lhasa is an amazing journey that takes you over the world’s highest mountain range and across the world’s highest plateau to the highest capital city on the planet, Lhasa, in the Tibet Autonomous Region. This 1,200-kilometer adventure takes you…

Traveling to Tibet is one of the most amazing journeys in the world. Heading up to this high-altitude plateau, the highest plateau in the world, is an exhilarating experience, and there is no greater journey than that following in the footsteps of the great explorers of the early 20th century. Tibet was an isolated land…

There are, essentially, only two ways to get from Nepal to Tibet, either overland by car or by flight to Lhasa Gonggar International Airport. The trip from Kathmandu to Lhasa is an amazing experience, whether you go by car or by plane, and the routes, while very different, have their own unique charms for different…

Part of the China National Highway G318, the Sichuan Tibet Highway is the main route from Southwest China into the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), and a great way to take a road trip to Tibet. Starting from Chengdu, in Sichuan Province, this amazing road heads all the way to Lhasa, more than 2,000 kilometers to…

If you want to travel from Xinjiang to Tibet, it will be a good option to have an overland tour via G219 highway and G318 highway. From Kashgar to Shiquanhe you need to pass through G219 highway, it will be 1063 kilometers in total. Although the scenery on the way is breathtaking, the journey will…

Sitting at the roof of the world, surrounded by huge mountains and dotted with sacred lakes and hundreds of monasteries, lies Tibet Autonomous Region, one of the last truly unexplored places on the planet. Located on the highest plateau in the world, Tibet is a place of mystery and mysticism, where wondrous sights abound and…

Starting from Xining in Qinghai Province of China, the Qinghai Tibet Highway is the longest and highest asphalt highway in the world, stretching for 1,937 kilometers up to and across the Tibetan Plateau. With an average elevation of over 4,000 meters, this 10-meter wide road winds its way along almost the same route as the…