Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, is an amazing city that you will never want to leave. Known as a very laid-back and relaxed city, Chengdu is an ancient yet modern city abounding with diverse options for having fun. Combining a Tibet trip with a short excursion in Chengdu is a wise choice as Chengdu enjoys the most flights to Lhasa. It is very easy to find a flight to Tibet all day long. Here you can check our Chengdu-Tibet Tour packages and start plan your Tibet tour from Chengdu now.
Tourists can take a flight or train from Chengdu to Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. It takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to take a flight, or 36 hours to take a train.
By flights – Chengdu is a perfect base for tourists who want to fly to Lhasa, because it takes only around 2 hours and 30 minutes for the flight trip, and there are many flights from Chengdu to Shanghai every day. Furthermore, you can arrive in Lhasa during daytime if you fly from Chengdu. The full-price ticket is around 2300 RMB.
By train – It takes 36 hours to take a train to Lhasa from Chengdu. It is too long for most tourists. Many tourists go to Xining or Lanzhou to board on the train, which initially departs from Chengdu, because It takes only around 24 hours for the train ride to Lhasa from Xining or Lanzhou.
Yes. There are many historical sites in Chengdu, such as Jinli Ancient Street, Dujiangyan Irrigation System and Dufu Thatched Cottage. However, the most popular tourist destination in Chengdu the Giant Panda Base, where is 30 kilometers away from the city center of Chengdu. If the traffic situation is good, it takes around 40 minutes to reach there by car from Chengdu. The cost for taking a taxi to the base is around 50 RMB. You can also go there by subway. Take Panda Express 3 and 5 and get off at the Panda Base stop.
Warm tips: Giant Pandas are sleeping in the afternoon, so if you want to see them eating bamboos or playing with each other, it is suggested to go to the base in early morning.
If you want to extend your Chengdu tour to other destinations near Chengdu, the Leshan Giant Buddha and Mount Emei are recommended destinations.
With a height of 71 meters and a history of 1200 years, the Leshan Giant Buddha attracts thousands of tourists every year. It was listed as a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1996. The Giant Buddha sits near the conjunction of the Dadu, Qingyi and Min Rivers. The ancient people it can put down the monsters in the rivers.
Standing 3099 meters above the sea level, the Mount Emei is a good place for you to check if you can acclimatize to high altitude. There are 3200 types of plants and 2300 species of animals on the mount. If you like nature, you will like the mount.
This trip has been part of our family’s bragging card at get togethers and parties ever since we stepped foot out of Tibet. But it would have not been without the preparation and help from Xiao Yu, our tour planner from Chengdu. In addition our tour guide Julia was extremely informative and a joy to be around for those 8 days. The hotels were extremely nice and the places along the way were magnificent. Our family felt very welcomed to the area and we enjoyed the endless insight into the beautiful culture and religion (It helped out the person taking world history next year in our family). We would definitely recommend this trip to other family and friends as it is worth every single petty bit of the high elevation fatigue.
We definitely recommend to book a Tibet trip through Tibet Odyssey! We had a great trip in June，exploring beautiful lakes and Mt. Everest base camp. Our guide was super patient.
This is my first trip to Tibet, so I have high expectation to my Tibet trip. First, our guide, Jack, arranged for visit to temples and monasteries. Also, they're able to adjust our itinerary quickly. I'm glad I had a great Tibet trip.
My first and only group tour trip so far. What shall I say? Everything worked like a clockwork. My group mates where great and we had a lot of fun (and celebrated new year successfully). The travel agency (asia Odyssey travel) was definitely a good choice. The advises and caretaking I got from my agency (thanks amy, you are an angel ) was better then the one of my other group members (we talked about it openly). I'm lucky that I choose this trip, tour and agency. It was a good experience and I can definitely recommend it if you like a good and organized tour through tibet.
We went to Tibet at June 2019,our tour was arrange by Amy from Chengdu, she is very kind and helpful, we have a lot of questions before the trip, she can answer them with full of patience.
First day, our driver and tour guide waited at airport and drive us to our lovely hotel (4 star himalaya hotel). the tour guide Mr Ba Sang from Tibet is very caring and helpful throughout the journey. Everything is well planned and taken care of. He brings us to nice local restaurants and have a good taste of local cuisine. In temple, we given detail explanation on the culture and explain to us the practice of the people. Experience at Everest Base camp is unforgettable, we able to see the remarkable view of everest mountain.
Tibet is a place you will want to visit again and again.
Driver Mr Xia is a good, responsible and steady driver. He drives us safely to all locations.
Hopefully next time we can join the Ling Zhi trip to see flowers in spring time.
Highly recommended this tour and this travel agents for their excellent service. We are happy to join on this tour.
Wir haben zuvor einige Touren und Agenturen verglichen. Natürlich ist es schwierig auf die Entfernung und mit den doch wenigen Rezessionen einen Überblick zu bekommen, sind aber sehr froh uns letztendlich für diese Agentur und Route entschieden zu haben.
Von Anfang hat uns unsere Ansprechpartnerin Claire bei allen Fragen geholfen - inkl. Visaantrag und Einreiseerlaubnis. Wir haben wirklich etliche Mails hin und her geschrieben und wurden immer fürsorglich behandelt.
Vor Ort wurden wir am Flughafen empfangen und unsere Guides waren alle sehr nett. Die Ausflüge super interessant und man hat einen tollen Einblick bekommen. Das Programm war nicht zu viel und nicht zu wenig, wirklich toll gemacht!! Die Hotels waren weit besser als wir erwartet haben. Wir haben oft Tips für Restaurants oder bestimmte Gerichte bekommen. Es gab überhaupt keine Probleme bei Ausflügen, Organisation oder den etlichen Kontrollen im Land. Wir wurden selbst noch bis hinter die Passkontrollen an der Grenze zu Nepal begleitet. Erst als unser Guide wirklich nicht weiter durfte, haben wir uns verabschiedet.
Die Gruppen waren nett gemischt und die Wagen alle europäischer Standard.
Wir würden die Agentur und die Route jedem empfehlen!
Liebe Grüße und vielen Dank für eine unvergessliche Reise!
