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By the law of the People’s Republic of China, in addition to Chinese visa, foreigners also need Tibet Travel Permit / Tibet Entry Permit / Tibet Visa to be able to board a train or plane to Lhasa. For this, you need to pre-arrange an itinerary through a legal travel agency in Lhasa when make a Tibet travel. Everything must now be arranged beforehand, and tourists can't travel to Tibet alone.

Great Tibet Tour offers you china tibet train tour from all destinations of main land China. Besides the well-designed itinerary with Tibet Permit provided, we also offer Tibet train booking service. Easy breezy One-Step Solution for your Tibet travel.

Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a landmark achievement in Chinese engineering and design, and in the process, creating world railway history. Train to Lhasa extends 1,956 kilometers from Xining, Qinghai Province to Lhasa, Tibet and is the world's longest railroad built atop a plateau. The Golmud-Lhasa section, constructed in 2001 extends 1,142 kilometers with the highest elevation being some 5,072 meters above sea level at Tanggula Range making it also the highest railway in the world. Great forethought, ingenuity and creativity overcame the engineering difficulties during construction, the design of the train itself, and the efforts made to protect the environment, flora and fauna. lhasa train map is for your reference.

Great Tibet Tour has a team of Tibet travel experts with the majority being local born Tibetans who handpick the best things to do in destinations around Tibet. As a recommended Tibet travel agency by Lonely Planet, ever since 2005, we've designed and operated tours in Tibet from standard Lhasa Tours to the adventurous Tibet Trekking Tours. To ensure the tours you book at Great Tibet Tour deliver the type of travel experience we know you want to have – a once in a lifetime experience – we've sought out the most reputable and trustworthy Tibetan guides, hotels, restaurants, and transportation companies throughout Tibet. This comprehensive insider access possessed only by locals. We live here; we know Tibet!