Train. The Tibetan Railway (青藏铁路, Qing Zang Tie Lu) is entirely opened to service, the best plateau train with oxygen masks provided. The advantage of Tibet tour by train is so obvious, because travelers can gradually cope the altitude as the train climbs up and enjoy the unique natural sceneries that cannot be seen if travel by plane. It just takes 12 from Gormud to Lhasa. So the train travels at daylight, then you can see the source of the Yangtze River – Tuotuojiang River, Tanggula Mountain Gap at 4718 meters above sea level, Tibetan antelopes pass through the Qingshuihe River Bridge and mysterious no man’s land. 

Road. There are Qingzang (Tibetan), Yunnan-Tibetan, Sichuan-Tibetan, Xinjiang-Tibetan and China-Nepal Highways to Tibet; landslides often block and Sichuan-Tibetan Highway at the rain season. There is no bus route on Xinjiang-Tibetan Highway. So China-Nepal Highway is the only way provided for travelers from outside China to enter Tibet. 

The section of Gormud in western Qinghai Province to Lhasa of the Tibetan Highway covers a length of 1164 kilometers. The road condition is the best among the five highways and covers about 80% of cargos as well as the first choice for backpackers entering Tibet in China. It passes through the Tanggula Mountain Gap at 5,231 meters above the sea level and it takes about 24 to 36 hours to reach Lhasa, due to the long journey so breaking tires and bad weather are often experienced, it is not ensured to reach the destination on time. Also the cabin environment is not very good because it often two people to take a narrow seat with length 1.7m and width 1m and having to endure altitude sickness and the smell of feet, so it is strongly advised that passenger to take seat just beside the windows which gives you chance to enjoy the scenery outside. There are few WC system on the journey so that you can just to do it in the no man’s land as the locals! 

Urban Traffic. Lhasa is the regional capital of Tibet. Taxis in the city have no fare meters, but commonly you spend 10 RMB Yuan per trip except for remote area such as Zhefeng Temple may cost you 18 Yuan. The starting fare for a rickshaw ride is 3 Yuan per trip and minibus and bus are the main public traffic means in downtown Lhasa.