Full map of the travel route into Tibet
1. 214 National Highway (West View Line)
Yunnan-Tibet Line and Tangbo Ancient Road
West View Line, also known as 214 National Highway, refers to a total of more than 3,000 kilometers from Xining, Qinghai to Jinghong, Yunnan. state Road! Among them, the line from Yunnan to Mangkang County, Qamdo, Tibet, where it merges with the G318 Southern Sichuan-Tibet Line, is called the Yunnan-Tibet Line! The road from Xining via Yushu to Leiwuqi and the confluence of 317 is called the Tang-Tibet Ancient Road. According to legend, it was the road that Princess Wencheng took from Chang'an of the Tang Dynasty to Lhasa to get married!
Yunnan-Tibet Line Blue Line G214+G318
Tangbo Ancient Road Blue Line
2. G219 National Highway (Kadong Line)
Bingchacha and Xinjiang Line
The Wanli National Highway G219 from Kanas, Xinjiang to Dongxing, Guangxi is The longest national highway in China! The total length is more than 10,000 kilometers! It is one of China’s top scenic self-driving travel routes! Passing through the four provinces of Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, and Guangxi!
Among them, the more than 200 kilometers of unpaved road from Bingzhongluo on the Nujiang River in Yunnan through Chawalong Township in Tibet to Chayu County in Nyingchi Prefecture in Tibet is called Bingchacha off-road highway by travelers!
The road over the Karakoram Mountains from Yecheng, Xinjiang to the Ngari region of Tibet is called the New Tibet Line! The Shannan starting from Milin, Shigatse , Ali region and the Aksai Chin region entering Xinjiang are higher in altitude! The Tarila Pass in the south of the mountain is the highest altitude point of 5,500 meters!
G229 Bingchacha Green Line
G219 Xinjiang Line Green Line/Ngari South Line
3. G318 Sichuan-Tibet South Line
runs from Shanghai People’s Square via Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and Zhangmu Port in Nyalam County, Tibet Friendship Bridge! The total journey is more than 5,000 kilometers. The familiar "Love Driving in This Life" 318 refers to the 2,000-kilometer high-altitude highway from Chengdu to Lhasa, Tibet!
G318 National Highway Full Map
G318 Southern Sichuan-Tibet Line
4. G109 Qinghai-Tibet Line
G109 National Highway (i.e. Jingla Highway) starts from the Fuchengmen Bridge in the West Second Ring Road of Beijing in the northeast and ends in Lhasa, Tibet in the southwest, with a total length of 3922 kilometers. Opened to traffic in 2009. Passing through 58 provinces including Beijing, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Qinghai and Tibet.
The familiar Qinghai-Tibet Line refers to the nearly 2,000 kilometers of high-altitude highway starting from Xining, Qinghai, passing through Golmud, Tuotuohe, Anduo, Nagqu, Damxung, and Lhasa! At present, expressways have been opened from Xining to Golmud and from Lhasa to Nagqu! The total mileage of the expressway is 1107 kilometers!
As the main transportation trunk road in Tibet, the Qinghai-Tibet Highway has many heavy-duty transport trucks and undulating frozen soil roads. It passes through Hoh Xil no-man's land and has a high altitude. Pay attention to driving safety in rainy and snowy weather!
Schematic diagram of the Qinghai-Tibet Highway
5. G317 Northern Sichuan-Tibet Line
A relatively low-key road into Tibet, but the scenery and cultural landscape are also amazing! National Highway 317 starts from Chengdu and ends at Shiquanhe Town, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet. It is part of the northern horizontal line of the main skeleton network of Tibet's highways, "three vertical, two horizontal and six channels". The total length is 3,500 kilometers and it is the backup road of the Sichuan-Tibet Highway.
The Sichuan-Tibet Northern Line that everyone is familiar with refers to the road from Chengdu to Nagqu and then turns to G109 National Highway to Lhasa! The whole journey is 2130 kilometers!
G317 Northern Sichuan-Tibet Line
6. G216 National Highway
runs from Hongshan Port in Altay Region, through Urumqi, Korla, Luntai, Taklamakan Desert Highway to Minfeng and passes through Qiangtang No Man’s Land to Gai Then, the highway from Cuoqin to Saga to Jilong Port is currently in the acceptance stage and is expected to be opened by the end of 2022!
G216 Minfeng to Gaize Section
7. Kriya Ancient Trail
The starting point of the Kriya Ancient Trail is Pulu Village, Aqiang Township, Yutian County, and goes south along the valley of the Kulap River- Kriya River , cross the Keriya Pass and arrive at Songxi Village in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet! This route is a cross-country crossing route and is now prohibited! This route is difficult, please do not cross it blindly! Please remember that
will successively update the self-driving road book for the six provinces in the western region (Dian, Sichuan, Tibet, Xinqing, and Gansu) ~
Tashi Delek ~~~
