There are 9 ways to get from Shanghai to Lukla by plane, unknown, train, or bus
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Fly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport, travel
best- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)SHA - KTM
- Walk from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lukla
14h 3mTrain, bus, travel
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Lhasa
- Take the bus from Lhasa Beijiao Passenger Transport Terminal to Zhangmu
- Walk from Zhangmu to Lukla
2d 14hTrain, bus, travel via Deyang
- Take the train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Deyang
- Take the train from Deyang to Chengdu Station
- Take the bus from Chengdu to Lhasa Bus Station
- Take the bus from Lhasa Beijiao Passenger Transport Terminal to Zhangmu
- Walk from Zhangmu to Lukla
2d 19hFly Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport, travel
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)PVG - KTM
- Walk from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lukla
15hBus to Nantong Xingdong Airport, fly to Tribhuvan International Airport, travel
- Take the bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Fly from Nantong Xingdong Airport (NTG) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)NTG - KTM
- Walk from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lukla
20h 45mTrain to Sunan Shuofang International Airport, fly to Tribhuvan International Airport, travel
- Take the train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Fly from Sunan Shuofang International Airport (WUX) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM)WUX - KTM
- Walk from Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) to Lukla
15h 11mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Shigatse Peace Airport, travel
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ)SHA - RKZ
- Walk from Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ) to Lukla
15h 6mFly Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tumlingtar, travel
- Fly from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tumlingtar (TMI)SHA - TMI
- Walk from Tumlingtar (TMI) to Lukla
18h 5mBus, travel
- Take the bus from Shanghai to Yinchuan Nanmen Station
- Take the bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Lanzhou
- Take the bus from Lanzhou to Lasa Bus Station
- Take the bus from Lhasa Beijiao Passenger Transport Terminal to Zhangmu
- Walk from Zhangmu to Lukla
3d 16h
Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Shanghai and Lukla is 3638 km.
The best way to get from Shanghai to Lukla without a car is to train and bus and travel which takes 2 days 14h and costs .
It takes approximately 14h 3m to get from Shanghai to Lukla, including transfers.
Lukla is 2h 15m behind Shanghai. It is currently 8:08 AM in Shanghai and 5:53 AM in Lukla.
There are 34+ hotels available in Lukla.
What companies run services between Shanghai, China and Lukla, Nepal?
There is no direct connection from Shanghai to Lukla. However, you can take the line 10 subway to Hongqiao Airport T1, walk to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) airport, fly to Tribhuvan International Airport (KTM), then travel to Lukla. Alternatively, you can take a train from Shanghai station to Lukla via Lhasa, Lhasa Beijiao Passenger Transport Terminal, and Zhangmu in around 2d 14h.
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Kunming
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Shigatse Peace Airport via Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- buddhaair.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tumlingtar via Guangzhou Baiyun, Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tumlingtar via Hong Kong, Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tumlingtar via Kunming, Tribhuvan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–500
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- nepalairlines.com.np
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–470
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–550
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Shigatse Peace Airport via Chengdu
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Nantong Xingdong Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Sunan Shuofang International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- lionairthai.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Don Muang
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–450
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Tribhuvan International Airport via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Train from Shanghai station to Lhasa
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
Train from Shanghai Hongqiao to Deyang
- 2nd Class Seat
- $125–140
- 1st Class Seat
- $200–230
- Business Class Seat
- $310–440
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- 2nd Class Seat
- $8–10
- 1st Class Seat
- $13–15
- Business Class Seat
- $19–28
Train from Deyang to Chengdu Station
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
Train from Shanghai station to Wuxi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $8–12
- Adult - 1st Class
- $10–15
- bus@chinatrainguide.com
- Website
- chinabusguide.com
Bus from Shanghai Zongzhan to Jiangsu Tongzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- chinabusguide.com
- Website
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Shanghai to Yinchuan Nanmen Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $82
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
Bus from Lanzhou to Lasa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $54
- Schedules at
- qichezhan.net
- Phone
- 400-830-6666
- Website
- ctrip.com
Bus from Yinchuan Nanmen Station to Lanzhou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- bus.ctrip.com
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