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Most of the places that allow you to book a trip to Kailash on line are going to be way overpriced. If you book it in Lhasa it will be much cheaper. Make sure that you negotiate on prices in Lhasa. Don't take the first price they offer you.

May isn't the start of the real busy season in Lhasa so you may have a bit of trouble finding people to fill the land cruiser (but not impossible). I would recommend posting messages at all of the main guesthouses and hotels in Lhasa in order to find others to go with you.

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The Land of Snows

Life on the Tibetan Plateau

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Hi

I went to Mt Kailash/everest base camp in Sept 2005
Itinerary was
day
1.Lhasa Yamdruk-Gyantse-shigatse
2shigatse-sakya-lhatse
3.lhatse-saga
4.saga-payang
5.paryanf - darchen
6-8.darchen-kora ,tdaputri(hot springs)
9.tada? - guge kingdom
10.tada -manasorova
11.manasoruva-gong ba - zhong ba
12.zhong ba - saga
13 saga -tingri
14.tingri - rongbuk base camp
15.basecamp
16.rongbuk - nepal border (dropped acouple off people here as they were going to nepal)
17.border - lhatse
18.lhasa
19 extra day to spend anywhere we wanted along the way

cost of car driver and guide 14500 yuan ( divided by 4 , i met 3 ohers while there, went looking at notice boards for people travelling to kailash)
additional fees
everest entrance fee 405 for car,65 per person including guide
80 for unpollution busentrance for mt kailash and lake 50 per person ,50 for stamp fee
entrance fee to guge kingdom 105 per person ( didnt make it because of bad weater/roads)
In tada town near guge acccomodation 90 per person ,tourist have to sta in some gvernment hotel
in darchin accomodation 60 per person
everywhere else around 25-40
i think was all the extra fees, expenses and of course food

original guide didnt turn up so we left with out him
driver had punch up with the new guide we ot on day 2, so we then got a new driver
new guide spoke english, he was born and raised in tingri, so he took us to some caves around EBC which he new about
8 flat tyres along the way
2 attempts at mt kailash , first time to much snow

was booked at the travel agent at the banok shol

friends, they're overrated

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The price #2 listed was a very typical price for a Kailash tour in 2005, however prices since the train began have went up. I wouldn't be suprised if it costs 10 to 15% more now.

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The Land of Snows

Life on the Tibetan Plateau

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Thanks for your info thediscotiger. I had previously thought of only going via EBC but your itinerary looks very interesting as well. I will start looking into trips such as that as well.
Cheers!
T