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How many days is your tour?So that I can tell it's expensive or not.

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I paid about $1100 a person in December for a flight from Beijing to Lhasa, 6 days with a tour guide and driver (required technically), nights in the Shangbala Hotel near the Jokan Temple, and train from Lhasa to Beijing in Soft Sleeper. But do note I tried to haggle down a bit and most places wouldn't budge. Your price might be a tad more since we went in off season instead of on season.

Can't discover new lands until you find the courage to lose sight of the shore!

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Hi,

Thanks for your quick response. Here my itineary.

1. Guangzhou to Lhasa by flight, Transfer
2. Sightseeing: Drepung monastery and Norbulingka, Jokang temple
3. Sightseeing: Potala palace and Sera monastery
4. Lhasa to Gyantse, via Yamdrok lake
5. Gyantse to Shigatse, visit Pelkor chode and Kumbum
6. Shigatse to Namtso
7. Namtso/Lhasa
8. Lhasa to xian, transfer to station

Price including:
-Transportation
-Accommodation
-Entrance fees
-private Guide & Vehicle
-Permits

Is that expensive?

Thanks a lot!

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i started researching a trip to tibet for next june - im bored, i want to go, they will crack down and enforce rules strictly now because of the olympics, and the rules always change.

i found chinaodysseytours, they offered 10 days, llhasa - everest base camp for 966 US, including everything but train/plane to llhasa.

i dont know how reliable they are. i found one person on a mission to bring down china odyssey tour on trip advisor, they say its better to stay at the sheraton or hilton and hire a cab or go on your own... but everyone else on the forums say they are good.

something witty

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My friends are going on 20/6 starting from Shanghai by train, doing Lhasa-EBC-Lhasa and then train back to Shanghai. I think their tour is about 6000+ RMB.
Cheers!