Tibet Journey - Booking & Prices

Costs

I have designed this trip to find a balance between comfort and cost. You can do the above itinerary in a shorter time and with more people in each jeep but I wanted to give us as comfortable and enjoyable a trip as possible over a very wild landscape while keeping the duration manageable.

The cost of the 35 day trip (May 26th–June 29th 2008) will be:

You will have to arrive in Kathmandu by making your own arrangements. The above price includes the Kathmandu-Lhasa flight, the Simikot-Nepalganj-Kathmandu flights, all airport transfers, all visas and permits for China, an English-speaking guide in Tibet, monastery entrance fees, sight-seeing as per the itinerary, all lodging, breakfast when staying in hotels and guest houses and all food when camping. It also includes the back-up crew of yaks and yak men for the kora, cooks, helpers, porters, sherpas and drivers for the vehicles. The cars are Toyota Landcruisers (4500 model).

It does not include personal expenses such as laundry, postage and drinks, travel and health insurances, emergency evacuation, tips and gratuities, Nepal re-entry visa and any costs arising from unforeseen events outside the control of the tour company (eg landslides/bad weather).

Conclusion

The Tibetans, Hindus and Jains consider the kora around Mount Kailash to be a journey of tremendous spiritual significance. I do not belong to any of these religions and do not see myself as a particularly esoteric person. But I too can testify to the tangible feeling of receiving a tremendous gift from making this journey and I know the others who have accompanied me have also had a very deep experience.

I hope the above has given you a good initial idea of what this May/June 2008 trip to Tibet will consist of and I really hope that some of you who read this will be able to come on the journey. It is a very special one.

But whether you are able to come with me or not, I hope that you visit Tibet and meet the amazing people that live there before too long. Change is happening at an alarming rate.

Please contact me

If you are interested in joining us, I will need to receive from you a confirmed booking and initial deposit payment by no later than FEBRUARY 15th 2008.

Once I have your confirmation, I will then pass on more detailed information that will cover every aspect of the preparation that will be needed for the journey.

If any of you know anyone who you are close to who might be interested in also joining us, please forward this web address to them.

Love from Mutribo