We are a group of 2 Americans who were planning a trip to Mt. Kailash, entering Tibet through Lhasa (from Kathmandu). Our trip is for a total duration of 18 days and has been organized by Tibet Highland Expedition fairly inexpensively. Since the rules were changed recently we are looking for atleast 3 more US passport holders who would like to do a similar itinerary with us. We are flexible to change the itinerary and dates a little depending on your interest since being able to go is of primary importance. Itinerary is as follows: ITINERARY: Day Date Day Place Activity Kms Time Destination Place Overnight hotel Sat 2-Jun 1 Kathmandu - Lhasa Flight Arrive during day in Lhasa - acclimatise 63 1 Lhasa Kyichu Hotel Sun 3-Jun 2 Lhasa Potala Palace, Tibet Museum, Jokang Temple Lhasa Kyichu Hotel Mon 4-Jun 3 Lhasa Drepung Monastery, Sera Monastery Lhasa Kyichu Hotel Tue 5-Jun 4 Lhasa- Gyantse Yamdrok lake, Pelkor Chode, Gyantse Kumbum 260 5 Gyantse Jianzhang Hotel Wed 6-Jun 5 Gyantse - Shigatse Shalu Gompa, Tashilumpo Monastery 90 2 Shigatse Tashi Chuta Hotel Thu 7-Jun 6 Shigatse - Sakya Sakya Monastery 150 3 Sakya Manasarovar Sakya Hotel Fri 8-Jun 7 Sakya - Saga Driving 350 9 Saga Saga Hotel Sat 9-Jun 8 Saga - Tirthapuri - Menshi Hot springs, Guge kingdom Menshi Sun 10-Jun 9 Guge Kingdom Tholing, Tsaparang, Tholing Mon 11-Jun 10 Dungkar & Piyang Cave temples Dungkar and Piyang Tholing Tue 12-Jun 11 Kailash Kora 1 Trek day 1 Darchen to Dira-puk Monastery 20 7 Dira-puk Monastery Hotel or guesthouse Wed 13-Jun 12 Kailash Kora 2 Trek day 2 to Dzutul-puk Monastery 15 10 Dzutul-puk Monastery Hotel or guesthouse Thu 14-Jun 13 Kailash Kora 3 Trek day 3 to Darchen 14 6 Darchen Hotel or guesthouse Fri 15-Jun 14 Lake Manasarovar Spend day at lake 60 1.5 Lake Manasarovar Manasarovar Hotel Sat 16-Jun 15 Manasarovar - Saga Paryang 480 8 Saga Saga Hotel Sun 17-Jun 16 Saga - Rongbuk/EBC Peiku-tso lake, Rongbuk Monastery Everest Base Camp Yak Hair Tent Mon 18-Jun 17 EBC - Zhangmu Sunrise from Rongphu, local bus to EBC Zhangmu Caiyun Hotel Tue 19-June 18 Zhangmu - Kathmandu Driving 140 5 Kathmandu Please contact me if anyone is interested for more details. Regards, Vinay