China crossing Laos-Mongolia/Kyrgyzstan spring/summer 2015

[Lina Bruno]

Hello everybody,

we, Lina and Bruno, are planning to cross China, with our own vehicle, in spring 2015 (April/May).

Entering China from Laos, leaving towards Kyrgyzstan/Mongolia.

If we leave China towards Mongolia or Kygyzstan is depending more or less on the quotation of the agencies and/or interests of other travellers who want to join the group.
The time April/May is more or less fix, regarding our following plans.

We are travelling with a campervan (James Cook) on base of a Mercedes 309d (1988).
We would appreciate very much to find other travellers who want to cross China around the same time, to get a better price for everybody

Until now we got following quotations: (current change rates from RMB or Dollar into Euro):

Laos-Mongolia:

Navo-Tours: 26 days
1 car, 2 driverr: 4117€
2 cars, 2 drivers each: 3724€
3 cars, 2 drivers each: 3240€
Including: usual „paper-work“; help to enter and exit China ; Guide-transportation (maybe also possible in one of our cars); Vehicle Deposit;

Mrs. Spring: 15-17 days (good references from other travellers)
1car----4450€
2cars---(4450+1580)/2=3015€
3cars---(4450+1580+1380)/3=2470€
4cars---(4450+1580+1380+1230)/4=2160€
Including: usual „paper-work“; help to enter and exit China; Vehicle Deposit; guide is travelling in one of our cars

Tibetreisen: 18 days
Tour price for 2 persons with 1 vehicle: 4089 €
Tour price for 4 persons with 2 vehicles: 2477€
Tour price for 6 persons with 3 vehicles: 1933€
Extra costs for possible additional day: USD120,- per day per group
Including: usual „paper-work“; help to enter and exit China; NO Vehicle Deposit, you have to leave the deposit at the border by yourself

No guide:
Ricard (no guide; he organized the tour without guide for Laura, see other posts):
Seems like you can stay in China as long as you want
1 car: 6548 €
3 car: 2881 €
guideif wanted: 392€ per day (including guide car)


Laos-Kyrgyzstan

China overland: Laos-Kyrgyzstan including Tibet:
Seems like 1 car is already doing this trip in April with this agency
2 cars, 4 person: 5448 per car

Navo Tours: Laos- Kyrgyzstan, without Tibet (26 days):
1 car, 1 driverr: 7138 €

We will still get in contact with other agencies.

Until now we favourite Mrs. Spring or Navo-Tours. We want to cross China in the cheapest way.

Does anybody know something more detailed about the deposit? „Tibetreisen“ told us that we would have leave 8000€ deposit at the border. Actually we cannot wait a long time to get this money back, so that until now we favourite agencies which pay the deposit for us.

We are looking forward to get in contact with others who are interested and to your answers.

Lina and Bruno