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Nepal offers a
challenging and pleasant scenic ride from the tropical plains of
terai, mid-hills, mountainous terrain and its lush valleys to
the arctic climate of the high alpine region. The only way to
discover these hidden treasures and its warm ever-smiling people
is on mountain bikes. Mountain biking is a great fun and a
perfect way to discover Nepal's great diverse landscape, of
tremendous terrain, tracks and trails. Where mountain bike takes
you away from the hustle bustle of the city-town life into
serene country life, on a hidden trail rarely visited area of
local villages, its traditional rural life style that has
preserved for centuries.
It was in the mid-1980s that biking activity really took off in
Kathmandu. Enthusiasts flew with their bikes from Hong Kong to
Tibet to answer the call of the wild steppes. The two-week
journey from there over the passes (17,000 ft) to Nepal is what
sparked it all off. Even today Kathmandu is a mecca for mountain
bicyclists, as it draws thousands of enthusiasts from all
corners of the world.
Scenic biking day tours:
An introductory ride which takes you to explore the ancient
rural villages, legendary temples and monasteries with the
superb view of the Himalayas. Biking through the rural villages
at the valley rim on the back trails with some ups and down hill
tracks, these days biking trips give you sufficient time to
immerse in its peaceful surrounding environment and make friends
with the locals. The biking trips within Kathmandu Valley allows
you to enjoy its hidden pockets rarely frequented by westerners
which gives you a chance to see the other back side of Kathmandu.
Other biking trips include City Tour with a difference biking to
the famed popular historical and medieval places of Kathmandu,
Bhaktapur and Patan, viewpoint of Nagarkot and Kakani, the quiet
sleepy town of Sankhu and Budhanilkantha. All these interesting
places seem like out of this world and yet so close to Kathmandu.
Come and Bike with us from our great varied day trips for you to
choose and to see the other side of Kathmandu as it was for
centuries.
Kathmandu Valley Rim:
A pleasant, fabulous ride takes you to the medieval
civilisation in and around the vicinity of Bhaktapur, with ample
time to visit and make friends with the warm, local farmers and
villagers enroute. Your journey continues to the famed scenic
viewpoint at Nagarkot, highest spot of our trip offers you
beautiful view of the sun rise and sunset with the magnificent
Himalayan back drop.
Kathmandu Valley Explorer:
A great scenic ride with a visit to the best pilgrimage, and
mountain view spots. This fascinating ride takes you to rarely
visited area of the rural pockets in and off the Kathmandu
Valley rim, biking on the off trail to tarmac road and through
the rice terraces with superb views of an array of snow peaks
from Annapurna to Everest range of mountains. Your wonderful
five days ride concludes with a down hill delight from the
panoramic mountain resorts at Nagarkot to Kathmandu.
Pokhara to Kathmandu Biking:
An ultimate biking adventure off the main motorable highway. A
remarkable adventure that puts you on the off road trail linking
two major cities in Nepal, Pokhara and Kathmandu. Your biking
trip begins from Pokhara with a short biking tour in Kathmandu
before the great journey. Pokhara is an amazing place in the
stunning backdrop of Mt. Annapurna and Manaslu range and famous
for its placid lakes. Adventure begins from this beautiful
place, less than 30 miles of this ride is on the main highway,
rest of the journey is tracing an assortment of broad foot
paths, old jeep trails and some technical single tracks. We make
your way across remote territory that's seldom visited by
westerners. Crossing the old Gorkha, we follow the traditional
route that joins Kathmandu to other part of mid-western Nepal.
Challenging ascents as well as some incredible descents combine
to makes this special off-road biking a Great biker's dream.
Other outlying places popular with mountain bike enthusiasts are
Nagarjuna, Nage Gompa, Tokha, Ichangu Narayan, Gomcha, Bungamati,
Kakani, Dhulikhel and Nagarkot.
Other relatively longer mountain bike trips are those
extending from:
Dhulikhel to Kodari (82 km), near the Tibetan border; Naubise to
Chitwan Park along the Rajpath through such as scenic places as
the Palung Valley, Daman, and the not-so-scenic industrial town
of Hetauda in the plains; Lakeside Pokhara up and along the
ridge to Sarangkot Point, and continuing on to Naudanda from
where you could take in the breathtaking close-up view of the
Himalayas and the Pokhara valley; Naudanda to Pokhara through
Lumle, Beni and Birethanti, or Naudanda to Pokhara (32 km)
either via Sarangkot trail described in d) or the highway track,
which starts with a twisting 6 km descent into Modi Khola
valley.
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RECOMMENDED BIKING
PROGRAM AROUND KATHMANDU VALLEY
DAY 1. KATHMANDU - KAKANI (27KM)
Soon after breakfast we leave from our office in Thamel
through the bustling back streets of Thamel and on to
good wide undulating jeep tracks into jungle. Your
efforts are rewarded by spectacular mountain views. We
go to visit the Ranipauwa for good mountain views
including manaslu (8163m) and visit the typical Tamang
village and back Upwards for the seriously fit ride up
to Kakani. We camp in a reserve at 2,000m to enjoy the
stunning views of Ganesh Himal and Langtang Lirung and
the valley view of Likhu Khola 1,000m below.
DAY 2: KAKANI TO NAGI GOMPA (31KM)
Today we head off along one of the best single tracks in
the valley down towards Budhanilkantha, a holy site for
Hindus where Lord Vishnu is sleeping on the bed of
snakes. Following the valley rim we then push our way on
single-track uphill through thick forest of Shivapuri
Reserve towards Nagi Gompa, a Buddhist nun's monastery.
We camp close by the monastery premises spend enough
time to absorbing the Tibetan culture here and observe
the evening Puja
DAY 3: NAGI GOMPA TO NAGARKOT (34KM)
This is a challenging day! We pedal through the dense
jungle of Shivapuri National Park and the route to the
Helambu trekking trail. We then ride down into the
north-east corner of the valley, then we head on to a
mix of single and jeep track to wind our way to Nagarkot.
However, our route will depend on the condition of the
trails. A short steep climb up to Nagarkot will be
rewarded by the comfort and peaceful surrounding of the
hotel where we spent our night. This is were part of the
biking movie 'Retread' was filmed.
DAY 4: NAGARKOT TO DHULIKHEL VIA NALA
After an early morning breakfast we have two options to
ride downhill. One is to ride downhill on paved road to
Bhaktapur and then to Nala or two, ride uphill to
Nagarkot viewing Tower and then follow a technically
steep downhill to Nala and towards Dhulikhel. Overnight
in hotel.
DAY 5: DHULIKHEL TO KATHMANDU VIA LUBHU SISNERI
We ride on jeep track to the ancient city of Panauti,
where Lord Buddha once lived as a prince. This special
village-truly lost in time-is rarely visited by
tourists. Indreswor Mahadev Temple in Panauti is the
oldest surviving temple in Nepal, believed to be
constructed in 1294A.D. Climbing west, we follow a jeep
track along the meandering Roshi river. Beyond the town
of Madhuban, we enter into a narrow pristine valley
ascending 300m on superb trail to reach the summit of
Kathmandu Valley's eastern rim known as Lakhuri
Bhanjyang. This is probably the oldest route east out of
Kathmandu Valley, connecting the ancient cities of the
valley with Panauti. What a grunt! But the views of the
Himalayas are more than compensate. From the saddle, the
descent is on switch-backed jeep track. After an hour
and a 500m descent, we come to Sisneri, a quiet valley
village. The ethnicity of the people change as we
descend from Tamangs, Thakuries and Chhetris to lowland
Newari farmers. We then cycle the last part of our
journey from Sisneri to Kathmandu city making a quick
round-about through Patan Durbar Square.Day Trip Day
Trip
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