'biking in the shadow of the himalaya'

Nepal, the land of ups and down, the only flatland on the Gangetic plains of southern Terai running east to west, nevertheless it offers a challenging to pleasant scenic ride from the tropical plains of Terai, Mediterranean mild mid-mountainous lush valleys to the arctic climate of the high alpine region. The only way to discover these hidden treasure land and villages with its warm ever-smiling people is by a walking journey or on mountain bikes.

Mountain biking is great fun and a perfect way to discover Nepal's great diverse landscape and culture, of tremendous terrain's, 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.

Mountain biking is a great way to explore the Kathmandu valley or to follow the trail to the plains of Terai or bike to the legendary yak and yeti trail to Everest or other Himalayan destination, which allows you to experience the tranquility of rural Nepal in the shadow of the Himalaya.

On the back trails of Kathmandu- 1 day tour
explore the ancient rural villages, legendary temples with the superb
views of the himalayas

Itinerary:

A day tour: Kathmandu-Bungmati-Chapagaon-Kathmandu

Introduction:

A pleasant scenic rides on the back alley of the old city and head towards the village of Khokna and Bungmati and to explore the villages from 14th century. The temple of Macchindranath (god of yielding good harvest) situated in the main square of Bungmati, worshiped by both Hindus and Buddhist, our journey from here continues on a jeep track to the village of Champi with few ups and down hill to reach the Chapagaon village situated on the southern tip of the Kathmandu Valley, Chapagaon a rural village, at present its growing slowly into modernisation, Chapagaon is famed for its temple of Vajravarahi, one of the many out of 9th reincarnation of lord Vishnu in the form of a Boar. The temple is surrounded by an old forest, protected by the local belief that to cut even a single tree would anger the deity, until now the villagers still worship the wrathful Vishnu by offering a weekly blood sacrifice of chicken, goat and buffaloes. After a pleasant de-tour of the villages and its temple we then pack our two-wheel friend in the van for the two hour drive back to busy colourful street of Kathmandu.

Trip Grade: Leisure-Moderate
Total Distance: Approx: 41km.
Highest elevation: Approx: 1450m

In and off the Kathmandu Valley 3-4 Day biking tour
explore the best pilgrimage spot on bike in and off the Valley rim.

Introduction:

This fascinating ride offers you an opportunity, where the western world modernization hardly mixes in the rural pocket of farm-fields, villages and the temples very seldom visited by the outside world with the suburb distance view of an array of snow capped peaks to the north.

Trip Grade: Leisure-Moderate
Total Distance: Approx: 122km.
Highest elevation stop: Approx: 1600m at Dhulikhel.


Itinerary:

Day 01: Kathmandu to Lubu via Bungmati-Chapagaon 35-40km 4-6 hour ride.
O/N Lodge.
Day 02: Lobu to Dhulikhel via Bhaktapur (28 km with 600m altitude gain) O/N
Resort.
Day 03: At Dhulikhel visit Namo Buddha and return back to Dhulikhel via Panauti. (Approx 27km with 300m gain)
Day 04: To Kathmandu via Dhulikhel, Bhaktapur and Nala.
(Approx 25 km with 300m descent) O/N Hotel.

Kathmandu Valley Rim Ride
medieval town-valleys-hills and mountains

Introduction:

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 as our journey continues to the famed scenic viewpoint at Nagarkot the highest spot of our journey with beautiful view of the sun rise and sunset with the magnificent Himalayan back drop.

Trip Grade: Moderate-Vigorous
Total Distance: Approx: 72km.
Highest elevation stop: Approx: 2100m at Nagarkot.

Itinerary:
Day 01: Kathmandu to Nagarkot via Bhaktapur. O/N Resort.
38km ride with 600-800m gains
Day 02: Nagarkot to Kathmandu via ancient Changu Narayan Temple-
Bhaktapur.
34 km mostly descend with few short ups.

Biking on the elusive mountain trail of Nepal
'perfect blend of remote eastern pockets, with stunning rural areas of Kathmandu'

Introduction:

From Kathmandu, we take the flight to the southeastern plains to the busy town of Biratnagar the boarding on a smaller Twin-Otter flight to the isolated airstrip of Suketar at Taplejung the gateway to the 3rd highest mountain the Kanchenjunga.
This is a high mountain village situated at the foothills of the huge massif Kanchenjunga, from here our adventure begins, and over the next five days the route just seems better and better, mixing with thrilling descents with challenging climbs, slowly winding leading the way to the border with India.

This is a north to south traverse, and each of the passes rewards with a magnificent panorama that stretch from Everest to Kanchenjunga.

In the first five days covers 240kms. With an awesome 5000 meters of ascent and even more adventurous is the 6800meteres of descent, and this is only first half of your holiday.

For the second half of this ground breaking trip, we return to Kathmandu and complete further five days of biking on the ridge top trails which encircles the valley's rim, away from the hustle-bustle of the city life, the pace of the life changes remarkably.

Within a space of a day's ride, there are views, which includes most of the main peaks of the central and Nepal Himalaya-from Mt. Makalu to the Annapurnas.

Trip Grade: Moderate- Adventurous
Approx distance: 700kms.
On Biking Tour covers approx: 300 kms.
Maximum Altitude: 2732 meters
Average distance covers per day: Approx 80-kms.
Biking & Camping: 09 Days
Tour-Departure: Minimum 4 -6 person.
Season: Autumn to Summer.

Itinerary:

Day01: Arrive Kathmandu meet and transfer to respective Hotels.
Day02: Free day in Kathmandu a guided tour on request.
Day03: Fly to east Nepal to Biratnagar.
Day04: A morning short flight to Suketar 2515m at Taplejung and camp.
Day05: Bike and descent 40kms towards Kabeli River to meet the road head
and our support vehicle.
Day06: Bike and ascent 1500m over a distance of 32kms at Jor-Pokhari and
camp.
Day07: 22km downhill with another 10 km uphill ride to Phidhim and bus
drive to the top of the Pauwa pass at 2560m and camp.
Day08: Bike for 55 kms to Ilam town 1350m and camp at the suburb of the
town.
Day09: Bike to Mai-khola 12km down and 25km to the top of Fickle pass, from here bike about 32 km all the way down to Charhale, on the
same day Bus drive to Biratnagar (as this road gets busy with heavy buses & trucks traffic)
Day10: Fly back to Kathmandu.
Day11: Rest day preparation for the next adventure.
Day12: Bike for 32 kms through the town-villages of Patan and Panauti via
Lubu.
Day13: Bike to Dhulikhel via Namobuddha about 25 kms.
Day14: Bike to Nagarkot via the medieval town of Bhaktapur. (35km ride)
Day15: Bike to Chisopani ridge and camp. Approx 4 hours ride with 1 hour
walk. (bikes needs to be carried by porters on this day)
Day16: Bike to Shivapuri hill 2300m with downhill ride to Kathmandu. Approx- 6 hours ride.
Day17: In Kathmandu. O/N Hotel.
Day18: International Departure.

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