Posted by FLORIDNEPAL on Thursday, December 25, 2008
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Nepal offers some of the
finest bike trails on
Earth! There are
virtually millions of
tracks out there. Some
people have even started
calling Nepal a "Mecca
for Mountain biking."
Until few years back,
visitors came to Nepal
mostly to trek, climb,
and raft or to see the
Tigers in the wild.
Mountain biking in Nepal
has been gaining much
popularity among the
adventure enthusiasts
from around the world
over the past few years.
Fascinating mountain
villages, nomadic lands,
high passes, rugged and
tough mountain terrain,
winding rivers, rice
fields, temples and
monasteries as a
backdrop of majestic
snowy Himalayan peaks
makes mountain biking
trail in Nepal an
exceptionally inspiring
play ground for riders
with any level of
experience and fitness.
The best way to explore
the Kathmandu Valley is
on a mountain bike.
Mountain biking offers
an environmentally sound
way of exploring the
magnificent country, its
landscape and the living
heritage. Mountain
biking is specially
recommended if u wish to
explore urban centers of
Nepal such as Pokhara
and Kathmandu as well as
the countryside. This
game is in advance for
popularity because of
the beauties of
Himalayan ranges,
terraces and the small
settlements. One can
bike in the ups and
downs with the mountain
range in the background.
We offer bike tours to
Nepal, Tibet, Ladakh,
Sikkim and Bhutan. Our
tours are specially
designed to take you
deep into the culture
and lifestyle of the
local people and show
you the best trails in
the Himalayas, where
most mountain bikers
rarely get a chance to
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Itinerary of Mountain
Biking in Detail |
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Day 01 |
You begin with a classic 50
kms. mountain bike trail, at
first on roads through Patan
to Lubhu, climbing up the
deteriorating track to the
quiet Newari village of
Sisneri. So near to
Kathmandu, but away from the
beaten tourist track, it is
a photographer's paradise,
with the contrast of richly
colored villages against a
backdrop of snow capped
mountains. After a steep 500
meter climb, it is wild
trail downhill to Panauti,
home of the oldest temple in
Nepal, the Indreshwar,
Hahadev. Reunited with your
support vehicle, which could
not follow us for the whole
route, you camp beside the
river at this idyllic
settlement.
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Day 02 |
You have a choice of the road
climb up to Dhulikhel, or a
more adventurous track,
which goes more steeply up
through terraced fields to
the Buddhist pilgrimage
temple of Namo Buddha and
then down to Dhulikhel. This
involves a ride of about 35
kms. Your camp at Dhulikhel
offers fantastic sunset
views of the great chain of
the Himalaya.
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Day 03 |
It is downhill on a
little-used tarmac road
towards the mediaeval town
of Bhaktapur, where you will
spend a long lunch exploring
a wealth of his historic
temples and courtyards. The
afternoon is a steady series
of switch-backs up onto the
main ridge, where you find
another spectacular campsite
at the hill-station of
Nagarkot.
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Day 04 |
Himalayan mountain biking does
not get much better than
today's ride. Early morning
usually creates a sea of
cloud in the valley beneath
us, and you can look beyond
this to a mountain panorama
which stretches from Makalu
to the Annapurnas. The
riding terrain is also
superb as you slowly make
your way along an old jeep
track, traversing the ridges
of Kattike, Manichup and
Chipu Dara. You must be very
careful not to take a wrong
turning on this part of the
route, as the false descent
will only mean a long carry
back up to the ridge! After
about 40 kms., you camp at
Chisopani, just to the north
of the main ridge. This is
your last night camping, and
you have magnificent views
of the Annapurnas. Support
vehicles cannot follow us
along this part of the route
and porters will carry your
essentials to the campsite.
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Day 05 |
Fit and well-acclimatized
after the exercise of the
last few days, you take the
opportunity on your final
day of biking to climb the
valley's second highest
mountain Shivapuri 2732m,
before plunging back to
Kathmandu on one of the best
downhill rides in the area,
via the reclining Vishnu
Temple at Budhanalikantha. A
hot bath awaits us at the
Hotel before you re-box your
bikes and start the
celebrations of completing a
memorable ride. | | |
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