a) Kathmandu Valley Rim: The Kathmandu Valley offers Nepal's best mountain biking experience; it's small but large enough to get lost by paddling. The foothills of the Himalayas and the valley rim has perfect off road and backtracks to give surprise for the casual cyclist. The cycling tours in the rim can arrange from day up to 10 days.
b) Eastern Nepal exploration: Cycling southeast from Taplejung on a combination of dirt and paved roads, down to the Indian border town of Charali, our route climbs, descends, twists and turns its way through a part of Nepal seen by very few tourists, and even fewer have seen it the way we are doing it. After flying from Kathmandu to Taplejung via Biratnagar, the first four days are spent making our way south through picturesque villages and golden fields of rice and wheat to our highest camp on the Pauwa Pass, from where there are spectacular views stretching from Kanchenjunga to Mt Everest. From the pass, it’s a two-day ride through the tea plantations of Ilam [Nepal’s tea growing capital] to the warm plains of the Terai. We spend a day in Ilam to relax or to go exploring in the tea garden on and off the bike. The Terai with its colourful bazaars, fields of tea, fruits and vegetables and the ever smiling faces of the Nepalese. This area is completely UN spoilt, with hardly any Westerners passing through - let alone mountain bikers. In only the first five days we cover around 240 km, with an awesome 5000m of ascent and even more awesome 7800m of descent.
ITINERARY
Day 1 Flight to Biratnagar
Day 2 Flight to Taplejung and explore the village
Day 3 Taplejung to Kabeli
Day 4 Kabeli - Jor Pokhari
Day 5 Jor Pokhari - Pauwa Pass
Day 6 Pauwa Pass - Ilam
Day 7 Ilam and around
Day 8 Ilam - Biratnagar
Day 9 Flight to Kathmandu.
c) The longest downhill track: A fantastic 4600-meter descent, we ride from the top of the highest pass, on the friendship highway between Lhasa and Kathmandu, to the bottom of a deep valley in Nepal. This route gives you a glimpse of both the Tibetan and Nepali culture. On the rest day in Nyelam we will visit the cave where Milarepa, one of the most famous Tibetan saints, meditated. When we ride back in to Kathmandu via Panauti and Lubhu you will see many of Nepal's ethnic groups in just a matter of 25 kilometres. And as if that was not enough you also get the big adrenaline rush of the big 4600 meter downhill, what better could a mountain biker spend his/her holiday…
ITINERARAY
Day 01 Transfer to Dhulikel with sightseeing in Bhaktapur
Day 02 Ride to Kodari Eco Resort
Day 03 Drive to Nyelam
Day 04 Acclimatization Day in Nyelam
Day 05 Drive to Lablung La [5200m] and ride down to Kodari Eco Resort
Day 06 Ride to Dhulikel
Day 07 Ride to Kathmandu vi