Western Bhutan Bike Tour

The best way to explore the magnificent peaks and mystical valleys of Bhutan is by mountain bikes. This way of traveling allows you to become more familiar with the variety in landscapes of this, until recent, undiscovered Kingdom. The relatively small distance covered in a day, allows you to store all the images and impressions, which will make this trip a memory for a life time. We start this tour flying from Kathmandu to Paro (Bhutan). Arriving at Paro airport, you will experience the flavor of Bhutan, the transparent purity of air and the absence of noise. This Himalayan Buddhist Kingdom and country of “The Thunder Dragon” has millions things to see and explore. We have found and developed “the best off road biking tour” there is to discover all the ins and outs of central and western Bhutan.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 01:    Arrive Kathmandu
Day 02:    Kathmandu day trip
Day 03:    Fly to Paro
Day 04:    Bike to Wangdue
Day 05:    Wangdue to Punakha
Day 06:    Punakha to Phobjikha
Day 07:    Phobjikha – Phobjikha
Day 08:    Phobjikha to Bumthang
Day 09:    Bumthang – Bumthang
Day 10:    Bumthang to near Wangdue
Day 11:    Wangdue to Paro
Day 12:    Paro to Kathmandu.
Day 13:    Transfer out of Kathmandu to airport

Mountain Biking in Eastern Tibet

Chengdu to Lhasa Mountain Biking

The east of Tibet includes the regions of Kongpo and Kham. Geographically, politically and historically, these regions are a completely different world. This special biking route offers magnificent views of lush forested valleys, crystal-clear lakes, rivers and vast barren plateaus. The isolated valley, with its scattered tribal villages and remote monasteries, gives you an incredible and unique glimpse of this Eastern part of Tibet. Kham was the home of many holy men including the founders of the Drigungpa and Karmapa School. In 1070 many Buddhist faced persecution in central Tibet and fled to Kham. Here they set up influential monasteries. Later they returned to central Tibet and spearhead the so-called second diffusion of Buddhism in Tibet.

Mountain Biking Lhasa to Kathmandu

The Lhasa to Kathmandu ride could be classified as one of the most demanding rides` open to cyclists. You have to deal with high altitude, long distances, various kinds of weather, bad road conditions and change of life style. The Lhasa to Kathmandu ride could be one of the highest in the world. Proper acclimatisation is vital to anyone hoping to complete this expedition. For this purpose we spent four days acclimatizing, while sightseeing and enjoying the city and surroundings of Lhasa. We begin with a flight of one hour from Kathmandu to Gongar International Airport in Tibet and drive to Lhasa, the main capital and starting point of our expedition. We have to cross 6 high passes and descend from the Tibetan Plateau before reaching our final destination, Nepal. The majority of our time we will spend on the Tibetan Plateau at heights above 4000 metres. Exploring various side valleys such as the route to Everest Base Camp, will involve cycling on much rougher dirt & stony tracks. Daily distances will range from 50 up to 110 kilometres. This may not sound particularly great, especially not to road-orientated cyclists, but the high altitude, difficult terrain, head winds and tough ascents will make cycling in this region a challenge for everyone. During this ride we will definitely take enough time to embrace the magnificent sights and discover the people and their culture, which altogether make this tour an unforgettable experience.

 

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 01:     Arrival Kathmandu
Day 02:     Kathmandu final visa day.
Day 03:     Fly to Lhasa.
Day 04:     Lhasa Sightseeing
Day 05:     Lhasa Sightseeing
Day 06:     Lhasa free day or short bike ride.
Day 07:     Before Khamba La (Ganba).
Day 08:     Before Nagartze
Day 09:     Ralung
Day 10:     Gyantse
Day 11:     Shigatse
Day 12:     Before Tso La pass (Resa)
Day 13:     After Lhatse
Day 14:     Before Shegar
Day 15:     Tashi Dzong
Day 16:     Rongbuk
Day 17:     EBC and back to Rongbuk
Day 18:     Dingri
Day 19:     Sumo
Day 20:     Nyalam.
Day 21:     Nepal border.
Day 22:     Kathmandu Hotel
Day 23:     Transfer to airport and trip extension

Mountain Biking Khasgar to Kathmandu

This trip starts from Khasgar. A town in the autonomous province of Xingxang in the west of China. Bordering with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkistan it once was a major halt for Caravans on the Silk Road. Today it is a flourishing commercial centre with a population composed of Uighur, Tajik and Kirgiz nationalities. Here it are the Han Chinese that form the minority. At khasgar, we will meet with our additional supplies & support vehicles. From here we will bike the next 3 weeks through china and into tibet. Before ending our trip by driving towards Kodari, we will make the 3 days kora(circumbulation) around Kailash. This 3 days pilgrimage walk around this `only holy` mountain in the world, will defitinely be one of the highlights of this trip.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 01:     Arrival to Khasgar, Hotel
Day 02:     Sightseeing Khasgar, Hotel
Day 03:     Khasgar, Relaxing/Sightseeing/Bike Assembling, Hotel
Day 04:     Bike day 01, Yangisar (asphalt);   Bike tour-total: 1,650 km in 21 days./td>
Day 05:     Bike day 02, Shache (asphalt)
Day 06:     Bike day 03, Yecheng (sightseeing market), (asphalt)
Day 07:     Bike day 04, Kokyar (1/2 asphalt)
Day 08:     Bike day 05, Akmeqit
Day 09:     Bike day 06, Mazar
Day 10:     Bike day 07, extra day bike
Day 11:     Bike day 08, Xaidulla
Day 12:     Bike day 09, Kangxiwar
Day 13:     Bike day 10, Dahongliutan
Day 14:     Bike day 11, Quanshuigou
Day 15:     Bike day 12, extra day bike
Day 16:     Bike day 13, Tielongtan
Day 17:     Bike day 14, Wujiang
Day 18:     Bike day 15, Little Rotok
Day 19:     Bike day 16, Shiquanhe
Day 20:     Bike day 17, extra day bike
Day 21:     Bikeday 18, Garyursa
Day 22:     Bike day 19, Moincer
Day 23:     Bike day 20, Tirthapuri
Day 24:     Bike day 21, Manasarovar
Day 25:     Rest day Manasarovar
Day 26:     ½ Rest day, Transfer Manasarovar – Darchen (Jeep, 1 hour)
Day 27:     Kora Mt. Kailash, Day 1 Dira Puk
Day 28:     Kora Mt. Kailash, Day 2 Zutul Puk
Day 29:     Kora Mt. Kailash, Day 3, drive to Hur Qu
Day 30:     Jeep transfer to Paryang
Day 31:     Jeep transfer to Saga
Day 32:     Jeep transfer to Nyalam
Day 33:     Jeep Transfer to Kathmandu
Day 34:     Departure

Heli Mountain Bike in Annapurna

Our Heli biking starts with an exciting chopper ride across the Mt. Annapurna and Dhaulagiri from Pokhara. We begin our ride from Muktinath located at 3700m and slowly make huge descents towrads world’s deepest gorge Kali Gandaki River Valley.
The following few days are spent biking back along Kali Gandaki gorge via many exciting lower Mustang and Thakali villages. On from Marpha the scenery changes into more alpine and into Tatopani where you can relax in the hot spring pool and bike towards Pokhara.

Kathmandu Valley rim & Beyond Biking Tour

This tour runs around Kathmandu Valley visiting all the high points, you’ll have 360 degree views from hilltops that capture the greatest Himalayan peaks, you bike through pine forests and enjoy the Himalayan fresh air. To relieve your rear end, a 2-day (or more) option of Canyoning or bungy jumping or rafting is available to complete your adrenaline experience of Nepal and you can bike till the Tibetan border and view the town on the other side of border.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 01:     Arrive Kathmandu
Day 02:     Bike day tour in Kathmandu
Day 03:     Kathmandu to Mulkharka
Day 04:     Mulkharka to Chisapani
Day 05:     Chisapani to Nagarkot
Day 06:     Day tour in Nagarkot
Day 07:     Nagarkot to Barabise
Day 08:     Barabise to Border
Day 09:     Rafting or Canyoning or Bunging jumping
Day 10:     Rafting or Canyoning or Bunging jumping
Day 11:     Bike border to Dhulikhel
Day 12:     Bike Dhulikhel to Kathmandu
Day 13:     Transfer out of Kathmandu to airport

Mountain Biking Mountain to Terai

A special tour to give you a complete experience of Nepal’s diverse landscape and culture as you ride from the foothills of the Himalayas to the lush Terai plains, home of different wild animals and birds, Royal Chitwan National Park. You’ll spend two nights and three days at Chitwan viewing wildlife and visit local Tharu Villages. A combination tour biking and Chitwan Safari, we start this tour from Kathmandu biking to Daman (2450m), a perfect hilltop. You’ll have 180 degree perfect views of Himalayas all the way to Tibet. Second day you visit a nearby Bhutanese monastery, a flavour of Bhutan then the rewards for your climb is a 2250-m (7380ft) descent to the tropical, lowland plains of Hetauda and then next day half day biking to Chitwan for further safari programme.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu
Day 2: Kathmandu to Daman
Day 3: Daman to Hetauda
Day 4: Bike Hetauda to Chitwan and half day sightseeing
Day 5: Chitwan Jungle safari
Day 6: Chitwan morning programme and depart for Kathmandu.
Day 7: Depart for onward destination.

Mountain Biking Pokhara to Kathmandu

This tour runs around Kathmandu Valley visiting all the high points, you’ll have 360 degree views from hilltops that capture the greatest Himalayan peaks, you bike through pine forests and enjoy the Himalayan fresh air. To relieve your rear end, a 2-day (or more) option of Canyoning or bungy jumping or rafting is available to complete your adrenaline experience of Nepal and you can bike till the Tibetan border and view the town on the other side of border.

Mountain Biking Tibet Border Tour

A tour to friendship bridge, a bridge between Nepal and Tibet. We start this tour with a climb to Nagarkot hilltop, that capture the 360 degrees views of the majestic Himalayan peaks. And then head to the Tibetan border via off road and sealed road with panoramic views of Himalayas and Tibetan landscapes. This Tour has always option of doing two extra days of rafting or canyoning or bungy jumping to complete your adrenaline experience of Nepal.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu
Day 2: Kathmandu to Nagarkot
Day 3: Nagarkot to Border
Day 4: Border to Dhulikhel
Day 5: Dhulikhel to Kathmandu
Day 6: Departure for onward destination

Mountain Biking Day Tour

Are you thinking about one-day tour? You have numerous options to go wherever you prefer. This tour is basically a cross-country type with mixed single and jeep trials biking with your professional guide the whole day, through terrace lands and interesting Nepalese villages.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1:

Kathmandu – Teenpiple – Tokha – Kathmandu
Kathmandu – Sitapaila – Raniban – Kathmandu
Kathmandu – Bugamati – Godhavari – Kathmandu

Mountain Biking Downhill Tour

A one-day Downhill tour with 700 meter decent, so forget the up hills! We will drive you to a Hilltop Nagarkot (2100m) for breakfast. Starting for an early breakfast with views; 8 of the world’s 10 highest peaks right from the breakfast table. A clear day will give you views from Everest in the east to Dhaulagiri in the west. You’ll bike on winding sealed downhill roads with off road option through terraced hills, fields, villages and to 16th Century Kingdom of Bhaktapur for lunch. You will have sightseeing in Bhaktapur before being returned to Kathmandu.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1:

Kathmandu – Nagarkot – Telkot – Changunarayan – Bhaktapur – Kathmandu

Kathmandu Valley rim Biking Tour

This Tour runs around Kathmandu Valley visiting all the high points, you’ll have 360 degree views from hilltops that capture the greatest Himalayan peaks, you bike through pine forests and enjoy the Himalayan fresh air. You can have an option, a 2-day of Canyoning or bungy jumping or rafting at the end of your bike trip.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1: Arrive Kathmandu
Day 2: Kathmandu to Mulkharka
Day 3: Mulkharka to Chisapani
Day 4: Chisapani to Nagarkot
Day 5: Day tour in Nagarkot
Day 6: Nagarkot to Dhulikhel
Day 7: Dhulikhel to Namobuddha Loop
Day 8: Dhulikhel to Kathmandu
Day 9: Departure for onward destination.

Mountain Biking Annapurna Full Circuit

This unique bike tour is a perfect blend of the remote western pockets of Nepal, with stunning rural trails of the Annapurna region. It combines mountain biking in Annapurna circuit, through the foothills of the Annapurna Himalayas, with explorations of the Kali Gandaki valley and more. From Kathmandu, our bus takes you to Besisahar, the starting point for Annapurna circuit trek. We then start our trip to Himalayas making up to 5416m Thorang La pass, the highest pass of the tour and down to Jomsom with thrilling decent of 2700m. We have massif view of Annapurna, Gangapurna, Nilgiri and many more. Throughout the tour, friendly people with broad smiles will cheer up your journey. But the tour is for the professional bikers with a strong will power. In other hand you can also call it trekking and biking combination tour if you don’t like to push yourself. The views will make you forget all your tiredness and difficulties.

ITINERARY OVERVIEW

Day 1: Drive kathmandu to besisahar, (850m)
Day 2: Besisahar to Bahundanda, (1400m)
Day 3: Bahundanda to Tal, (1710m)
Day 4: Tal to Chame, (2720m)
Day 5: Chame to Pisang, (3210m)
Day 6: Pisang to Manang, (3400m)
Day 7: Manang rest day
Day 8: Manang to Yak Kharka, (4000m)
Day 9: Yak Kharka to Phedi, (4420m)
Day 10: Phedi to Thorang pass and to Muktinath, (3700m)
Day 11: Muktinath to Jomsom, (2720m)
Day 12: Jomsom to Kalopani
Day 13: Kalopani to Tatopani, (1190m)
Day 14: Tatopani to Beni
Day 15: Beni to Pokhara, (835m)
Day 16: Pokhara to Kathmandu

Low Mustang Mountain biking

Annapurna Jomsom biking, starts with a 35-minute early morning flight to Jomsom from Pokhara, the important business center in lower Mustang. And next day we head north to an ancient fortress settlement on the boarder of Upper Mustang called Kagbeni. The following day is an interesting ascends through arid country up to the temple of Muktinath. The terrain here gradually looks like the Tibetan plateau providing some fascinating rock formations on route. Rather than spending overnight at Muktinath we bike back down to Jarkot village, a sample village. The following few days are spent biking back along Kali Gandaki gorge via many exciting lower Mustang and Thakali villages with a sip of apple brandy made in Marpha. On from Marpha the scenery changes into more alpine and into Tatopani where we rest for a day and relax in the hot spring pool and bike towards Pokhara.

Highlights

  • Scenic mountain biking in the Annapurna and Mustang regions
  • Flight to Jomsom with breathtaking Himalayan views
  • Ride through the Kali Gandaki Valley, one of the world’s deepest gorges
  • Visit the sacred Muktinath Temple
  • Traditional villages like Jharkot, Kagbeni, and Marpha
  • Exciting downhill rides and varied terrain
  • Relaxing dip in the natural hot springs at Tatopani
  • Supportive Firante team with local knowledge and logistics
  • Combination of biking, culture, and Himalayan scenery

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