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Mountain biking on blazing trails in Nepal
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This is a 5-day biking trip on the ridge-top trails which encircle the Valley's rim. We travel along little-used dirt roads away from the hustle and bustle of the city. |
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Zenith Adventures offers highly adventurous Mountain Bike trips in Nepal and Tibet. Our tours are specially designed to detail & take you deep into the culture and lifestyles of the local folks and expose before you the best trails in the Himalayas, where most mountain bikers rarely get to know about or ride. Mountain biking in Nepal has slowly become the happening sport & its popularity among adventure enthusiasts from around the world has developed tremendously over the past few years.
Nepal has now become a worldwide destination as one of the best mountain biking terrains ever imagined. The reasons couldn’t be any other than its mountainous geography with diverse landscapes and the stunning sceneries that make up its natural beauty. You will ride on these wild and challenging trails through some of the most stunning scenic and cultural landscapes in the world. In the magnificent backdrops of the Himalayan ranges, the extreme valleys and old forests of the rugged middle hills, the charming terraced fields and warm smiles seen in the faces of the people as you ride through timeless villages, will enhance your memories of the journeys you undertake while biking on tough trails while viewing unique beauty as well as its challenging terrain. It is mandatory to ensure that our mountain biking trips are geared to guarantee your safety where ever you pedal as you enjoy your self while biking on some of the most spectacular biking territory on earth. |
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Mountain Bike Tours |
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Mountain biking is an interesting way to see the exotic sights of Nepal; all at your own space. It’s just you & your bike. As you ride through the ancient routes of the Trans-Himalayan Traders and the rural village lifestyles of Nepal, you will enjoy the timeless culture and rich flora and fauna of our heritage as you explore such wonders as the Kathmandu Valley, which has a vast network of village tracks and trails, which take you into areas never explored before. Mountain biking gives you a perfect chance to explore the valley’s wealth of temples, Stupas and medieval towns seen within the city’s limits.
Alternatively peddle at your own pace along some of the hidden trails to the rarely visited rural villages where you will see the warm smiles of locals living the preserved, traditional and simple lifestyles just like their ancestors lived it years ago.
Nepal offers challenging and pleasant scenic rides from the tropical plains of the terai, the mid-hills, across mountainous terrain and its lush valleys right to the arctic climate of the high alpine regions. The only way to discover these hidden treasures and its warm, congenial people is on mountain bikes. Mountain biking is a thrilling outdoor sport with great fun and a perfect way to discover Nepal's great diverse landscape, of immense rugged terrain, tracks and trails. Where your mountain bike takes you away from the hustling hassles of the city life into serene country, on hidden trails rarely visited in local villages, vicinities you couldn’t explore on foot or even in a vehicle; but on your mountain bike, you can just move around in the ‘born free’ spirit & pedal your way into any landscape that may suit your interest. Nepal Visitors Network Refers to Mountain biking trips throughout Nepal. Our package trips include very experienced guides, high-quality bikes and strong helmets to ensure your overall safety without compromising on your zeal for adventure. We also provide support vehicles available on request for longer Tours. |
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Some popular Mountain biking tours in Nepal: |
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Scenic biking day Tours: |
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An introductory ride which takes you to explore ancient rural villages, legendary temples and monasteries with superb views 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 yourself in peaceful surrounding environments where you can interact with the locals & learn of their culture. The biking trips within Kathmandu Valley allow you to enjoy its hidden pockets rarely frequented by westerners which give you a chance to see the insides of Kathmandu. Other biking trips include City Tours with biking to the famed historical and medieval places of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur and Patan. Biking excursions take you to Nagarkot and Kakani, & the quiet sleepy towns of Sankhu and Budhanilkantha. Your biking tour takes you to interesting places where you behold a different world that’s yet so close to a highly modernized & happening Kathmandu. Come and Bike with us from our great varied day trips for you to choose and see the other side of Kathmandu as it was for centuries. |
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Kathmandu Valley Rim: |
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This is a pleasant, fabulous ride which takes you to the medieval civilization in and around the vicinity of Bhaktapur, with ample time to visit and make friends with the warm, local farmers and villagers’ en-route. 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.
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. |
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Pokhara to Kathmandu Biking: |
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this is an ultimate biking adventure off the main motor highway. A remarkable adventure that puts you on the off track 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 city in the stunning backdrop of Mt. Annapurna and Manaslu range and is real famous for its placid lakes. Adventure begins from this beautiful place with less than 30 miles of this ride on the main highway; the rest of the journey entails 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 route, we follow the traditional route that joins Kathmandu to the other parts 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.
The other outlying places popular with mountain bike enthusiasts are Nagarjuna, Nage Gompa, Tokha, Ichangu Narayan, Gomcha, Bungamati, Kakani, Dhulikhel and Nagarkot. These are all green belt areas with terrain that gives you an amazing experience when mountain biking. |
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Other relatively longer mountain bike trips are those that extend from: |
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Dhulikhel to Kodari (82 km), near the Tibetan border; Naubise to Chitwan Park along the Rajpath highway through wonderfully scenic places like: 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 digest 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 above or the highway track, which starts with a twisting 6 km descent into the Modi Khola valley.
Mountain biking on the bike trails mentioned above introduces you to landscapes with some of the most natural wonders ever beheld in a lifetime. Take some of your most interesting books along with you when out on one of these long trips…..because it can literally stir your imaginations for all purposes that are good. With Zenith Adventures, you are constantly discovering the unknown from the known. |
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contact for details/booking info@zetsholidays.com.np
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