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Nepal’s diverse terrain
is a mountain bikers dream adventure come true. Mountain biking offers an
environmentally sound way of exploring this magnificent country, its landscape
and living heritage. Because this is a Spartan, laborious mode of travel, it
is also
considered the way to
travel by the so-called purists. There are plenty of dirt roads and trails in
Nepal to meet every mountain bikers wildest fantasy. Mountain biking is
specially recommended if you wish to explore the urban centres of Nepal such
as Pokhara and Kathmandu as well as countryside in the outskirts. Just imagine
taking a ride through lush green rice fields and hamlets, up and down
hillsides, along river banks, around temples, past street-roaming cattle,
along suspension bridges and highways, through snow, Monsoon downpour,
wonderful light effects, or fierce headwinds, depending on place and season.
Adventurous bikers may plan extended trips to such exotic places as Tibet,
Namche Bazaar, and western Nepal. You could even cycle the entire length of
Nepal across the plains. What you can or cannot do on a mountain bike is
limited only by your imagination.
All-terrain mountain bikes are recommended if you wish to go up the hills, to
mountain lookouts or hilltop shrines. If you plan to explore within the city
perimeter itself, observing the hustle and bustle, going shopping, etc, one
speed Indian bicycles will do nicely. Mountain bikes are available for rent by
the day or longer in many of the bicycle rental outlets in and around the
city. If you wish to be enlightened about the culture, the rhythm of village
life, and interesting spots to visit, perhaps guided trips should be
undertaken.
It was in the mid 1980's that biking activity really took off in Kathmandu.
Enthusiasts flew with their bikes from Hong Kong to Tibet to answer the call
of the wild steppes. The two-week journey from there over the high passes to
Nepal is what sparked it all off. Even today Kathmandu is a Mecca for mountain
bicyclists, as, every year, it draws many enthusiasts from all corners of the
world.
In conjunction with one of
Nepal's best-known and
certainly most experienced mountain bike companies, which uses top-quality
foreign-made mountain bikes, we are able to arrange biking tours to satisfy
virtually any biker's dream
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