| Nepal is well published as a trekkers paradise, but | | | | your own bike. Many reputable companies now |
| little is said about the potential for mountain biking | | | | specialize in organised mountain bike tours around |
| and the calibre of guides and bikers here. For a | | | | Kathmandu, Pokhara and Annapurna regions. It's |
| mountain biker, now I am talking real bikers here | | | | possible to do anything from one day easy rides |
| who love the ride up as much as the ride down, | | | | to multi day intermediate and advanced rides. All |
| Nepal is a country begging to be explored. The | | | | tours will be fully supported and include your |
| devil development, normally every bikers | | | | accommodation and meals. You will still get to |
| nightmare dressed as a bulldozer and suited man | | | | explore tracks, trails and culture but at the end of |
| in a constructor's hard hat, may have robbed the | | | | the day you will get a hot meal and a soft bed. |
| Kathmandu Valley of some of its best single track | | | | For those full suspension downhill nuts, there is |
| mountain biking, but the blade of the bulldozer is | | | | something here for you as well. Thought access |
| opening up more and more of the country with | | | | roads will limit the downhill biking you can do, there |
| trails, roads and tracks. In Nepal we use the term | | | | are some very fine adrenaline pulsing trails to be |
| road very loosely, push and shove the earth the | | | | found. Try out Manakarmana, a fast technical |
| dozers might, but nothing can stand up to the | | | | downhill, if you make a mistake you will end up in |
| annual Monsoon, natures blessing in disguise. The | | | | the Trishuli River, Nagarkot, Sarankot and |
| rains ravage the roads and trails, leaving your | | | | Annapurna all have road access and offer various |
| humble mountain biker with endless opportunities | | | | downhill trails for all levels of biker. |
| for biking undisturbed in the beautiful surrounds of | | | | Hiring bikes in Kathmandu is easy. There are |
| rural Nepal. | | | | several companies that offer varying qualities of |
| If your an avid explorer and love venturing into | | | | mountain bikes that can be fitted out to your |
| the unknown, then pack light, grab your bike and | | | | tastes. Pokhara even has a place where you can |
| head in to the foothills of the Himalaya for the | | | | hire top quality full suspension commercial bikes if |
| adventure of a life time. Forget the maps cause | | | | you want to pay the bucks! |
| there isn't any, you might be lucky to find a guide | | | | There are a bunch of great lads in Kathmandu |
| in Kathmandu who is willing to explore with you | | | | and Pokhara who are avid mountain bikers and |
| and push the boundaries of the known biking | | | | work as guides. Not only are they fantastic and |
| routes. Along the way you will be rewarding with | | | | adventurous riders, brilliant racers and a cheerful |
| an intimate insight in to the culture of Nepal and | | | | friendly bunch, they are also very professional |
| some virgin rough and ready biking as well. No | | | | guides that can make your trip to Nepal a |
| other tourists, no trekkers and no traffic, what | | | | rewarding one. |
| more could the true mountain bike explorer want? | | | | My advice, push the boundaries, hire a guide and |
| If organisation and civilization is your thing, then | | | | go wild on a mountain biking adventure in Nepal, I |
| Nepal has a lot to offer as well. You don't have to | | | | know that you will love it and come back |
| be an intrepid rider to enjoy what the Himalaya | | | | screaming for more! |
| has to offer. In fact you don't even have to bring | | | | |