Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour

Trip Highlights of Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour :

• Mountain Biking Adventure around Kathmandu Valley.
• Explore the cultural villages and visit religious sites – temples and monasteries while riding along the village roads, dirt trails and single-track trails.
• Enjoy the Himalayan panoramic view of high mountain ranges.
• Overcome technical challenges for gaining experience in mountain biking.

Trip Introduction :

Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour offers mountain bike tour around Kathmandu Valley. Experience the daily lives of local Nepalese people while riding along the village roads, dirt trails and single track trails encircling the Kathmandu Valley’s rim. The tour is an opportunity to explore the valley while enjoying the breathtaking sceneries of magnificent and towering mountains of the world.

Of course, the mountains and landscapes are amazing but it’s the people and culture what makes this tour special. The welcoming nature and friendly gesture of Nepalese people are truly inspiring and extraordinary. The tour allows you to be a part of Nepalese culture while you paddle through some of the fantastic cultural trails on Earth.

Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour is a perfect trip for those wanting to explore the ancient cultural villages, their traditions, visits to a countless number of temples, meet people from different ethnic tribes while gaining biking adventure experience through the landscape of the fascinating valley of Kathmandu.  

Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour with Nepal Guide Treks starts at Kathmandu.  Leaving the city of Kathmandu, we start our bicycle tour on a busy traffic trail before entering the Shivapuri National Park. After clearing the entry fees of the national park we ride over the dirt trail into the national park and traverse along with the north sector of the valley exploring the cultural villages while riding through village roads towards Budhanilkantha – a temple devoted to Lord Vishnu.

Leaving Budhanilkantha, we will continue on our bicycle tour following the trail that includes rocky uphill ascend before riding on a smooth trail passing through Mulkharka and towards Chisapani. During our journey today we can enjoy some of the scenic views of towering high mountains and the beautiful Kathmandu valley. Our forward journey is a mostly downhill ride all the way towards Nagarkot.

However, we will ride a small uphill of about 8 km to reach the view tower of Nagarkot. The viewpoint is famous for its sunrise view and Himalayan panorama. From here, we continue on our downhill ride towards Nala village and then to Dhulikhel. We continue on our journey riding along a paved road with great views of local villages, before entering the dirt trail that leads to the Buddhist temple of Namobuddha.

From this point, we can have great views of mountain ranges that lie between Ganesh Himal and Everest. With mostly downhill riding we head towards the village of Balthali for experiencing the culture and tradition of the local village and its vicinity. Leaving Balthali our cultural ride follows a dirt trail to Panauti and then a gradual uphill climb towards Lakhure Bhanjyang.

From there we will ride mostly downhill to Lubhu and then towards the Botanical Garden of Godawari. Our bicycle tour here is followed by the ride through cultural village trails, exploring some of the oldest towns of Kathmandu valley – Chapagaon and Bungamati, towards Hattiban.

From Hattiban we will ride south towards the famous Temple of Hindu Goddess – Dakshinkali Temple and the Buddhist cultural site of Pharping. Our inspiring and cultural bicycle tour at Kathmandu Valley Biking Tour with Nepal Guide Treks ends with a scenic bicycle ride back to Kathmandu city.