There are tours available for every level of cyclist. However, it does take a sense of adventure. Many of the rides involve hairpin turns while traveling downhill. Other tours take the cyclist through remote villages, green rice fields, and sacred sites.

Renting Versus Bringing Your Own Bike

Renting bicycles is relatively inexpensive, usually a few dollars per day. There are bike rental companies in both Kathmandu and Pokhara. It would be good to search for reputable bike rentals before leaving on the trip. Riding a rental is never as good as riding a your own bike, especially on rigorous treks, but it may be less hassle than transporting a bike from home.

Visitors can bring a bike with them into Nepal. At customs, it should be explained that the bike is personal property of a tourist and will be shipped out of the country when the trip is over. Realize that it can be very expensive to send the bicycle to Asia, and there is no guarantee that the bike will arrive intact.

Bike Tours

There are multi-day tours and day trips available. Perhaps the most exciting mountain bike trek is the 21-day ride from Lhasa, Tibet to Kathmandu, Nepal. This ride travels through the Himalayan Mountain passes. It includes a stop at a base camp on Mount Everest North Face. The highlight of the ride, though, is the longest downhill bike ride in the world, the type that makes extreme sports look tame. As the rider enters Nepal, he will descend 12,000 feet.

The trip from Pokhara to Kathmandu is a 14-day off-road ride. This ride is in the foothills of the Himalayas. It follows remote territories rarely seen by Westerners. The ride includes plenty of ascents and descents in the mountains.

For those who like biking, but are not prepared for a rugged trip, there are plenty of day trips in Kathmandu Valley. Some of the bike rental shops will provide a shuttle to the top of the valley rim so the entire day can be spent on the downhill ride, with plenty of time left for exploring. There are routes that take the rider through forests and past waterfalls and through villages.

Mountain Biking Program Around Kathamndu

Kathmandu- Dhulikhel - Namobuddha via Panauti

3 Day biking tour

Day 1. After breakfast, start biking via Bhaktapur to Dhulikhel, visit this ancient historical and cultural city on the way to Bhaktapur. Golden gate at Durbar Square, museum, Nyatapola temple, pottery square, woodcarving center and peacock window are the main attraction. After the Bhaktapur sightseeing biking to Dhulikhel, evening sunset and morning sunrise with panoramic views.

Day 2. After breakfast, sightseeing around Dhulikhel and biking towards Namobuddha, visiting cultural religious sites nearby and stay overnight. Namobuddha is one of the popular Buddhist religious sites in Nepal.

Day3. after breakfast, start biking towards Kathmandu, on the way visit Panauti, it is an ancient historical & cultural city and back to Kathmandu.

Kathmandu - Nagarkot - Changunarayan and Bhaktapur

2 Day biking tour

Day 1. After breakfast, start biking to Nagarkot, transfer to hotel, biking tour around, great views of snow capped mountains with beautiful sunrise and sunset.

Day 2. Cycling down to Changunarayan temple, visit oldest temple of Nepal after that go to Bhaktapur, visit Golden gate at Durbar Square, museum, Nyatapola temple, pottery square, woodcarving center and peacock window and back to Kathmandu.

Day biking trip around Kathamndu.

Visiting great cultural and historical monuments of Nepal/ Budhanilkantha , Bouddhanath , Kopan monastery , Pashupatinath temple , Kathamndu Durbar square , National museum and Swayambhunath are most popular among travelers. Day Biking trip to Patan and Godavari botanical garden.

After breakfast, start biking to Godavari visit Royal botanical garden, sightseeing around and after Lunch back to Patan. Visit Durbar square, Golden temple and many important religious and cultural places.

Day biking trip to Dakshinkali and Kirtipur.

Morning after breakfast start biking to Dashinkali , visit the kali temple , watching and animal sacrifice and other religious activities, back to Pharping visiting Buddhist monastery , after that back to Kirtipur, visit ancient hillock town, after finishing sightseeing back to hotel.

Day biking trip to Kakani Hill.

After breakfast start biking to Kakani, visit around Kakani to see hill terrace landscape and local people's life style with panoramic Mountain views of Ganesh Himal and Langtang, evening biking down to Kathmandu.

Day biking trip to Nagarjun Hill.

Morning after breakfast start biking to Nagarjun hill, one of the best view point of Kathamndu valley , a great photographic site, beautiful Mountain views- Ganesh Himal, Langtang, Manaslu and Lamjung Himal.

Mountain Biking Program Around Pokhara.

Day biking trip to Begnas Lake.
Visit several Lakes around Pokhara, beautiful mountain views of whole Annapurna range including Mt. Fish tail, cultural experiences, famous fish farming site of Nepal.

Day biking trip to Pokhara valley.

Visit famous sites- Mahendra cave , Seti river gorge , Central market, m ountaineering museum , different religious sites, David's falls , Tibetan refugee camp end of Fewa Lake . This biking trip offers various photographic opportunities with best leisure day in Pokhara.

Day trip to Sarankot.
After breakfast start biking to Sarankot, Chance to view whole Annapurna range, perfect photographic trip, best view point of Pokhara area, after sightseeing and back to hotel.

Day trip to Pokhara viewpoint.
Morning after breakfast start biking, visit David's falls , Cave , Tibetan refugee camp , watching beautiful landscape around.