Mountain biking is the best way to experience the rural Nepal. It makes it possible to escape from paved roads to ride on tracks and trails to remote and rarely visited areas of the country. For an independent traveller, this is the best alternative way to avoid crowds of buses and to stop as you wish. Nepal offers challenging climbs to thousand of meters to reach some spectacular viewpoints and a reward of exhilarating descents. The Kathmandu valley has a vast network of village tracks and trails. Mountain biking gives a perfect chance to explore the valley’s wealth of temples, Stupas and mediaeval towns.

Encounters Nepal offers organized Mountain biking trips throughout Nepal. We supply package trips including very experienced guides, high-quality bikes and helmets. We have a support of vehicles available on request on longer tours.

Some popular Mountain biking trails in Nepal:

The Scar Road: Starts from Thamel to Kakani and return to Thamel via Budanilkantha (30 kms.): E-mail us to know more.

Dhulikhel-Panauti: Starts from Thamel via Pashupatinath temple, following Arniko highway through mediaeval town of Bhaktapur, Dhulikhel, Namobuddha and Panauti (70 kms.). E-mail us to know more.

Sankhu-Nagarkot-Bhaktapur: Starts from Thamel via Pashupatinath temple and Boudhanath Stupa via medieval town of Sankhu to Nagarkot and return through Changunarayan and Bhaktapur to Kathmandu (45 kms.): E-mail us to know more.  

Tribhuvan Rajpath: Starts from Kathmandu to Hetauda, the first highway to connect Kathamdu with the rest of world (85 kms.): E-mail us to know more.

Hetauda to Narayangarh: About 40 kms to link with Royal Chitwan National Park: E-mail us to know more.

Pokhara-Sarangkot-Naudanda: Starts from Lakeside to Naudanda via Sarangkot hill and return to Pokhara through Baglung highway (35 kms.): E-mail us to know more.