A 24 days Mountain Biking Adventure the world's highest mountain bike journey. This is a classic ride that has to be done...
This is an epic ride - one of most adventurous a biker can do. 80-90% of this ride is over 4000m above sea level. In 1100km you cross 5 passes over 5000m, a handful of 'small' passes over 4000m and you will ride the longest downhill in the world, dropping from 5050m in Tibet to 540m in Nepal over a little more than 150km! It is a real classic and to make your trip even more adventurous, even longer and even more challenging, we have decided to in-corporate a four day round trip away from the main Lhasa - Kathmandu road, to visit Rongbuk Monastery and the North Base Camp of Mt Everest.
Throughout the ride, your state of the art bicycles will be a source of great interest. As they will not have seen anything more sophisticated than their basic Chinese-made boneshakers, there are great opportunities to share laughs with local people!
We follow the main Lhasa to Kathmandu route as it runs westwards, parallel to the great Himalaya chain, which forms the border with the territories of Bhutan, Sikkim and Nepal. Throughout, the road traverses a high and dry plateau-land, which is punctuated by the spectacular monastery towns of Gyantse, Shigatse and Shegar, as well as several smaller settlements and nomadic Drogpa encampments.
On the detour away from the main route towards the Rongbuk Monastery, the road climbs through almost fifty hairpin bends to reach the Pang La, which affords splendid views of the Himalaya, and of Mt. Everest itself. Everest Base Camp is a 'not to be missed' inclusion to this ride. Standing before the exposed and shear North Face of Chomolungma [Mt. Everest] at Everest Base Camp (5500m/18044ft) is a memorable experience that few will ever forget. We will spend a night at Everest Base Camp before riding 70 km back out to the main Kathmandu route.
Back on the main road we reach the edge of the Tibetan Plateau as we cross the 5200 metre high Thang La, and begin a mind-blowing descent of 4500 metres, via the border town of Zhangmu, to the valley of the Sun Kosi River in Nepal. A final, easy day's cycling brings us back to civilisation in the form of Kathmandu.
Rajesh knows this route better than anyone, he has cycled Lhasa to Kathmandu 17 times and he is truly the most experienced guide you will ever have for this journey. Mads has 'only' cycled this route 5 times, but has taken tour groups three other times. Kim has taken many jeep tour groups from Lhasa to Kathmandu and is very knowledgeable about Tibetan history and culture!
This tour guarantees to be a high point [in more ways than one] in any mountain biker's life.
Brief Itinerary Day 01 Arrival in Kathmandu
Day 02 Sightseeing in Kathmandu
Day 03 Flight to Lhasa
Day 04 In Lhasa
Day 05 In Lhasa
Day 06 Lhasa Our First Day on the Bike
Day 07 Lhasa - Chutsu
Day 08 Chutsu - Namdrok Tso
Day 09 Namdrok Tso - Ralung
Day 10 Ralung - Gyantse
Day 11 Gyantse - Shigatse
Day 12 Sightseeing and Rest in Shigatse
Day 13 Shigatse - Tso La
Day 14 Tso La - Lhatse
Day 15 Lhatse - Shegar
Day 16 Shegar - Pangla
Day 17 Pang La - Rongbuk
Day 18 Rest and Exploration day at Rongbuk
Day 19 Rongbuk to Tingri
Day 20 Tingri - Thang La
Day 21 Negotiating Thang La
Day 22 Nyalam - Campsite in Nepal
Day 23 Campsite - Kathmandu
Day 24 Depart Kathmandu
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