This outstanding cycle ride, through Nepal’s well-known Kathmandu Valley is the best way to see as much of rural Nepal as possible.
Arriving into Kathmandu, you will cover approximately 300kms over the following 6 days. Biking around the valley offers a great way to escape the city and connect with the local people and landscape. You will make contact with centuries-old Buddhist culture, fresh mountain air, nature trails and of course the greatest range of snow-capped peaks in the world including Mt. Everest.
Leaving Nepal’s capital you head for Nagarjuna Forest, home to many ancient yogic caves before heading on to Shivapuri National Park. Here you can enjoy the serenity of Nagi Gompa Monastery, home to over 100 practicing Buddhist nuns. Further on in your journey your cultural adventure continues at Namo Buddha – the site of Buddha’s self-sacrifice.
Each day you can peddle at your own pace along some of the hidden trails to the rarely visited rural villages where you will see the warm smiles of locals living traditional and simple life.
Having completed the challenge, you will have the chance to explore the city of Kathmandu and its many temples and bazaars.
14 days | Nepal | Tough
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After breakfast, fly to Chitwan National Park then transfer to your Jungle Lodge by jeep. After a welcome drink there will be a brief orientation. Explore the jungle from the back of an elephant or take a jungle walk with a naturalist guide. Spend the evening enjoying a cultural show with dinner. (B,L,D)
Start the day with an elephant ride, bird watching tour or nature walk. After a few hours of activity you return to the lodge for breakfast and a rest. You can then continue your experience by watching elephants bathing from a dug-out canoe ride and more jungle activities. Overnight at resort. (B,L,D)
After another early morning wake-up call you will proceed into the jungle for the mornings’ activities – choose from bird watching, a nature walk or elephant ride. You then return to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast you will transfer to the airport to fly to Kathmandu. Overnight at Kathmandu hotel. (B,L,D)
This morning you transfer to Kathmandu Airport for your return flight back to the UK via Delhi, arriving back at London Heathrow in the early evening. (B)
Chitwan National Park is the oldest national park in Nepal situated in the subtropical inner Terai, lowlands of South-Central Nepal. The park was designated as a World Heritage Site in 1984. The park covers a pristine area with a unique ecosystem of significant value to the world. There are more than 43 species of mammals in the park and is especially renowned for the endangered one-horned rhinoceros, the tiger and the gharial crocodile along with many other common species such as gaur, wild elephant, four-horned antelope, striped hyena, pangolin, gangetic dolphin, monitor lizard and python. There are also over 450 species of birds in the park. Among the endangered birds are the Bengal florican, giant hornbill, lesser florican, black stork and white stork.
Day 13: Transfer to Chitwan
After breakfast, you will fly to Chitwan National Park. Upon arrival at Chitwan, you will be met by a lodge representative and transferred to your Jungle Lodge by jeep. After a welcome drink you will enjoy a brief orientation of the jungle and lodge. After lunch you will proceed into the jungle on elephant back or take a jungle walk with a naturalist guide. This evening you can relax at the bar or by the fire with slide shows or a Tharu Cultural Dance show followed by dinner. Overnight at Jungle Lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 14: Elephant Ride and Canoe Safari
After an early morning wake up call you can begin with an elephant ride, bird watching tour or a nature walk. After a few hours of activity you will return to the lodge for breakfast and a rest. You can then continue your experience by watching elephants bathing from a dug-out canoe ride and more jungle activities. Overnight at Jungle Lodge. (B,L,D)
Day 15: Bird watching and Elephant Ride
After another early morning wake-up call you will proceed into the jungle for the mornings’ activities; bird watching, nature walk or elephant ride. You then return to the lodge for breakfast. After breakfast you will transfer to the airport to fly to Kathmandu. Overnight hotel in Kathmandu. (B,L,D)
Day 16: Kathmandu
You will have a free day in Kathmandu before retruning to the airport for your return flight back to the UK via Bahrain, arriving back at London Heathrow the following morning.
Day 17 - Arrivel London (B)
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