Mustang Trip
Group size
- Minimum participants : 3
- Maximum participants : 3+
Physical / Technical Difficulty:
For the riders with a reasonable level of technical experience (knowledge of braking techniques on rough and rocky terrain, use of gears, and management of obstacles / hazards) though to the passionate who can t sleep without his bike....
MUSTANG TRIP “ LOOKING FOR THE YETI ” :
DAY 1 :
Arrive in Kathmandu, to be met at airport by the group leader
DAY 2 :Transfer to Pokhara by van
On the way we stop at Manakamana ( altitude 1600 meters ), the temple of goddess Manakamana who is believed to have the power to fulfil wishes…, we use cable-car to climb, and enjoy 2 technical downhill…
DAY 3 and 4
Ride in Pokhara valley; we will adjust the program with your feelings
This the place where we leave, its going to be a pleasure to show you our garden…
DAY 5
Flight to Jomsom for the start of the big Adventure…., first short ride to Kagbeni, acclimatising to altitude and it’s so beautiful that nobody will want to hurry
DAY 6
After climbing to Mukthinath (3500m), we continue our climb to reach a summit around 4200m and then a beautiful downhill waiting us, pure freeride in the Himalayas, we go down to reach Luppra valley, an isolated village
Sorry we will have to push the bike on the last meters of the climb
Night ion Eklebati (2800m)
Day 7:
From Eklebati ( 2800m ) we are going to climb another summit around 4200m with superb view on all Mustang, on the way we will pass some beautiful Tibetain village, the downhill is very smooth
Because of the altitude the last meters of the climb, we will have to push the bike
DAY 8:
From Eklebati we go down to Tukuche ( 2600m), on the way we will pass by Thinigaon lake, a sacred lake and Chingaon, a lost village with superb view on the Dalaugiri
Around 50 km, 2 climb of around 500 meters each and 2 really nice singletrack downhill.
DAY 9:
we will leave Tukuche by following the KAligandaki river on nice single track and then a hard climb (we will have to push few times and little carry) to reach a summit where we can see the ice fall of the Dalaugiri, altitude maxi 4500m, the downhill after is just superb, trough pine forest, we will sleep at Kobang (2500m).
DAY 10 :
From Kobang we will climb (again) to a small village called Sukung to enjoy another downhill in pine forest, then we will ride an easy trail, latter we will climb 600 meters to visit Taglung, a really isolated village where people look you like you come from Mars….
no single-track downhill for one time but the scenery is really beautiful
We will sleep in Dhana or TAtopani
around 40-50 km
DAY 11 :From Tatopani to Pokahara
The first part of the day is little bit technical with some step to ride….after we will for one time enjoy a jeep track to reach Beni where the van will be waiting us to go to Pokhara
Around 40 km-50 km
DAY 12
Rest day in Pokhara, check the bike and the body, chill out on the lake
DAY 13:
we can program an epic XC ride and make the valley rim in one day
around 80km or enjoy a downhill day by using van to pick us on the top…
DAY 14:
Flight Pokhara to Katmandu
The trip includes:
- Guides
- Full board (exempted drinks)
- All the taxes for visiting national park and monuments
- Flight ticket Pokhara - Jomsom and Pokhara - Ktm
Options :
Renting COMMENCAL full suspension bikes for all the trip cost 180 Euro
Information :
- Depending of your come-back flight time, the transfer to Ktm will be the day 13 afternoon or the day 14 morning
- Accommodation in Kathmandu and Pokhara will be equivalent to 2 stars hotel, shared basis (single supplement available). For the Jomsom trip, accommodation will be local guest house
- Food will be a balanced diet as recommended by sport dietician, and will include local and international dishes
- All transfer are by private mini-van
- In the event of unexpected circumstances or bad weather, P.M.C reserve the right to modify the program as required without notice