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This northern Indian mountain state provides a fine network of enthralling mountain trails and highways connecting all towns and a substantial number of villages' which each other. Choose from some of our pre-panned bile tours or make up one of your own. Himalayan Discovery will provide the required camping equipment, trained staff, mountain guides and a support vehicle to make your biking tour in the Indian Western Himalayas a pleasurable and memorable one.
The landscape of Ladakh is a paradise for the ardent cyclist. Numerous trails crisscross this arid hi altitude cold desert region taking you through some of the most isolated villages and monasteries in the world. We visit the expansive vast Changthang plains where the nomadic Changpa shepherds live in Yak Skin tents tending their sheep amidst a landscape of shrub land. This is also the lake district of Ladakh known for its large lakes that attract numerous migratory rare avian species.
Himalayan Discovery have planned particular cycle expeditions and tours that are not taxing or strenuous but leave pleasant memories for you. All our biking trails in these beautiful hill regions have been finalised after exhaustive personal surveys of numerous exciting offbeat hill tracks. We take you biking through lush forest trails past extravagant wild flower strewn meadows and serene unspoiled lakes below towering snow clad mountains and visiting remote friendly and hospitable villages.
MOUNTAIN BIKING IN KUMAON HIMALAYAS
 DURATION: - 16 days
PERIOD: - Oct to April
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: - Moderate
RED TAPE: - No permission required.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: - Personal Biking gear, clothing
DAY 01: ARR.DELHI:
DAY 02: DELHI CORBETT
DAY 03: CORBETT
DAY 04: CORBETT NAINITAL (6350 Feet)
DAY 05: NAINITAL RANIKHET (6000 feet)
DAY 06: RANIKHET ALMORA (5400 feet)
DAY 07: ALMORA BINSAR (7912 feet)
 DAY 08: BINSAR
DAY 09: BINSAR- BAGESHWAR (3060 feet)
DAY 10: BAGESHWAR CHAKORI (6000 feet)
DAY 11: CHAKORI GANGOLIHAT
DAY 12: GANGOLIHAT RAMESHWAR (2560 feet)
DAY 13: RAMESHWAR PANUANAULA (6500 feet)
DAY 14: PANUANAULA ALMORA (5400 feet)
DAY 15: ALMORA DELHI
DAY 16: DEP DELHI
MOUNTAIN BIKING- MANALI TO LADAKH
ACROSS THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
 This scenic and picturesque landscape of Ladakh is among the most breathtaking in the World. Your bike tour starts among the lush green and alpine meadows of the Kullu valley and then crosses the Main Himalayan Ranges to the fabled lands of Lahoul and Ladakh. Over the next few days you will drive through breathtaking high altitude desert plateaus; High Mountain passes; remote mountain villages and visit splendid Buddhist monasteries. You will see exotic lakes that are the summer camping grounds of Tibetan nomads, the Changpas and migrating herds of Kiangs (wild ass). As a climax to the entire trip, you will cross over the famous Khardung La pass, which is the highest motorable road in the world at 18,000 feet.
DURATION :- 17 Days
ACTUAL BIKING: - 12 Days
PERIOD :- July to September.
 DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: - Strenuous
RED TAPE: - Permission required; ME will obtain for you (min 4 pax)
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: - Personal biking equipment and sleeping bag.
HIGHEST ALTITUDE :- Khardung -La 18,000 ft.
DAY 01: ARR DELHI and transfer to the hotel.
DAY 02: DELHI - MANALI BY BUS OR TAXI.
DAY 03: MANALI - GRAMPHOO ON BIKE.
DAY 04: GRAMPHOO - KEYLONG ON BIKE.
DAY 05: KEYLOMG - JISPA ON BIKE.
DAY 06: JISPA - SARCHU ON BIKE.
DAY 07: SARCHU - PANG ON BIKE.
DAY 08: PANG - RUMTSE ON BIKE OVER TANGLANG- LA.
DAY 09: RUMTSE - LEH ON BIKE.
 DAY 10: LEH LOOK AROUND.
DAY 11: LEH - KHARDUNG-LA ON BIKE
DAY 12: KHARDUNG - DISKIT ON BIKE.
DAY 13: DISKIT - PANAMIK ON BIKE.
DAY 14: PANAMIK- KHARDUNG - LA ON BIKE.
DAY 15: KHARDUNG - LEH ON BIKE.
DAY 16: LEH - DELHI BY AIR.
DAY 17: DEPART DELHI
MOUNTAIN BIKING - SANGLA AND SPITI VALLEY
Recently opened to tourists, Spiti could be called "Little Tibet" because it has almost the same terrain, vegetarian and climate. It is also called "Middle Country" as it lies between Tibet, Ladakh, Lahoul and Hindu country of Kulu-Manali . The beautiful Valleys and high plateaus of Spiti offer very interesting biking with stupendous views of high snow covered mountains and glittering glaciers. There are many important Gompas in the valley like Ki, Thagyud, Kungri, Dhankar and Tabo, which celebrated its millenium recently, which was presided over by his Holiness Dalai Lama.
 DURATION: - 16 Days
ACTUAL BIKING: - 11 Days
PERIOD: - Jul Oct
DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY: - Strenuous
RED TAPE: - Permission required; ME will obtain for you (min 4 pox)
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT: - Personal biking equipment and sleeping bag.
HIGHEST ALTITUDE: - Rohtang Pass La 13,800 ft.
DAY 01: ARR, DELHI AND TRANSFER TO THE HOTEL.
DAY 02: DELHI CHAIL
DAY 03: CHAIL NARKANDA
DAY 04: NARKANDA RAMPUR
DAY 05: RAMPUR SARAHAN
DAY 06: SARAHAN SANGLA
 DAY 07: SANGLA NAKO LAKE
DAY 08: NAKO LAKE TABO MONASTERY
DAY 09: TABO DANKAR KAZA
DAY 10: KAZA KI KIBBER MONASTERY KAZA
DAY 11: KAZA- LOSAR
DAY 12: LOSAR CHATTRU
DAY 13: CHATTRU MANALI
DAY 14: MANALI
DAY 15: MANALI DELHI
DAY 16: DEPART- DELHI
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