CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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374 km from Kathmandu to Kathmandu, about 6 h 25 of riding. It goes by way of Chitwan National Park and back through Chitwan National Park. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,050 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
It is a place that overwhelms at first, with narrow lanes, shrines on every corner, motorbikes and tuk-tuks, and the smell of incense, diesel and frying dough. On a clear morning, snow peaks appear to the north, a surprise after the haze.
Read the complete Kathmandu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Kathmandu is where the day begins. Next is Chitwan National Park.
Chitwan is the lowland end of Nepal, a flat, hot and green country of river and forest that feels like a different nation from the mountains. The park, set up in 1973 as Nepal's first, lies along the Rapti and Narayani rivers in the Terai, and UNESCO listed it in 1984. It is a home for the greater one-horned rhinoceros, once close to extinction here, whose numbers have recovered thanks to strict protection, as well as Bengal tigers, gharial crocodiles with their long narrow snouts, sloth bears and hundreds of bird species.
Read the complete Chitwan National Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Chitwan National Park comes up 68 km in.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chitwan National Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
136 km in you reach Chitwan National Park. Next is back through Chitwan National Park.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Chitwan National Park write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Chitwan National Park, late in the day. Next is Kathmandu.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kathmandu write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Kathmandu. That is the ride.
Kathmandu → Chitwan National Park is 136 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Chitwan National Park → Kathmandu is 136 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.