Lower Mustang Royal Enfield Motorbike Tour

Looking for a new adventure, something to take your mind off the monotonous grind of everyday life? Nepal is an exotic land ripe with opportunities for adventure and exploration for trekkers, mountain climbers, and more. One such adventure awaits you on the Lower Mustang Royal Enfield Motorbike Tour!

On this tour, motor biking enthusiasts will have the chance to explore rarely seen villages and mountain valleys in the remote Mustang region of western Nepal. While visiting the villages, you may have the opportunity to interact with locals and share a meal. Besides that, you can enjoy spectacular Himalayan vistas and ride through the mind-blowing landscapes.

The tour will take bikers on a journey through some of Nepal's most spectacular landscapes as they scale through the region's hills, riverbanks, and valleys. While riding in Lower Mustang, bikers will have the chance to experience Thakali culture firsthand as they venture across this incredible mountain land. From March till May and July to September and early November to December is the best time of year to take this adventure.

The Lower Mustang Motorbiking Tour begins right after you arrive in Nepal. A motorbike tour is one of the best ways to explore the landscapes while taking in the scenery and exploring multiple places during the trip. What makes it even better is the flexibility of stopping the self-ridden motorbike at the place you feel like and enjoying the adventure to the fullest. 

We can say that Pokhara is one of the major gateways to enter the Annapurna region. Most of the trekkers begin their program from the Pokhara valley itself and so on this trip. You will take your ride to Tatopani, a place where hot springs are widely admired and enjoy the breathtaking scenery. Most of the people who travel to Tatopani, indulge themselves in bathing in the natural hot spring. Besides biking through villages to Tatopani while exploring all its beautiful places, bikers will encounter many cultural, natural and historic sites that are known to amaze with the experience of a lifetime. 

From Tatopani, you will take your bike to Marpha and Jomsom. In this area, the arid landscape of the region gradually begins to show up. From Jomsom, you can explore several attractions such as Dhumba Lake, Muktinath and Kagbeni village. You will ride your bike to the Kushma in the Parvat district. If you have any desire to dive into Nepal’s highest bungee jumping, then the place is Kushma which offers various rope activities. From Kushma, you will visit Ghandruk village. It is one of the beautiful Gurung villages popular for its organized planning and hospitality. Then you will return to Pokhara. After some leisure time in this beautiful Pokhara valley, you will ride your motorbike to Kathmandu and that marks the end of the Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour in Nepal. 

Lower Mustang Royal Enfield Motorbike Tour Facts

Why Lower Mustang Motorbike Tour?

The Lower Mustang Motorbike tour in Nepal is the most original and exciting motorcycle tour on offer in both the Himalayas and Nepal. It will take you on a journey to discover what makes this place so fascinating with lots of views, interesting stories, and jaw-dropping scenery.

The tour is designed for tourists from all over the world who want to experience this beautiful country through its culture, customs, traditions and landscapes. The Lower Mustang Motorbike tour in Nepal is the most original and exciting motorcycle tour on offer in both the Himalayas and Nepal. It will take you on a journey to discover what makes this place so fascinating with lots of views, interesting stories, and jaw-dropping scenery.

The tour is designed for tourists from all over the world who want to experience this beautiful country through its culture, customs, traditions and landscapes.

The Lower Mustang tour focuses on showing travellers the essence of the Himalayas and offers an alternative way of experiencing the country with a unique array of activities.

You will spend nine days driving on two-wheels, exploring this fascinating region through its history and culture, amazing beauty, astonishing valleys and stunning mountain views. The Lower Mustang Motorbike tour takes you to places that most tourists have never experienced, and always wanted to see.

The tour gives you the opportunity to discover a part of the world that is amazing, captivating and one of Nepal’s best-kept secrets. You will be driven by knowledgeable guides who are well-versed with the region and have an intimate knowledge of its culture, traditions, language and history.

The tour runs on an off-the-beaten-track where only adventurous travelers choose to go. Motorbiking in Nepal also enables you to witness the mindblowing vistas, spectacular Himalayas, and moreover a fun-filled and thrilling bike riding experience in the most beautiful landscapes of Nepal. 

Bandipur Village

A wonderfully maintained village crowning a towering ridge above the Dumre highway stop, the halfway point of the Prithvi highway that connects Kathmandu and Pokhara, Bandipur village is a living museum of Newari culture. This location, which is perched on hills, offers a magnificent view of the historically accurate antique cultural buildings. You can also savor the sight of some stunning mountains covered with snow.

It was one of the main stops for trade during the old times. The remote mountainous area became a commercial center during the 20th century. Until the Prithvi Highway was built around it in the 1960s, the town was a significant stop on the commerce route between India and Tibet. The Magars governed Bandipur for a very long time before the Newari people arrived and lived there. The most spectacular Siddha Cave, one of South Asia's biggest caverns, is accessible for tours. The town's cafes and restaurants' modern vintage aesthetic offers visitors a unique experience.

Lower Mustang

The Lower Mustang Region of Nepal is a place with incredible beauty and importance to history. This is where the Annapurna Himalayan Range, one of the world's highest mountain ranges, is spectacular. The region stretches along both banks of the Kali Gandaki River and lies just beyond the Tibetan Plateau frontier between Tibet and Nepal itself. Within this region are some of Nepal's most remote areas. 

Beautiful villages such as Kagbeni, Marpha, Jomsom, Muktinath and several other settlements lie in this area. This region has an unimaginable amount of potential for nature and culture explorers. With its ethnically diverse and peaceful people, it is a place of trekking, hiking and exploration of Buddhist culture. Although this is not a populated area by Nepali standards, most of the people living here are of Tibetan ancestry and Thakali and it is very common to hear many locals speak in a Thakali dialect. The main religions practised in Lower Mustang are Buddhism and Hinduism but there is still an amazing amount of local customs that have been passed down over the generations.

It is also one of the remote and well-explored areas of Nepal. It is a place of untouched cultures, beautiful vistas and diverse ethnic groups. Unlike the popular Everest region, which has evolved in recent years with new infrastructure and luxury trekking services, Mustang remains one of the last bastions of traditional adventure travel. However, with recent infrastructural developments, the place offers a wonderful biking experience. The road accessibility is in place and also there are numerous other options to reach the Mustang region. 

This region is characterized by dry scrubland and semi-arid plains due to its proximity to the Transhimlayan zone. The area is high altitude, mostly between 2500 and 5,000 meters above sea level. While the primary inhabitants of this place are said to be Thakali people whose roots are associated with Thak Khola, however, a diverse range of communities can be found in Lower Mustang. 

Marpha Village

The village of Marpha is situated in the Mustang District of northern Nepal at a height of 2,650 meters in the Kali Gandaki valley of the Annapurna Conservation Area. Marpha is a stunning example of the Nepalese culture's resilience. Although it has seen some disturbances due to natural calamities and the movement of people from outer territories, the people there have cozied up to the mountains and are building their lives with them. Tribalism runs deep in Nepalese society, so most villagers define their identity around what they live with-a forest or a river or a temple-and help each other preserve those things. So do the Thakalis from Thak Khola in Mustang.  

Nestled on the Tibetan border in the Annapurna range at an altitude of 2650 meters above sea level lies Marpha. Marpha is linked with a number of historical events. Prior to the mid-19th century, most people used to work in the salt trade with China, however, nowadays, tourism, mule breeding and animal husbandry are one of the key factors that Marpha's inhabitants look upon. 

The typical flat mud-roofed cottages in the area have neatly arranged heaps of firewood on top of them. Some of Marpha's distinguishing characteristics include its paved alleys, lengthy main street, and wooden carved windows.

One must agree that the village's name is appropriate, given its isolation and arid surroundings. The word 'Mar' stands for diligent work and 'pha' for inhabitants. The village is mostly inhabited by the legendary Thakalis, a clan that is both hardworking and resourceful. 

Kagbeni Village

You can get a glimpse of the native way of life of Nepalese people who live in the Himalayan region by visiting the rural community in Kagbeni village. The image of how people are still living in the rural setting apart and far from the city area is provided by thatched roof buildings packed from mud and stacked from stone, as well as the sound of a broom in the early morning hours. This village is one of the most beautiful places to explore in this area. 

The biking adventure is amazing with its perks of stopping at the places you want to. It is more beautiful as you can reach where the 4 wheeler motor vehicles are inaccessible and tough to drive. In this trip, you will be staying in Kagbeni and enjoy the local culture and traditions. Also explore the beautiful landscapes, the lifestyle of people and beautiful scenery in the surrounding.