Upper Mustang
Motorbike Tour

Land at Tribhuvan International Airport and your City Motorbike / Thrill On Motorbike representative will be waiting. Transfer to your selected hotel in Thamel. After settling in, we'll run a test ride so you're already familiar with your machine before the route begins. Briefing dinner with the guide: permits, gear check, route overview, and whatever questions you have. Tomorrow the real Nepal starts.

Early breakfast then we roll out of Kathmandu as the city wakes up. The Prithvi Highway through the mid-hills is one of Nepal's best all-day rides — river valleys, gorge sections, terraced hillsides. Arrive Pokhara by afternoon with the Annapurna range dominating the northern skyline. Tonight is for rest and anticipation.

We ride along the Kali Gandaki River through massive waterfalls and tropical gorge sections. Tarmac to Beni (~65km) then rough road begins — proper off-road through the Myagdi district. The Himalayan giants start emerging as you gain altitude: Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Nilgiri. Reach Kalopani at the start of the gorge. Overnight guesthouse.

Breakfast then ride through the core of the Kali Gandaki Gorge following the river northward. Explore Kagbeni village — a medieval fortress town at the Upper Mustang checkpoint. Permits are checked and stamped here; beyond this gate is the restricted zone. Enter Upper Mustang and ride to Shamar. The landscape transforms completely: arid, red-rock, Tibetan plateau. You're in another world.

The iconic day. Rocky trails through Chhusang (2,950m), Chele, and Syanbochen — passing ancient cave dwellings carved into vertical rock faces. The plateau opens up and then you see it: Lo-Manthang, the ancient walled capital, rising white from the plateau floor. Check into a local lodge inside the walls. Walk the narrow lanes of the last Tibetan kingdom in Nepal. Nothing prepares you for this moment.

Morning: explore Lo-Manthang's ancient monasteries, the royal palace, and the labyrinthine alleys of this 15th-century walled city. Afternoon: push north to Kora La at 4,600m — the Chinese/Tibet border. Few riders make it this far. Stand at the edge of Nepal and look into Tibet. Return to Lo-Manthang for a second night inside the walls.

Early start to explore the Chosar caves — thousands of years old, carved into cliff faces, some still containing ancient manuscripts and painted murals. Then south via the Ghami mani wall — one of the longest in Nepal, stretching across the plateau. Panoramic views of Nilgiri and Dhaulagiri. Reach Kagbeni by evening: a long day but one of the most culturally rich on the entire route.

Morning visit to Muktinath temple at 3,800m — sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, with its eternal natural gas flames and 108 waterspouts. Then a long descent through the gorge, passing Marpha's apple orchards and Tukuche village, to arrive at Tatopani and its famous natural hot springs. This is your recovery night — soak well, you've earned it.

A relaxed morning soak then ride back to Pokhara via Nepal's longest suspension bridge at Kusma — a dramatic crossing above a deep river gorge. Arrive Pokhara by early afternoon: free time to explore Lakeside, do laundry, buy souvenirs, or just sit by the lake and decompress from the altitude.

The final ride. Prithvi Highway south-east back to Kathmandu — you'll experience it completely differently than Day 1. Back in Thamel by late afternoon. Evening: farewell dinner at a good restaurant with the entire crew — guide, mechanic, team. Stories, laughs, and a well-deserved celebration of what you just pulled off.

Free time until your flight — last-minute shopping in Thamel, or just a slow morning coffee with the Himalayas on your mind. We'll drop you at Tribhuvan International Airport. Safe travels — and come back soon. The Everest circuit is waiting.