"If you can dream it, you can do it!" (Walt Disney)

1000km Mountain Bike Expedition
Beijing - Lhasa - Kathmandu
incl. Qinghai-Tibet-Railway and Mt. Everest Base Camp

28 days, in
May 2010

Day 1 and 2 > Flight from Geneva via Doha to Beijing
Day 3 until 7 > Beijing (Bird's Nest, Great Wall, Forbidden City)
Day 8 and 9 > Journey on the highest railway in the world from Beijing via Xining and Golmud to Lhasa
Day 10 until 12 > Lhasa (Potala Palace, Drepung Monastery)
Day 13 until 26 > Mountain Bike-Expedition Lhasa - Yamdrok Tso - Gyantse - Shigatse - Rongbuk Monastery - EBC (5200m) - Tingri -
Nyalam - Zhangmu/Kodari - Kathmandu
Day 27 > Kathmandu (Boudhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur)
Day 28 > Return flight from Kathmandu via Doha to Zurich

starting at CHF 6390.- (Flight + Railway incl.)

TibetbyMTB.com is organized by the Swiss zigzag Travel GmbH. Together with our local partners we call us responsible for a diligent planning and the smooth flow of your journey.
Fascinated ourselves by the breathtaking scenery on the roof of the world and impressed by the vitality of the Tibetan people, we also want you to take part in that myth called Tibet.

Marc Huber, 1979, Zurich
Marc1.jpg As part of the Team Bikeventure 2002, Marc has already spent more than 3 months cycling through Tibet. Starting the 3394km long journey in Kathmandu, the four Swiss students passed by Lhasa and went on all across the Tibet autonomous region until Tongren in central China.
Marc is co-founder and owner of Swiss zigzag Travel GmbH and organizes trips from Lhasa to Kathmandu already since early 2005.
Martin Zwingli, 1982, Basel
Martin.jpg Martin is co-founder and owner of Swiss zigzag Travel GmbH. He has gained his first Tibet experience on a bike trip from Lhasa to Kathmandu together with Marc in spring 2005.
Martin will be guiding the tour in August/September 2008.
Anja Hochdörffer, 1969, Landau/Pfalz (Germany)
anja.jpg Anja travelled by bike around Mt. Kailash and has been trekking in Mt. Everest region where she is now managing her own lodge. She already guided our tour in May 2007. Together with Wolfgang, Anja will guide the group in September/October 2008.
Wolfgang Briegel, 1972, Ulm (Germany)
MTB_Tibet_07_423_2_120_80.jpg Wolfgang came along with us on our tour in May 2007. Together with Anja, he will guide the group in September/October 2008.
Simon Morger, 1981, Zurich
simon_2.jpg Simon travelled the Himalaya from Lhasa to Kathmandu for the first time in October 2005 and also guided our tour in September 2006. He is now already planning the next big challenge to Eastern Tibet and onwards to Kunming in China and further on to Hong Kong.
Stephan Ramseyer, 1978, St. Gallen
steph.jpg Stephan has also been a member of the Team Bikeventure 2002 and is therefore an experienced Tibet traveller. Additionally, in 2006 he worked for half a year in Beijing, the Chinese capital. Stephan has been our guide in October 2006.