Detailed Itinerary
Yak Ru Enduro 2024
Your real adventure begins the moment you land into the ancient city of Kathmandu. The Cacophony of sounds and bizarre and brilliant colors of the city transports you to medieval times while you acclimatise in this high country getting ready for the main race event held at even higher ground.
Absolute Arrival Day – 11 Nov 2021, Thursday
*Arrival airport transfer is only available on this day. If you need a pickup upon arrival on any other day, please arrange with us. ** various costs apply for the airport transfers depending on the hours of arrival.
11 November 2022 (Getting your feet wet day) – 1300 meters
Arrival in Kathmandu. Check into race official hotel. Get ready for a sensory treat of the sight, the sound, the food and real cultural immersion into this 17th-century old heritage town. Check your bike’s condition and load it onto a stationary transport truck for sending to Humde airport via road. We will need to send all heavier bags via road since the small aircraft has a severe weight limit. Each passenger is only allowed to carry 15KG of weight. You will reunite with your bike and luggage when you land in Humde on 14 November. You have to keep a set of warm clothing with you though.
12 November 2022 (Cultural Immersion day) – 1300 meters
Self-exploration of the Kathmandu valley’s innumerable world heritage sights such as Pashupati, Boudha, Patan, Bhaktapur, Swayambhu etc. and be back to the central accommodation for race briefing in the evening.
13 November 2022 – (Travel to Chame) – 2500 meters
An early morning 4WD drive leaves for Chame in Manang District. As the air gets thin here, we stop for the night and acclimatise and get ready for an acclimatisation ride to Ngawal the next morning.
14 November 2022 –(Acclimatization Ride to Ngawal)
Leaving the alpine lodge behind, We peddle to our race village at Ngawal. You will get first-hand experience of the altitude to complete the conditioning ride. Final race briefing in the evening.
15 November 2022 – (Race Day 1 – Milerapa+Julu+ WaterMill) – 4000 meters
Race day 1 will test your mettle and endurance to complete 2 longer liaison stages out of 3 special stages. The special stages consist of high speed, flowy singletracks with tight turns that are sure to test your skills. The Mind-boggling Himalayan views will compensate for your hard work to climb to the start of these stages.
16 November 2022 – (Race Day 2 – Sri Kharaka + Ngawal) – 4300 meters
The highest starting point of Yaku race is yet another challenge for the participants on race day 2. What follows afterwards is a sweet long descends to Yak Kharka via the pastures at the old ruins. A high-speed section that is not without its challenge of a few pedally sections to stay on top of the game.
17 November 2022 – (Race Day 3 – Ngawal long descents) – 4100 meters
An early morning hike-a-bike section brings you atop a monastery above the village of Ngawal. From there everything is downhill till you arrive at the valley of Humde. This is the day of super long gravity led descends. A fitting day to complete this high altitude enduro race.18 November 2022 – Social ride day (Ngawal to Taal) – 1900 meters
We can say for sure, and this is the highlight of the YakRu Enduro adventure trip to Nepal, at least that is what we hear from every past participant of this race. 80 odd kilometres of downhill riding via the old Round Annapurna hiking trail brings you to a quaint village of Tal where you reconnect and rejoice your conquest of “YakRu race.”
19 November 2022 – Travel back to KTM (4WD out) – 1300 meters
Your adventure is not over. Part of the fun and extensive experience is driving on the sturdy Mahindra 4-wheel trucks back to Kathmandu. Reach Kathmandu late afternoon and reconnect with the modern world. Farewell dinner somewhere in Kathmandu to catch up with everyone and celebrate.
20 November 2022 – Return journey day
Official program ends. Say “Bye-bye” to Good old Kathmandu or extend your trip to explore more of Nepal. Let us know if you would like to stay on and do other explorations.
when
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November 11-20, 2024 | 7:00 am
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where
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Annapurna Region, Manang
Nepal
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race route
about the
area
The Race Village at Ngawal is situated at 3700 meters above sea level.
Annapurna Conservation Area, Manang District, Nepal. The spectacular journey will start with an air drop from Kathmandu to remote airstrip at Humde (3500 meters).Immediately afterwards, you will do some acclimatization ride and complete a prologue stage. The hub of the event will be in Ngawal (4 night’s stay in Ngawal, before heading back down to Tal (1 night’s stay). Thereafter one full day of post-race celebration ride heads back to Tal (1 night’s stay) before transitioning to a vehicular transfer for the journey back to Kathmandu.
Yak Ru Enduro Race Area
40+KM
5-6
8
4300 m
timetable
race schedule
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| Nov 15. 21 | Nov 16. 21 | Nov 17. 21 | |
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| 7:00 am | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 8:00 am | Push to SS1 - Liaison | Push to SS4 - Liaison | Push to SS6- Liaison |
| 10:00 am | Start Race | Start Race | Start Race |
| 4:00 pm | End Race Day 1+ Podium | End Race Day 2 + Podium | End Race Day 3 + Award + Closing Ceremony |
| 7:00 | Race Briefing and Dinner | Race Briefing and Dinner | Briefing and Dinner |
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