Bagmati Province · Nepal
Tribhuvan Highway
NH41Naubise to Hetauda
Nepal’s oldest national highway climbs through the Mahabharata Range in a relentless series of hairpins to Daman, widely regarded as the finest Himalaya viewpoint in the country.
From Naubise west of Kathmandu the Rajpath ascends through dense forest in tight hairpins — 107 km of switchbacks for just 32 km as the crow flies. The crown is Daman at 2,322 m, with a full Himalayan panorama from Dhaulagiri to Kanchenjunga, before the long descent through the Siwalik Hills to Hetauda. Still one of Nepal’s toughest drives.
Scenery
Where it runs
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Character
More hairpins than 9 in 10 roads in the catalogue.
Elevation
under 4%4–8%over 8%461 – 2,490 mHazards
- narrow roads
- sharp bends
- steep descents
- landslides
- monsoon road damage
Sources: Road geometry © OpenStreetMap contributors
Nearby roads
The closest great drives to Tribhuvan Highway.
