White water rafting is a special venture in the river on an inflatable rubber boat. A river trips in usually an adventure but not always. The most thrilling, exciting and exotic river trips in Nepal can be arranged with a registered rafting agency only. You have to choose river trips lasting 1 to 12 days on some of the best and exciting rivers in Nepal. These wild rivers rising from the hidden plateau of Tibet cu deep down the rugged sloppy mid-hills of Nepal and then finally meander across the Indian Plain to join the holy waters of the River Gangs. In a country like Nepal, a river trip is one of the best nobles always to explore a typical cross section of the country's natural as well as Ethan cultural heritage.

Whether it's just the two of you for a romantic escape or perhaps. A group of friends outing, this action packed jaunt to the foothills will surely become a favorite outing sport of yours for many years to come. The river flows and passes through some of the most beautiful canyons, ethnic villages and landscapes of Nepal.

The trips offer full spectrum of wilderness river experiences from the gently flowing stretches to the loud roaring wild and wet rapids. All guides are highly trained and qualified in the aquatic sport for white water river rafting.

POPLAR RIVERS RAFTING IN NEPAL

ARUN RIVER RAFTING 6 DAYS

Nepal has four major river systems with more than two hundred fifty sizeable tributaries. The major rivers are the Sapta Kosi in extremely eastern part of Nepal the Narayani in central the Karnali in west and Mahakali is far western part of Nepal. Arun is one of the mighty tributary of Sapta Koshi.

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Location: Nepal.
Departure point: Kathmandu.
Put-in-Point: Katikeghat.
Take-out-Point: Bara Chhetra, Chattara.
Best season: Nov-April.
Distance: Approximately 84 kms.
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OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: Kathmandu –Tumlingtar –Katikeghat.

Day 02: Katikeghat –Savaya Khola:

Day 03: Savaya Khola – Megan Besi

Day 04: Today is the more challenging then the previous days. We come across quite a number of rapids one after another. The first encounter is a left –bend rapid, just before the suspension bridge at Ranighat. A numbers of rapids follow after this, continue one after another and we finally camp nearby blithe rapid.

Day 05: today, pretty smooth and relaxed compared to last previous days. Now Arun River merges with Sunkosi to form in to a confluence of Saptakosi, one of the major rivers of Nepal, which further flows to merge with the famous Gange in India. Float along Saptakosi for another half an hour and we reach the site of Bara Chhetra a famous Hindu temple dedicated to lord Vishnu. From here, we continue float for another hour to Chatara, the final destination of rafting and meeting our transport for Kathmandu.

Day 06: After long 13/14 hours driving, we arrived in Kathmandu. 0r Option Biratnagar- Kathmandu.

MARSYANDHI RIVER RAFTING 3 DAYS
The Marsyangdi River is one of the most outstanding grade IV Kayaking Rivers in the world. Continuous, exhilarating white-water with magnificent mountain backdrops and drains the northern slope of the Annapurna Himal. It flows east through an arid valley around Manang and then swings south to join the Trisuli River at Mugling. Marsyangdi means ‘raging river’ in local dialect. It was opened to commercial rafting in 1996 and demands 100% Commitment from both crew and guide. It is totally different from the big volume rivers like Sun Kosi and Karnali, the rapids are technical and require a very different approach. Need 100% power and a good line, fast reactions from crew to get through this pinball machine and quickly forges raft crews of complete strangers into true teams.

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Location: Nepal.
Departure point: Kathmandu or Pokhara
Put-in-Point: Besishahar
Take-out-Point: Bimal Nadar
Outward travel: 5 ½ hours drive
Best season: Nov/Dec, March/April
Distance: Approximately 45 km
3 days: Kathmandu –Kathmandu

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OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: Kathmandu –Besishahar

Day 02: Besishahar –Tarkughat
This day begins with hot cup of tea or coffee, after breakfast we break campsite and starts on our expedition down on the Marsyangdi. We start straight away encountering the rapids, one after another. Rapids are not named but one rapid follows straight after another with lots of technical and fast maneuvering required but great fun. A beautiful blue and white-water glinting in the sunshine and looking back up river magnificent and constantly changing views of the Annapurna and Manslu ranges. We have packed lunch. After lunch we continue floating to Tarkughat. By the time we reach Tarkughat camp will be set, tea and biscuits will be serve on your arrival. Dinner will be prepared. Just before dinner enjoy your Rum punch.

Day 03: Tarkughat/Bimalnagar/Kathmandu or Pokhara

SETI RIVER RAFTING 2 DAYS

This is a really unique and pleasant picturesque river passing through two beautiful and contrasting scenic areas. Relatively small volume, blue and warm water, we strongly recommend this is a ‘warm up’ river for intermediate kayakers.

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Location: Nepal.
Departure from: Kathmandu or Pokhara.
Put-in-Point: Damauli.
Take-out-Point: Gaighat, Jugeri or Devghat
Outward travel: 5 hours from Kathmandu, 2 ½ hours from Pokhara
River Excursion: 2 nights 3 days
Best season: October - May

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OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: After traveling from Pokhara or Kathmandu we reached at Damauli, rafts are rigged and then we will set off down the Seti Khola. We spend all the time within its forested canyon. The reach vegetation we see is a remnant of the vast forested area, which once covered the middle hills of Nepal even now, we are objects of curiosity to the villagers. Traveling by rafts is a perfect way to view undisturbed wildlife and bird watching. When we stop for lunch we have time to explore, photographing, Swimming or relaxing. Later in afternoon we encounter a small but technical rapid of Sarangghat. The Sarangghat village is a colorful middle hills village of Gurungs and Magars, who are renowned for generations of service with the British and Indian Gurkha forces. Camp will set up bellow the village on the left bank of Seti River?

Day 02: Sarangghat – Ghumaune:
Same as your Trekking camping trips, you will be wake up with a cup of tea and soon you rise up breakfast will be serve. After breakfast you will be hiking up to the Dharampani village, a vantage Mountain View point of Sanbhanjyang, at an altitude of 1000 meters above the sea level, from where you can see almost the massif of Annapurna. Back & forth approximately 3½ hours. As you come back from your excursion trip, lunch will be serving at campsite and then set for your second day river expedition trip. The boats will be reloaded already. After lunch you will set off down in the river and floating approximately 1½ hours. Another beautiful scenic campsite will be set off just before the biggest rapid of Seti khola. Those who do not want to hike up, they can stay and roaming around tills the lunchtime.

Day 03: As usual you will be wake up with cup of tea, (packing should have to be done before you come to breakfast). Soon you leave the campsite you will encounter the last and technical grade III+ rapid of the Setikhola, then short after you enter the Trisuli River. Here the middle hills recede and the Terai plain opens in front of us. The topography gives away to sandstone and gavel deposited by antecedent rivers. You can reach Jugeri for lunch if trip continues to Devghat otherwise can be taking-out at Gaighat. After lunch if trip continues you will have an opportunity to visit the unique religious community of deveghat and each year draws thousands of pilgrims in the ashram to worship. It’s a Hindu shrine. At this point where the Kaligandaki joins with Trisuli, and further down with Narayani, continue to Ganga, Varnasi India.

SUNKOSHI RIVER RAFTING 9 DAYS

The Sunkoshi ‘River of gold’ has been rated as one of the top ten rafting trips in the world! It is also in the list of ‘must do while in Nepal’. The river rises in Tibet, and flows eastwards in Nepal through the great valley between the Mahabharat Lekh (hills) and the Himalaya. It forms the watershed for most eastern Nepal.

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Location: Nepal.
Departure point: Kathmandu
Put-in-Point: Dolalghat.
Take-out-Point: Chatara

Outward travel: 3 hours
Grade: IV - V
Best season: Oct – Dec, Mar - May
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OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: Kathmandu>Dolalghat>Roshi Khola. At 7 am morning meet in indicated place. Office –store baggage and finalize plans a quick breakfast then we leave for Dolalghat. Very fascinating drive, it will provides you a magnificent views of the Himalaya in clear weather. We should unload at Dolalghat, lunch will be served here and your expedition guide will give a full safety talk to you. As mentioned above the first two days is easy paddling. The first greater rapid is you are encountering a grade IV+ “Rotten Cave” where the Roshi Khola mixed up with Sunkoshi. Soon after we the rapid we will choose one of the campsite and unload the gears, pitch the tents, prepared the dinner and enjoy your first camping meal with Rum punch.

Day 02: Roshi Khola>Tamba Koshi confluence. Wake up with hot cup of tea, have breakfast, pack up the gears, fold the tents up, loaded and rolling down in the river. You will stop some where on the half way for lunch. Today you are encountering Meat Grinder grade IV+ rapid, it is fairly straight rundown the center avoiding holes left and right. A few meters below here the Tamba Koshi joins with Son Koshi, on the left bank of confluence there you find a beach which will be suit for camping. You will be following the camp routines same as previous night. Same as the other rivers this junction also being very important to local peoples and there is a Shiva temple overlooking the two rivers.

Day 03: Tamba Koshi confluence> Harkapur. As it is daily routines are begins, day follow with tea and etc. A few kilometers below Likhu joins with Sun koshi and continuing the rapids, starting with graded III+ ‘Pre-Anxiety’ and grade IV long ‘High Anxiety’ with a hole on the left halfway down and series of holes at the bottom, float a whole and then stop for camping.

Day 04: Harkapur> Rasuwaghat. Today we starts with several grade 3+ rapids then a quick stop at khurkot, just in case of if we need to buy some food stuffs or perhaps beer. And then be ready for big and interesting rapids ‘Harkapur 2nd and 3rd the hardest rapids on the trip, should be carefully scouted. The camping will be just below the rapids

Day 05: Rasuwaghat>Jaws Rapid. 5-6 km brings you to junction, where the Dudh Kosi joins with Sun Koshi from the left side. After this point river is widens into an arid area of gravel, and then getting some unnamed rapids and will teach you into another aptly named rapid ‘Jaws’ and then to Camp.

Day 06: Jaws rapid> Cascade team shower place. Today is the most exciting day out of the trip; we will encounter most of grade 4+ rapids named as “Rhino Rock” followed by “Jungle Corridor” a kilometer of continuous white-water and then to the camp, the waterfall makes a great spot for a team shower.

Day 07: These last few days is mainly wave trains if you are interested you can try Kayaks, where our experts will teach you the basic skills needed to maneuver the boats or learn the Eskimo roll.

Day 08: The last stretch of river which will brings you to the last one grade 4+ ‘Big Dipper’ Rapid, and a series of huge standing waves. A few kilometers later, the mighty Arun River enters from the left gorge and almost immediately after, the Tamur River also adds its water with and becomes as the Sapta Koshi “The seven Rivers”. The confluence is called tribenighat; it has an interesting temple to visit if we have time. Now the sapta Koshi is surges onwards, carving a way through its last obstacle of the foothills. 5 kilometers later on the left bank there is another larger Hindu Temple called Baraha Chhetra. On the day of full moon in January every year, thousands of Hindu pilgrims visited here to pay their homage to lord Vishnu. According to legend has it that, once a demon god inhabeted this area and troubled the holy men and pilgrims. Hearing of this, Lord Vishnu, preserver of the Universe, he decided to kill the demon, and taking the form of a pig for the purpose, he slated the demon in battle. The annual Barara festival is commemorates this victory and inside the Temple you will see a statue of Baraha, a pig-headed figure of Lord Vishnu. Back into the river and continue floating along the powerful current, and then rounding a corner there is a suspension bridge swoops high over the river and the are hills dramatically give a way to totally flat Terai and northern plains of India. This is the end of our classic and memorable river expedition trip here. Perhaps we will taking-out around 2 pm, and pack up the gears and ready for long 15 hours drive back to Kathmandu or any where else.

TRISHULI RIVER RAFTING 3 DAYS

Nepal is one of the best place in the world for rafting and kayaking. Surrounded by its mountain scenery and rivers shaped by them challenges for white-water paddles. A series of the world's most outstanding river journeys is found here, ranging from steep, adrift mountain streams to classic and big-volume wilderness expeditions.

OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: Charaudi - Filing 16 km 3 - 4 hrs. Put-in- point Charaudi it is a highway village. Rafting start and passing through Majhimtar Village a km a way. Immediately after this village the valley narrows, becomes a gorge, and the rapid known as "S Bends' or "Ladies Delight' is on the left - Grade 3 +. Another 3 km through this gorge brings you to two rapids. The first (sometimes known as Gloria) is after a sharp left hand bend - this is a straightforward Grade 3, with big waves then next rapid is upset and this is the infamous, and the most photographed rapid on your rafting trip. There is always a monstrous hole and a wave here that seem to dwarf a raft but it is an excellent spot for action photos. One km after "Upset' and immediately after a left hand bend is "Surprise', a grade 4-. Rapid and arrive to Fishling village where you are going to camp.

Day 02: Fishling - Panchkilo 26 km 6 hrs.
After breakfast starting your rafting for following day: and then shortly afterwards the river enters a deep awesome gorge, particularly spectacular early or late in the day, when much of the chasm is in shadow but sunlight shines on vistas of distant hillsides. The gorge ends after about 2 km and river then curves of distant from the highway and then another 2 km further brings you to Kurintar Village, and Kurintar is built on a bluff on the left bank. After kurintar the river again turns away from the highway and there is a dramatic landslip as river curves around to the left.

For several hundred meters high, the hillside has had its surface flesh stripped away to reveal the raw white bones of the underlying rocks. Drift by and marvel at the mighty forces that are uplifting these mountains and carving the valleys. After another kilometer the river enters a gorge again - warning of another rapid around the corner named as "S' or "M…F…'rapid. Two km on and a cable car cross the river and herald the approach to Mugling. The town is on the left, some 70 meters above the river, which curves around it at some distance. An elegant suspension bridge crosses just above the confluence of the Marsyangdi. "Pin Ball' rapid follows closely after the confluence, Grade 4-. Rafters' path zigzags steeply up the bank to the bridge and from here it is 5 minutes' walk into town. "Pinball' is the last serious rapid on this river - from here on down its mainly grade 1 - 2 rapids only with one or two of the grade 3 in right conditions. The river is also more peaceful because the highway is high above the river for most of the time and another 8km to campsite.

Day 03: trip is concluded and after breakfast Departure to Kathmandu or Chitwan as regarding to per programme

KALI GANDAKI RIVER RAFTING 3 DAYS

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Location: Nepal.
From: Beni 820m
Distance: 60 km 37miles
Days: 03 days
Best time  Mid Sep-Dec, Mar-May

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OUTLINE ITINERARY

Day 01: Drive to Bangluung by private bus and have a lunch. After lunch it is straight ino th grade 4 rapid little Brother followed quickly by big Brother. We camp at one of nature's five star sites wtih mind blowing views and dacning waterfalls

Day 02: Today is continuous grade 3 to 4 world-class white water with rapids like Rafter's Refund and Oar Breaker. Wave trains and holes abound early in the day so watch our it you don't want to flip! Adrenalin junkies knock yourself out but don't forget to keep glancing back upstream to catch views of the amazing Annapurnas. Once camped, the village of Seti Beni is just a short walk upstream and guarantees to delight with its stone flagged lanes and curious youngsters skylarking.

Day 03: As we continue downstream, the river cliffs narrow eerily above us and we enter a somber canyon glistening with wet black rocks. You experience what can only be seen from the water, so drink it all in as we drift towards our take out point.