RAFTING
IN NEPAL
In
a country like Nepal, a river
trip is one of the best ways to
explore the cultural heritage,
ruggedly beautiful yet forbidden
places of the countryside. Nepal
offers fantastic opportunities
for white water rafting because
of its rough terrain. There are
numerous rivers in Nepal, which
offer excellent rafting from grade
1 to 5. Rivers are graded on the
basis of its ferocity of their
rapids. A trained professional
river guide leads the rafting
with full safety and camp equipment.
Religious rituals like cremation
of Hinduism and Buddhism, dense
vegetation and interesting wildlife
can be observed during this trip.
TRISHULI RIVER
The Trishuli is Nepal's most
popular rafting river; easy access
from Kathmandu and Pokhara, scenic
valleys and impressive gorges,
exhilarating rapids and easier
sections as well as the right
amount of time all make it the
perfect trip for first-time or
experienced rafters. Unfortunately,
its popularity means that the
river is crowded and the beaches
disturbed during the normal rafting
season. However, there is some
good news. During the monsoon
months the Trishuli changes character
completely as huge runoff s make
the river swell and shear like
an immense ribbon of churning
ocean. When the river is running
high and wild, there are hardly
any rafters around, and rafting
the Trishuli is, without a doubt,
the most exciting thing you can
do in Nepal during monsoon, and
quite possibly one of the best
two days big water rafting trips
offered anywhere.
BHOTEKOSHI
Drawing
amazing and mystifying power from
high in Bhot (Tibet) theriver
Bhote Koshi, tumbles into Nepal
through breathtaking valleys.
Glacier water from the 10th Highest
Mountain Shisa Pangma, carve a
steep and direct drop at the top
that gradually eases to more placid
streams and the calmer pool within
a 46-km run at the Lamosunga dam.
The rapids here are a solid class
IV- V at high flow, and a more
classic III at lower levels.
Continuous, challenging and action-packed,
the Bhote Kosi offers you nothing
less than the ride of a lifetime.
A stupendous setting, thrilling
drops, gorges and limestone formations,
welcome you into another dimension,
where your instinct becomes your
driving force, and your body your
best ally. Both experienced and
novice paddlers will agree this,
is the Ultimate Experience.
