River rafting in Nepal is usually a wilderness experience. Running through the terrain, North to south, are the countries’ major river Trasuli, Sunkoshi, Seti, Beri, Karnali, Bhotekoshi, & Kaligandaki, many of which rise from the glacier of the highest mountain in the world and the mysterious plateau of Tibet.
Nepal is a river runner's paradise. A country with a variety of scenic beauty possibly not surpassed in any other part of the world. With warm rivers a semitropical climate, impressive geography, exotic cultures, wildlife and friendly, welcoming people all in magnificent mountain surroundings.
WHITE WATER RAFTING IN NEPAL
There are 14 peaks above 8000 m. in the world among which eight are located in Nepal. It is situated in the lap of Mt. Everest, 8848 and is the motherland of Lord Buddha. There are plenty of rivers to complete your imagination; some of them are just for advance kayaker, many of them for intermediate kayaker/rafter, some for filming group and beginners. You are kindly requested to inform us if you want to paddle in kayak or raft, Nepal Mountain Lovers has long experience on Himalayan Rivers of Nepal, some rivers are in the remote areas of Nepal where you are to have a few days trek. The Rainbow Adventure loves to fulfill your dream in the Nepal as for your selection.
River Grades
Grade I Float-water, (little current)
Grade II Bubbling current (small rapid)
Grade III Teaching & Exciting (needs trained guide)
Grade IV Seriously big rapids
Grade V The hair-raising limit!
Grade VI Not able to run
What to Bring?
A few T-shirts, a pair of shorts, a towel, a pair of sandals or strong laced up shoes, water bottle, torch light, sunglasses, personal toiletries and sun cream.
What is Included?
All Rafting equipment with guide, meals while you are on the river, accommodation in a two person tent, all necessary fees, round trip transportation by bus and river permit.
Equipments:
Basically follow the suggestions allocated to the lonely planet guide book providing you with high quality equipment such as a self bailing raft, American Cup life jackets, white water helmets, Carlisle paddles, rescue kayaks, 100 percent water proof barrels, dry bags, two person tents, sleeping bags & mattress etc.
Food:
we are always conscious of serving hygienic food on the trips. Our chefs are knowledgeable in Nepalese and international cuisines. The vegetables are iodine treated. We provide tin packed and fresh food.
The Guide:
All our guides are skilled outdoors men, superb chefs and great companions. Our guides are trained at international standards and have spent several years rowing for leading raft companies.
After Three and half-hour drive from Kathmandu this is definitely the wildest sort of rafting trip in Nepal. This is a great "Warm up" towards the Tibetan border to raft continuous white water. Here we can meet several exciting and thrilling rapids.The Bhote Kosi is known as the River from Tibet
Kali Gandaki is a very beautiful place for river rafting. Therefore, many tourists are really interested to go there do to do so very often. The natural scenery around this section is really fantastic and unspoiled, as the water flows through narrow gorges; rafters get an opportunity to see exotic
Nepal's longest river, the Karnali springs from the base of Mt.Kalish in Tibet, the center of the universe for both Buddhist and Hindu religions. Flowing south into Nepal it forms the major drainage system of the western districts. The Karnali is one of the finest BIG volume river trips in the world
The "raging river", drains the northern slope of the Annapurna mountains. It was only opened to rafting in 1996 and yields some of the most exciting class iv-v white water in Nepal. This river demands 100% commitment from both crew and guide. It is totally different from the big volume
Seti (the White River in Nepal blong forrm Annapurna himalayan range) is a really unique, pleasant and picturesque river passing through two beautiful and contrasting scenic areas. Relatively small volume, blue and warm water makes Seti a perfect rafting for beginners, intermediate and family.
Sunkoshi River is considered to be a little hard river for Rafting, as there are smoothly sloping hills lies to the downstream. But it is one of the rich area for visit in terms of its variety of natural beauty along the river and peace and calm area made up of formation of rock to the entire trip.
Rafting on the Trishuli River is an excellent opportunity to observe the diversity of demography, landscapes, and cultural heritage and the flora and fauna. You can experience the thrills of white-water on the course of three days trip. This can be degraded as per your interest and time. The Trishuli River is the most easily accessible from Kathmandu, Pokhara and Royal Chitwan National Park by
