Sun Koshi River Rafting – 09 Days

Trip Facts

Duration 09 Days
Activity Rafting
Meals Breakfast, Lunch Dinner
DIFFICULTY Moderate to Challenging
Trip Starts Kathmandu, Nepal
Trip Ends Kathmandu, Nepal

Overview

Sun Koshi River is the longest river offered in Nepal. Sun Koshi, “River of Gold” is considered one of the ten best rafting rivers in the world. The Sun Koshi flows eastwards in Nepal through the great valley between the Mahabharat Lek Mountains and the Himalaya. It forms the watershed for most of eastern Nepal and gathering strength from tributaries draining the highest mountains in the world it emerges onto the northern plains of India where it joins the Ganges.
 
In November, the flow at Dolalghat is about 100 cubics: lower down the river, through the big rapids of the ‘jungle Corridor’, it would be about 400 currents which is approx. 11,000 cfs-a typical low flow on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. At the take-out, at Chatra, the flow is a mighty 800 cubic- still only a fraction of monsoon levels!
 
Sun Koshi River Rafting starts from Dolalghat to ending point (Chautara) covers 270 km. It’s fully nice to meet some of remote village nestled on the laps of hills; Hindu temples and religious spots along the way make this trip really joyful.

Itinerary

Accommodation Camp at Kuhebhir.

Today we will drive towards Dolalghat, our rafting point at 8:00 am. We will reach at 11:30 am and will commence rafting after lunch.

Accommodation At tent in Pucharghat.

Today we will raft to Puchhighat against the thrashing rapids. It becomes easier to control the fast paced whitewater run. . Eventually, after hours of succumbing to unparalled rafting challenges, we arrive at our camp site in Pucharghat.

We will get more familiarized with the topology of the prudent river. Besides rendezvous with exhilarating scenic rapids, the breath-taking scenery and ethno-cultural heritages further add to the gravity of this sizzling trip. Consistently paddling through the swift waters, we and arrive at our splendid camp site in Dhani Ghat by the side of the roaring Sunkoshi.

We will raft towards Harkapur where the river trip meets a series of white water rapids with various intensities at regular intervals. We encounter an amazing boulder-strewn whitewater bonanza! On rafting towards Harkapur, we struggle against Class III rapids. The trip gets more challenging and intimidating as the torrential rapids upgrade to CLass V. The professional expertise of river guide coupled with extreme precaution and safety measures play key roles at this point.

We will face off the class IV rapids as we enter the confluence of the Dudhkoshi river. In comparison to Sun Koshi, the Dudh Koshi is much colder. After having maneuvered through awesome rapids like Rapid Punch, Juddy, High anxiety, Motorcycle, Harkapur 1, Harkapur 2 and Harkapur 3, we eventually reach Raighat, where we set a camp for the night.

We will raft and pass a suspension bridge and a huge eddy. The pulsating venture continues as we paddle ahead for more challenging white-water rafting. The combo of exotic wilderness and natural beauty remain our constant companions throughout this thrilling river trip. Our river guide provides us informative snippets from time to time. The day’s rafting trip concludes at Raswaghat.

Relishing the views of wild verdant vegetation, rock-strewn cliff and house-sized boulders alongside, we bounce and splash against the untamed river. Further ahead, we encounter continuous white-water rapids like “Rhino Rocks” and “Jungle Corridor”. Keeping our spirits elevated and biceps busy, we eventually arrive at our campsite in Riverghat.

As the untamed river cuts against the rocky banks, crash into rocks and crevices breaking into foaming white water rapids, we position the raft securely abiding the instructions of our river guide. Enjoying the stunning scenery, we paddle through the narrow canyons and furious rapids like “Chamereghat” and “Darsandhungat” until we arrive at Ranitar.

On this day we will finish our trip and return back to Kathmandu.

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