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If you like whitewater rafting, Nepal offers you plenty of thrills and spills - sometimes more than you can handle.
Nepal is regarded as one of the best destinations for rafting and kayaking. Most of its rivers originate from the Himalayas or beyond, in the Tibetan plateau, and provide exciting steep descents with continuous rapids.
For the less adventurous, there are slower, big-volume rivers which are no less interesting. Rafting trips can last anything from a couple of hours to lengthy eight to nine-day expeditions that include camping and some trekking.
Here are some of the popular rafting rivers:
Trisuli
One of the easier rivers to raft (mostly Grade Two and Three rapids), the Trisuli is popular because it is easily accessible from Kathmandu. It suffers from a bit of pollution, and you will constantly be serenaded by the honking of buses and trucks speeding along the Prithvi Highway running parallel to the river.
The river takes on a more aggressive nature during the monsoon period (May to October) when the water volume increases by more than 100 times. Good for day as well as overnight trips.
Bhote Koshi
The steepest river in Nepal for rafting, with steep and continuous rapids, most of them Grade Three and Four. Also easily accessible from Kathmandu along the highway to Tibet, Bhote Koshi offers trips that mostly begin at the two resorts near the Nepal-China border. Also good for a one-day or two-day trip.
Seti
This river is good for the inexperienced and those with families because the rapids are mostly Grade Two and Three and the water is warm. Again, this changes during the monsoon months, when the volume increases and rapids move a grade higher. The starting point is along the main Kathmandu-Pokhara Highway.
Marsyangdi
This is called the Raging River for a reason. The river is steep and there are continuous rapids. Only companies with experience on the Marsyangdi should be considered. Most trips take two days.
Kali Gandaki
This is one of the best rivers to raft because of the scenery, villages and culture along the way. The rapids are technical and continuous, which can be fun and exciting during medium flows, and difficult during high flows. Three-day trips are the norm.
Karnali
This is Nepal’s longest river, and the rafting trip brings you through some of the most beautiful river gorges and jungle scenery in the western part of the country. Most trips take between seven and 10 days.
Other popular rivers for rafting are the Sun Koshi, Tamur, Arun and Bheri Rivers.
 A camp site in a rafting trip looks like this
 Supplies for the rafting trip, Some rafting package last 10-15 days. It includes rafting, camping and hiking too
 Tackling with the Rapids
 A lovely morning and a beginning of a new day with lots of Rapids and Rocks ahead
 Rafts can be used to provide temporary shelter from the sun, rain and the wind too
Tourist discussing about the Rapids they faced and the Rapids that is still to come ahead
Tourist preparing to tackle with the Rapids (beginning of a new journey)
These Nepalese trucks carry the rafts and the supplies to the starting point
Rafting (white water rafting); The water is cold as it is originated from the Himalayas
The views makes Nepal one of the best place for rafting
Photos and Article: From various internet sources
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