1 – 3 days, Class 3+

The Trishuli is an ideal river for those looking for a short trip without the challenge of huge rapids, but with beautiful scenery and a relatively peaceful environment. First timers can also enjoy this river. The point for the Trishuli River is Chauraundi or Fishing  located just 3 to 3.5 hours west of Kathmandu making it an excellent choice for short trips, or for clients en route to Pokhara or Chitwan National Park.

Rafting in Nepal

Nepal has earned the reputation as one of the best destinations in the world for white water rafting. Nepal’s thundering rivers, coming from the glaciers of the mighty Himalaya, provide unmatched thrills for rafting and immersing oneself in the landscape. A rafting trip is bound to be the highlight of your stay in the country. Besides the spectacular rivers, the superb mountain scenery and a rich cultural heritage are the added benefits for the tourists. No other country has such a choice of trips on wild rivers with warm water, a sub tropical climate and huge white –sand beaches ideal for camping.

Rafting along Nepal’s mountain rivers has become increasingly popular and Nepal has become almost as well-known for its Whitewater rafting as for its trekking. In fact, many of the adventure trips to Nepal now combine a trek with a rafting expedition, and a visit to wildlife at Chitwan National Park. It is also interesting to note that rafting on a commercial scale was unknown in Nepal till 1978. The rafting trips mainly take place on the Sun Kosi, the Trisuli and the Kali Gandaki rivers. Rafting in two of Nepal’s far western rivers – Kamali and Bheri has recently been introduced. It is expected that few more rivers will also be opened for rafting soon.

Our agency shall organize your rafting tour, which generally last from about three to nine days and there are between7 to 17 people on each trip. Each raft will have an experienced helmsman, to ensure you stay upright through the tricky bits.

The rafting season follows the trekking season very closely. As with trekking the monsoon is unsuitable. It’s cloudy, damp and miserable and the rivers are often too high. In October, with the close of the monsoon conditions are at their best. The weather is clear, the harvests are on and the rivers are running well with run-off from the monsoon. Winter can, as for trekking a bit chilly but that doesn’t stop the rafting enthusiasts. With spring it is warmer and melting snow from the high peaks again provides good river conditions. Most of the raft able rivers are quite low in altitude as they range from 500 to 1000 m. During summer (May-June) just before the monsoon it could get quite hot at this altitude you can raft.