Samrat Nepal

Nepal is one of the best places in the world for rafting and kayaking. Surrounded by its mountain scenery and rivers shaped by them challenges white-water paddles. A series of the world’s most outstanding river journeys are found here, ranging from steep, adrift mountain streams to classic and big-volume wilderness expeditions. All these combinations of spectacular rivers, culture, heritage, and scenery make Nepal an obvious river runner’s destination.

Program

Charade - Filing 16 km 3 - 4 hrs. Put-in- point Charaudi is a highway village. Rafting start and passes through Majhimtar Village a km away. Immediately after this village the valley narrows becomes a gorge, and the rapid known as "S Bends' or "Ladies Delight' is on the left - Grade 3 +. Another 3 km through this gorge brings you to two rapids. The first (sometimes known as Gloria) is after a sharp left-hand bend - this is a straightforward Grade 3, with big waves then the next rapid is upset and this is infamous, and the most photographed rapid on your rafting trip. There is always a monstrous hole and a wave here that seem to dwarf a raft but it is an excellent spot for action photos. One km after "Upset' and immediately after a left-hand bend is "Surprise', a grade 4-. Rapid and arrive at Fishling village where you are going to camp.

After breakfast start your rafting for the following day: and then shortly afterward the river enters a deep awesome gorge, particularly spectacular early or late in the day when much of the chasm is in shadow but sunlight shines on vistas of distant hillsides. The gorge ends after about 2 km and the river then curves of distance from the highway and then another 2 km further brings you to Kurintar Village, and Kurintar is built on a bluff on the left bank. After Gurinder, the river again turns away from the highway and there is a dramatic landslip as the river curves around to the left. For several hundred meters high, the hillside has had its surface flesh stripped away to reveal the raw white bones of the underlying rocks. Drift by and marvel at the mighty forces that are uplifting these mountains and carving the valleys. After another kilometer, the river enters a gorge again - warning of another rapid around the corner named "S' or "M…F…' rapid. Two km on and a cable car cross the river and herald the approach to Mugling. The town is on the left, some 70 meters above the river, which curves around it at some distance. An elegant suspension bridge crosses just above the confluence of the Marsyangdi. "Pin Ball' rapid follows closely after the confluence, Grade 4-. Rafters' path zigzags steeply up the bank to the bridge and from here it is a 5-minute walk into town. "Pinball' is the last serious rapid on this river - from here on down it mainly grades 1 - 2 rapids only with one or two of the grade 3 in right conditions. The river is also more peaceful because the highway is high above the river for most of the time and another 8km to the campsite.