Karnali Rafting

On the first day, you will get to gaze in the beautiful mountains, rivers, and terraced farms as you travel along the meandering roads. It's a warm and dry journey from Narayanghat to the flatlands of western Nepal's city of Butwal. You will travel on through acres of green and lushness, generally straight, to the Wild West. After a frantic and exhausting travel across the terrain, take pleasure in the temperate climate of the Inner Terai valley, Surkhet. Overnight stay in a camp

Difficult and bumpy drive through picturesque villages brings us to Dhungeshwor, our put in point. All the hotness and humidity will be forgotten of as you can’t help but be mesmerized by the sound of the monster.

After a comprehensive guidance on safety and a drill on paddling, we finally hit the water. The river starts easy as we get accustomed to our fellow raft members. During the afternoon, the descent becomes steeper and more exciting as we hit our very first rapids--Cotton Pony, Sweetness and Light--leading us to our evening campsite.

We start our day with the rapids Shake Rattle and Roll and Humans for Lunch. We stop at Jungleghat, a major city en route to Tibet, for a lovely cup of tea and lunch. Shortly after leaving the village, we run into the rapids Jail House and Inversion. Thereafter, we float down to Scorpion Beach to our camp. The camp is a forested canyon with waterfalls.

Today we take on the biggest whitewater of our trip. God house is undoubtedly the biggest and the meanest rapid of the trip. Running through the narrowest gorge on the river, this Class V rapid serves up a large wave before we hustle to the right to miss an enormous hole big enough to consume a bus. Thereafter, we continue downstream to the towering waves of Juicer, Flip and Strip, Snapshot, Freight Train, and the Red Rock Canyon. Finally, we reach our camping site near the gorgeous confluence of the Seti River--Seti Dovan.  

Rafting continues with excitement but with less steep flows and rapids as we reach to the calmer section which gives us time to relax and sunbathe, all the while admiring the pristine landscapes in the form of gorges and pristine jungles. Spotting wildlife adds to the fun. We pass by Bijura village before reaching our pleasant beach camp.

The river has broadened to a great extent as we gently float along at river speed. Racing with other rafts can be an entertaining sports in the process. A lot of fishermen and kayakers can be spotted as we float to Chisapani where a private bus will be waiting for us. On our way to Kathmandu, we will drive through the protected area of Bardia National Park.