Nepal has four chief river systems with more than two hundred fifty considerable branches. The major rivers are:- The Sapta Kosi in eastern Nepal, the Narayani in central Nepal, the Karnali in the western Nepal and the Mahakali in remote western Nepal
Nepal has four chief river systems with more than two hundred fifty considerable branches. The major rivers are:- The Sapta Kosi in eastern Nepal, the Narayani in central Nepal, the Karnali in the western Nepal and the Mahakali in remote western Nepal. Arun River belongs to Koshi river system that flows in Eastern Nepal. The easiest way to go is to fly to Tumlingtar. Alternatively one can drive for one&half days and then trek for three days. Besides being the only Hindu country in the world with all the myths and mysterious characters. Nepal has more than one hundred different languages speaking people belonging to various cultural groups. We will see three different ethnic groups of people for the period of rafting. Great rapids and remote location makes Arun the best river to run. The fantastic white water rafting trip in Nepal is all a part of adventure.
After an hour’s flight from Kathmandu, Tumlingtar in eastern Nepal is reached. Since the Tumlingtar flight is usually in the afternoon, camp is set up at Tumlingtar itself. The afternoon can be spent visiting the little village with its tiny teashops and airstrip. A briefing for the next day’s adventure follows.
Breakfast at 8: 30 am is followed by a trek to Sabiya Khola that takes about two hours at a leisurely pace. Briefing for the next day’s schedule follows. On this day all equipment for the trip is arranged in preparation for the river trip the next day.
An early breakfast and by 9:30 am, it is time to hit the water. Most of the day, the river is quite smooth except for encounters with little rapids of Class III/IV.
This day brings more challenges than the previous one. Quite a number of rapids are encountered one after the other. The first is a left-bend rapid, before the suspension bridge at Ranighat. A number of rapids follows and at the end of the day, it is time to halt and set up camp.
Compared to the previous days, today is pretty smooth and relaxed. The Arun River then merges with the Sun Koshi to form the collective Sapta Koshi, one of the major river systems of Nepal. Floating down the Sapta Kosi for about half an hour and the site of a temple in Bara Chettra, dedicated to lord Vishnu is reached. From here it’s another half-hour float to Chatara. The splendid river trip in eastern Nepal & drive or fly to Kathmandu from Biratnagar.
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