Rafting in Sunkoshi River

Gathering strength from tributaries draining the highest mountains in the world the white water on the Sun Kosi is Biblical, even expedition-size rafts disappear into the vastness of crashing waves and rolling, boiling water.

After the monsoon the river is high and wild, and definitely not for the faint-hearted. Whipped foamy white where narrow gorges constrict the river's flow the cataracts are long and powerful. The warm waters of the Sun Kosi surge, snake and wind for 270 km to the east of Nepal.

While the lower sections of large volume rivers are usually rather flat, the Sun Kosi reserves some of its biggest and best rapids for the last days. At the right flow it's an incredible combination of white water, scenery, villages, and truly quiet and introspective evenings on huge sandy beaches along what many people consider to be one of the world's 10 classic river journeys.

Itinerary
Day 01: Three hour's bus drives to Dolalghat and prepares for rafting. Camp at sandy beach.
Day 02: Run class 3 rapids and camp nearby Ratemate.
Day 03: Rafting about 4 hours with class 3 rapids and camp nearby Harkapur.
Day 04: Rafting about 4 ½ hours with class 4/5 rapids and camp nearby Harkapur.
Day 05: Rafting around 4 hours with class 4 rapids and camp near Rasuaghat.
Day 06: Rafting on whitewater class 4 rapids and camp on sandy beach.
Day 07: Raft about 4 hours through "Bigdipper" and camp below rapid.
Day 08: Rafting about 2 hours till Chatara. After lunch drive back to Kathmandu.
Day 09: Arrive Kathmandu.

Trips details