Karnali(The wild west river)

The Karnali river is largest and longest river of Nepal. On the river, a series of challenging class IV to V rapids takes you through narrow canyons and dense forest full of diverse flora and fauna. The river winds through some magnificent un-spoilt scenery, eventually emerging onto the plains flowing through the Bardia National Park to join the Ganges. You can combine your Karnali river rafting adventure with a Jungle safari trip and maybe spot some of the park’s one-horned rhinos and elusive tigers.The Karnali is more constrained by its canyon walls giving bigger more continuous and serious rapids. This constrained nature of the river means that any increase in volume has a more pronounced effect on the difficulty of the rapid and this makes it a river that is best run at low and medium flows – in higher water the Karnali is a serious commitment.

From Kathmandu to Kalyandada via Birendranagar involves a one hour flight on additional cost, then a 2 hour bus journey). From Kalyandada there is a 2 hour trek to Kareleghat, the starting point for rafting on Karnali river. Porters transport all the rafting equipment and other necessities for the river trip. The 180km river action takes between 6 to 7 days. We will provide the Bus transportation from the rafting ending point of Karnali river rafting at Chisapani to either Nepalgunj, Pokhara or Kathmandu.

TRIP FACTS :
> Trip length: 09 Days
> Trip Grade: Class IV+
> River distance: 180KM
> Raftng starting point: Kareleghat
> Rafting ending point: Chisapani
> Trip Starts and ends at: Kathmandu
> Best season: Spring and fall
> Accommodation: Hotels in Cities and Camping during rafting.