Sunkoshi River Rafting
| Sunkoshi is hard river for rafting. The smoothly sloping hills are typical of this interesting geological area of Nepal, rich colours and varied rock formations mark the entire length of our trip. We continue down the river where the valley varies in width from one half to one kilometer. |
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Itinerary in Detail |
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| Day 01. | Arrive at Kathmandu airport (1345meters). You will be met by our representative and transfer to hotel and a short brief about the trekking after refreshment |
| Day 02. | Flight to Tumlingtour, you will be met by our representative and transfer to hotel. |
| Day 03-16 | Rafting Early in the morning drive 3 hours to the SunKosi River. The gently sloping hills are typical of this interesting geological area of Nepals, rich colours and varied rock formations mark the entire length of our trip. We continue down the river where the valley varies in width from one half to one kilometer. As the canyon changes, the ridges begin to close in and the vegetation becomes thicker. We start our 5 days walktrek to Pelapu and Okhaldhunga, where we have our first glimpse of the Rowaling Himal and the Gauri Shanker. The mud houses, surrounded by paddy fields and the rhododendron forests create a fairy tale atmosphere. As we pass Pokharay we can see in a distance the Himalchuli and to the east the Kanchenjunga (3rd highest mountain in the world) and to the north Nuptse, Lhotse and Mt. Everest! Okhaldhunga is one of the main trade centers of middle Nepal and each Saturday thousands of people trek to town to sell and buy the goods at the bazaar. Our final trek camp will be close to the village of Manebhanjyang where we will have a good view of the route we completed several days ago. As we continue our rafting tour, already by boarding it's time to hang on: Just down river we run several large rapids rating 5-8! The next coming two days the rating is 3-5 as we enter tropical vegetation. The river narrows into a gorge lined by thick forest and beautiful waterfalls. It's photographers' paradise. The advantage of a long river trip is the number of interesting subjects encountered: the over 250 species of orchids and for almost 400 species of birds. |
| Day 17. | You will be picked in Biratnagar and Flight to Kathmandu. Flight from Biratnagar to Kathmandu, during the flight we can trace parts of the river we just covered |
| Day 18. | Full day sightseeing tour of kathmandu valley. |
| Day 19. | Shopping day in kathmandu and farewell dinner |
| Day 20. | Transfer to international airport for your final flight departure. |
