It's a 3 hours bus ride from Kathmandu.The Bhote Kosi is with out a doubt the most
action packed short white water run in Nepal.
The river drops steeply offering relentless stretches of class III-IV white
water. Boulder gardens, small
waterfalls, steep chutes and 90 degree bends are just some of the obstacles to
be overcome. Like the Marsyangdi, this river is not typical of the big volume
waters of the Himalayan, it is steep and technical and requires a reactive
crew.
The fun doesn’t stop there at the end of an action packed
day, relax in unspoiled surroundings on the beach.
DEPARTURE POINT Kathmandu
RIVER START POINT KM 95
RIVER FINISH POINT Lomasangu Dam
OUTWARD TRAVEL TIME 5
Hours
RIVER GRADEClass
III-IV
RETURN TRAVEL TIME 3 Hours
Itinerary
Day 01
Meet at the office as per time arranged by your expedition
leader at the pre-departure meeting. Then we travel by our private bus to the
river starting point of the trip. This is a spectacular drive through villages
and if weather permits, you will have fantastic mountain views i.e. Ganesh
Himal, Langtang etc. Upon arrival in the camp lunch will be served.After early lunch your expedition leader
will deliver a safety talk and provide all paddling gear for the trip. First
day rafting provides about three and half hour of pure white water. After a
long series of class 3 rapids we drop into the first class 4 drop known as
Gerbil In The Plumbing.From here there
is a stretch of class 3 whitewater and then we come to the crux of the day,
which is a long, technical rapid called 'Frog in a Blender'. After this rapid
we settle down for about twenty feet, and then it’s back into the soup with a
long series of class 3+/4- drops which lead us into a nifty little rapid called
Carnal Knowledge of a Deviant Nature.The remaining ten kilometers of river is a non-stop series of class 3
and 4 drops terminating into short pools with the next drop just a few feet
away.The river flows through a
beautiful narrow canyon with lush green vegetation and waterfalls coming in
from the steep stone walls.At the
bottom of this stretch is a rapid called ExLax.Just before we hit the village of Barabise we load all the boats onto
our bus and drive back to our camp, change your wet clothes, enjoy the scenery
and late evening have dinner and camp. hot drinks, rum punch, enjoy the scenery
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Day 02
Early morning, have hot drinks and breakfast then pack your
gears. You have the second chance to show how your raft team can work well
together in challenging rapids.We have
lunch on the river and continue the action until the take out point. We run the
top stretch again in the morning, though most people don’t recognize it the
second time through. Today instead of getting out at Barabise we continue on
down through the center of town and onto a short flat stretch. Upon reaching
the dam, the entire gradient of the last kilometer fulminates into fifty meters
of incredibly steep and technical rapid known as 'The Great Wall'.'The Great Wall’s one redeeming feature is
that there is a pool at the bottom, because right after the pool is an
incredible rapid called 'Liquid Bliss', which leads directly into a rapid
called 'Fake Right Go Left', which leads directly into another rapid called 'My
God, What To Do?'.The trip ends with a
bang on a long series of drops known as 'Dazed and Confused'.Without a doubt this is some of the finest
whitewater rafting to be had anywhere. Our trip ends by mid-noon. Once you get
their load up all the kits on bus, drive back to Ktm.
