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Kaligandaki river ( 3 days)
Named after the Hindu goddess of Destruction and magic, Kali, Kaligandaki river is a spot to rafting for professionals and amateurs. The 55 Km long rafting trip will take about 3 days. The average grade of this rafting river is about +4 class. One can join in the Kaligandaki river rafting en-route to their Annapurna circuit trek or biking trip from Jomsom to Beni or bike back to Pokhara after the end of the trip.
The best part about rafting in this river is that you will pass through the world’s deepest gorge the Kaligandaki gorge during the rafting trail. You will also get to enjoy the majestic sceneries of the Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri mountain range. The beauty of the pristine jungles, sandy beaches, ancient villages, challenging rapids and the deep gorges will leave you mesmerized.
The start and the end point of this rafting trip is in Pokhara, so you can also incorporate this rafting trip in your Pokhara itinerary. If you are looking for a short to medium length, challenging but not, too difficult and technical rafting experience like Bhotekoshi and Marshyangdi river, Kaligandaki river rafting will be perfect for you.
Nepal one tours and travels organizes a well planned and organized 3 day Kaligandaki rafting trip from Pokhara. Considered one of the best in Nepal, we will provide you with the interantional standard certified rafting guides and top of the range gears to play with. check out the brief itinerary of our offered standard rafitng trip in Kaligandaki river:
Itinerary
After enjoying the delicious breakfast in your hotel in Pokhara, we will drive to our put in point Nayapul. This will be a fairly four hours of drive. From there we will have a few hours trek to our rafting spot Modi Khola. We wil camp by the riverbank and stay there for the night, surrounded by the beautiful sceneries.
Before beginning our rafting journey our guide will give briefing on safety measures, possible hurdles, river introductions, guidelines and tips to follow. After that we will start rafting down to our destiantion Purtighat. Paddling along the exciting rapids, we will get to view the spectacular Annapurna series and Mt. Himchuli.
We will stop for lunch and continue our journey to Purtighat. Our camp will be set up in the river bank for the night.
Recharging our body with the healthy breakfast, we will begin rafting down to Setibeni, the holy village. The holy village, Setibeni is on the kaligandaki confluence. We will continue down to Mirme. We will stop for lunch in the middle of our journey and after reaching in Mirme, we will drive back to Pokhara (105 KM). We will part our ways in pokhara with a big circle of new friends, bigger smile and unforgettable memories to treasure.
Not satisfied with this regular itinerary? Make your own.