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White Water rafting in the Himalayas |
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Himalayas offer many exciting and adventurous sports and Himalayan White Water River Rafting is one of the most popular activities here. Himalayan River rafting is like rolling in the finest stretches of whitewater where one can experience the thrill of water sports adventure at its best.
The rivers in the upper Himalayas are the best in the world for river rafting sports. Both the amateur and the professional’s river rafting enthusiasts can enjoy this sport. Teesta, Zanskar and Brahmaputra Sutlej, Beas, and Ravi River are some of the major rivers which have many gradients of rapids suitable for River rafting. Some of the major rafting sites of India are Rishikesh, Kaudiyala, Ladakh, Asan Barrage, and Devprayag.
Popular Himalayan River Rafting Sites
River Rafting in Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir: Indus River and its major tributaries offer perfect locations and regions for river rafting here. The professionally guided whitewater stretches on the Indus is between Spituk and Saspol.
River Rafting on Zanskar River: Zanskar River offers some of the most difficult and exciting whitewater rafting. The gorge in the Zanskar mountains, between Padum and Nimo regions is the best. This river course is suitable only for well-organized whitewater expeditions.
River Rafting on the Ganges River: In Himalayan Garhwal, the sacred river Ganga offers the professional as well as the amateur the exhilaration of whitewater river rafting. The rivers Alakananda & Bhagirathi are the main tributaries of the Ganga and their waters are of grade IV to V, challenging the expert to survive the thrill.
River Rafting in Nepal: Nepal offers numerous fine rivers, which offer excellent rafting or canoeing. A rafting trip in one of the rivers here in Nepal gives you a chance to get the real fragrance of Nepal.