One of the finest big volume rafting and kayaking
trips in Nepal and definitely the best combination
trip, trekking, white water rafting and wilderness.
The Karnali is Nepal's longest and largest river
and with its tributaries, it drains most of the Far
West of Nepal. The rapids are also pretty wild, with
the river building to its climax in these lower canyons.
In terms of volume, the river is comparable to the
Sun Kosi, but the Karnali is more constrained by its
canyon walls, giving bigger, mote continuous and serious
rapids. This constrained nature of the river means
that any increase in volume has more pronounced effect
on the difficulty of the rapids and this makes it
a river that is best run at low flows. Highest extreme
instantaneous discharge measured at Chisapani was
an incredible 21,700 cumecs.
The trek to start of the river trip is pleasant and
highly scenic. It climbs through mixed forest and
then traverses two ridge tops with excellent panoramic
views of the Bheri forests.