Arun River Rafting (Kartikeghat to Chatara / Dharan)
We will start our trip from Kartikeghat, the put in point, can be approached either by flight or by road. The trip requires, however, taking a mini trek to reach Kartikeghat either from the airstrip or the bus park. It takes one hour's flight to reach Tumlingtar. If the Tumlingtar flight is scheduled in the afternoon, the first day camp can be put up at Tumlingtar itself. The afternoon could be spent visiting this tiny village with small tea-shops and the air-strip. The following day, after breakfast we will start trek to Kartikeghat starts at a gradual pace: this takes about four hours. We will organize the equipment in preparation for the early start next morning. You can explore the surrounding areas. The third day, a rapid is hit as soon as sailing starts. Some more rapids are encountered in succession. From Tumlingtar, you star around 9.30 a.m., after breakfast. Today is pretty smooth except for a few rapids graded between 5-6 class. The fifth day, you face more challenges than the previous days as a number of rapids come one after another in succession. The first encounter is a left bend rapid before the suspension bridge at Ranighat. A number of rapids follow after this, until Bhite rapid is hit across, Camp nearby this rapid. The sixth day is pretty smooth and relaxed compared to the previous day. The Arun now meets with the Sunkoshi into a confluence of the Saptakoshi river. Below this confluence it is the same as Sunkoshi river trip. You can either drive back from Chatara via Biratnagar or fly out form Biratnagar to Kathmandu.
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We will start our trip from Kartikeghat, the put in point, can be approached either by flight or by road. The trip requires, however, taking a mini trek to reach Kartikeghat either from the airstrip or the bus park. It takes one hour's flight to reach Tumlingtar. If the Tumlingtar flight is scheduled in the afternoon, the first day camp can be put up at Tumlingtar itself. The afternoon could be spent visiting this tiny village with small tea-shops and the air-strip.