Kali Gandaki River Rafting (Modibeni to Narayanghat)
A Kaligandaki river trip first requires either a 30 - minute flight or a 6-hour drive form Kathmandu to Pokhara. A model trip could begin at Modibeni, the confluence of the Kaligandaki river and the Modikhola. Before trekking towards Modibeni, a drive of approximately one and a half hour is required to reach Naudanda. A day long trek form Naudanda takes you to Karkineta. Lunch could be taken at Phedi. Stay another night at Karkineta. A clean weather morning offers a magnificent view of sunrise form here. So is an evening for sunset. After a few hours, walk from Karkineta the following day, you reach Modibeni at noon. From Modibeni the first day on the river gives a few rapids ranging from 4-6 classes and a number of nice waves. A small temple is at sight in Jimrighat after an hour's rafting form Modibeni. The day's camping place is normally Chhisti. The second day also, you encounter a few rapids followed by a relatively bigger one before reaching Purtighat. A couple of hours from Byadi is a Setibeni rapid to the left of a village, called Setibeni. At this point the river bends to the right. The next day a class 6 rapids is encountered within less than half an hour after start nearby Pahadi. Ridi Bazaar is a small bazaar en route to the camping place, Belghari. In Ridi Bazaar there is a bank where money can be exchanged. About 20 minutes below Belghari is located an old and attractive palace called Ranighat Palace in a check about 40 minutes from here on the raft you come across a big rapid, perhaps the biggest in the complete trip. Today's lunch-spot, Mandran, is also perhaps the best lunch-spot in the complete trip. Normal campsite is Malunga village. The fifth day's rafting takes you to the Ramdighat bridge (half an hour's walk below camp site) on the Siddhartha Highway, 314 km form Kathmandu. Food supplies are available here. Today's camp is at Nisrati. Food supplies are available here. From Nisrati to Bhujat it take about an hour on the raft. An appropriate lunch-spot here is Puttarghat, 4 hours distance form Nisarti. The sixth day's camping is at Batulitar. The seventh day also you come across a few small rapids. Today's lunch-spot is khalte and camping could be done some 15 minutes downward from Khalte. The campsite is an isolated place and quite often footprints of wild animals could be spotted here. The next day ends the trip. You arrive at Devghat, the confluence of the Trishuli and the Kaligandaki, which takes three hours from Khalte. This is the lunch-spot of the day. After lunch, rafting continues for about half an hour till Narayanghat, the take out point. Now you have an option either to drive back to Kathmandu which takes normally 6 hours or to visit the Royal Chitwan National Park. There are a number of lodges/camps of different classes providing varied quality of services at varying prices.
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A Kaligandaki river trip first requires either a 30 - minute flight or a 6-hour drive form Kathmandu to Pokhara. A model trip could begin at Modibeni, the confluence of the Kaligandaki river and the Modikhola. Before trekking towards Modibeni, a drive of approximately one and a half hour is required to reach Naudanda. A day long trek form Naudanda takes you to Karkineta. Lunch could be taken at Phedi. Stay another night at Karkineta. A clean weather morning offers a magnificent view of sunrise form here. So is an evening for sunset. After a few hours, walk from Karkineta the following day, you reach Modibeni at noon. From Modibeni the first day on the river gives a few rapids ranging from 4-6 classes and a number of nice waves. A small temple is at sight in Jimrighat after an hour's rafting form Modibeni. The day's camping place is normally Chhisti.