White water rafting on Sun Koshi river in Nepal with Asian Trekking

SUN KOSHI River

Rafting 10 days
Day
1	Drive from Kathmandu to Dolaghat and raft to Taramg Gaon, Timal Bensi Camp.
2	Raft Timal Bensi to Roshi Khola near Dunja Village.
3	Raft from Dunja Village to the village of Khurkot
4	Raft from Khurkot to Oxbox Section beach.
5	Raft from Oxbox Section to the confluence of Dudh Koshi.
6	Raft from the junction of Dudh Koshi to Rasuwa Khola.
7	Raft to broad beach bordered by a 400 ft high waterfall or Kampu Ghat.
8	Raft to Tribenighat, where the Arun and Tamur join the Sun Kosi.
9	Raft to Chatara, end of the rafting. Drive to Dharan in the afternoon.
10	Drive back to Kathmandu.

General information

The river rises near Tibet and is joined by the Bhoti Kosi just downstream from Barbesi. Most raft trips start at Dolaghat. The Sun Kosi flows eastwards in Nepal through the great valley between the Mahabharat Lekh mountains and the Himalayas.

The volume increases considerably draining flows from his Himalayan tributaries. In November, the flow at Dologhat is about 100 cumecs. Lower down the river, through the big rapids of the Jungle Corridor, it would be about 400 cumecs, which is appr. 11,000 cft, a typical low flow on the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.

At the end at Chatra, the flow is a super 800 cumecs, in November, which makes it one of the major rivers of the world in monsoon.

A nice thing about Sun Kosi is that the general standard of the river gets progressively harder as you descend it so there is time to practice your skills on easy water before the more interesting, bigger and continuous rapids lower down the river.

Profile
From	Dologhat	Alt. 620 m
To	Chatra	Alt. 115 m
Distance	272 kms
River days	6-10 days
Difficulty in November	Class 4- (5-)
From Kathmandu	3 hours
Average gradient	0,2 % (10 ft a mile)
Est. max. gradient	0,6 %
Volume in November	400 cumecs
Best season	Oct > Dec and Mar > May