Day 03: Kathmandu - Chitwan
A.M. After breakfast, drive to Chitwan. Enroute day River Raft.
RAFTING on Trisuli River. We leave Kathmandu at 7.00 am after having breakfast. We drive towards south west of Kathmandu on the Kathmandu - Pokhara highway. The drive is about 03 hours approx. As you come out of the Kathmandu valley at the highest point called Nagdhunga in a clear day, one can get a good view of the western himalayan range, right from Langtang, Ganesh, Himalchuli, Manaslu, Annapurna and to Dhaulagiri.
On reaching Fishling, the starting point of rafting, it takes about 30 to 45 minutes to inflate the raft and pack all gears on the raft. After that the river guide will explain about the river safety and equipments. Then, we float down the river encountering many medium class rapids. Here, we pass, through the canyons, one may observe mainly Sal forest on both sides of the river. The rapids that you encounter are SURPRISE, BIJILI, S - RAPIDS, MUGLING PART 1 & 2 . The grades are 2 to 5 scale.
The raft terminates at Mugling and then drive to Chitwan.
Transfer to the Lodge followed by refreshments and a briefing about the afternoon programme and the facilities.