Nepal
Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 1:47 pmHi All
I've just got back from 2 weeks paddling in Nepal, and I'd like to recommend it to all as an amazing trip, both river running wise and for the whole experience.
There was a group of 4 of us, all first timers. Logistics are easy, there's a whole variety of rivers for all levels of paddlers. We did 11 days paddling out of a possible 13, grades III-IV+. Food is good quality, plentiful and cheap. Cost wise we spent £1000 total for 2 weeks including flights, food, transport, boat hire, Christmas shopping and lots of beers! We could have done it cheaper if we'd been scrimping a bit more.
Would like to say thanks and recommend GRG adventure kayaking (http://www.grgadventurekayaking.com/) who helped us get straight onto the water upon arrival (we got to Kathmandu at 8pm sat night and were on the water at 11am the next day). They were great at sorting the logistics and as extra help on the water while you get used to the bigger volume, not to mention sorting food and kit so you don't have to have heavy boats. We did an extra trip with them at the end too.
The rest of the trip we stayed in Pokhara and highly recommend Charly at Ganesh Kayak shop who we rented boats from ($15 per day) and who was instrumental in getting us maximum paddle time, by giving us level info, booking us taxis, jeeps and telling us which buses to catch home! Obviously Slimes guidebook is still the bible, though some of the prices quoted have gone up a bit now and some new bridges have been built!
All in all, an amazing country, a great paddle destination that is much easier to organise than you might imagine. PM me if you want any more info or a list of stuff we paddled.
Cheers
Lee
I've just got back from 2 weeks paddling in Nepal, and I'd like to recommend it to all as an amazing trip, both river running wise and for the whole experience.
There was a group of 4 of us, all first timers. Logistics are easy, there's a whole variety of rivers for all levels of paddlers. We did 11 days paddling out of a possible 13, grades III-IV+. Food is good quality, plentiful and cheap. Cost wise we spent £1000 total for 2 weeks including flights, food, transport, boat hire, Christmas shopping and lots of beers! We could have done it cheaper if we'd been scrimping a bit more.
Would like to say thanks and recommend GRG adventure kayaking (http://www.grgadventurekayaking.com/) who helped us get straight onto the water upon arrival (we got to Kathmandu at 8pm sat night and were on the water at 11am the next day). They were great at sorting the logistics and as extra help on the water while you get used to the bigger volume, not to mention sorting food and kit so you don't have to have heavy boats. We did an extra trip with them at the end too.
The rest of the trip we stayed in Pokhara and highly recommend Charly at Ganesh Kayak shop who we rented boats from ($15 per day) and who was instrumental in getting us maximum paddle time, by giving us level info, booking us taxis, jeeps and telling us which buses to catch home! Obviously Slimes guidebook is still the bible, though some of the prices quoted have gone up a bit now and some new bridges have been built!
All in all, an amazing country, a great paddle destination that is much easier to organise than you might imagine. PM me if you want any more info or a list of stuff we paddled.
Cheers
Lee