Lower Seti
5th April - confirmed trip.
Class: 2 (3)
From: Damauli
To: Gaighat
Distance: 19 miles
River Days:2-3
Best season: Sept - Nov, End of April - June
The Seti River is another classic Nepali River coming from the Himalaya, winding its way through forested canyons and twisted rock and sandstone formations. This river travels through Magar villages from where the famous Gurkha soldiers hail. It is a gentle ride with great scenery, a great family trip.
Rafting
While the river rages in the monsoon, for the rest of the year it’s a friendly safe and fun rafting trip. It’s a fantastic rafting trip for first timers, families and those who don’t have so much time. The river is easy but still provides some good thrills with its rapids. It is said to be the warmest river in Nepal. The Seti River is one of the most beautiful and pristine rivers in the Himalayas. With dense remote jungle, exquisite sandy beaches and class II - III whitewater runs, perfect for beginner kayakers, and its sure to get you addicted.
Kayaking
One of the best rivers to learn to kayak. Throughout the 4-day clinic, you will cover all the basic skills including paddle strokes, Eskimo rolls, Eskimo rescues and the art of reading whitewater. Our instructors are some of the best whitewater paddlers and kayakers in the world with a strong history of running rivers. This is also a nice run for intermediate kayakers wanting to take things alittle easy, or for a warm up to bigger rivers.
Trip Dates - This trip departs daily
30th Oct confirmed
Trip Includes:
All staff including highly qualified & licensed Guides and professional Safety Kayakers all fluent in English and holding up to date First Aid.
All camping equipment (including toilet tents, shelters, air matresses, tarps, personal tents etc)
All meals and water whilst on the river (tea, coffee, hot chocolate and juice will also be provided)
Transportation to and from the river
All equipment (including PFD's, helmets, dry tops, throw bags, dry bags, pelican boxes, wetsuits, paddles, etc all at international standards)
Porters
River permits
Gear Raft support
Extensive medical kit
Trip photos (make sure you bring a USB stick along with you)
Not included:
Unrelated travel, visas, insurance, travel documents etc...
Items of a personal nature (toiletries, personal medication, clothing, camers...)
Personal insurance
Bottled mineral water (we will provide you with local treated water which is safe to drink)
Alcohol and additional snacks.
Travel insurance (to travel with GRG's you are required to have adequate insurance for the activity you are participating in, we have the necessary insurance for our crew but you must have your own seperate policy)
Optional tips for guides.
Itinerary
DAY 1:
We depart from Pokhara or Kathmandu early by bus to the start point of our rafting trip. We take lunch and set up the rafts at which point your guides will issue you with the standard rafting equipment, a paddle, a helmet and a life jacket. We then head to the river for our safety briefing. Listen carefully for instruction and how to act upon the guide’s commands, not falling out of the raft and having a good time. We have an easy afternoon of rafting before landing the boats at a secluded beach and making our camp. After the hustle and bustle of our road journey we will all relax in quite surroundings and savor the beginning of our rafting journey.
DAY 2:
Today we enjoy a full day of rafting on the river, passing some impressive rapids, We have plenty of time to relax and enjoy the scenery and maybe do some swimming before rafting into the Trisuli river where we will take our rafts out and depart for Kathmandu or Pokhara.
Click here to view the Lower Seti River Map
