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Indian Rafting Tours Are you ready to face thrilling experience of Adventure? Are you ready to accept the Challenge? Then, come and Join White water Rafting trips offered by AE Travel. We offer the thrilling sensation from the gleam of fast-moving clear-water, to the rumble and sudden rush and tumble of rapid action at different rivers and water bodies of India.White Water Rafting is one of the most enjoyable ways to experience the rural areas and natural environments of India.
At AE White Water Rafting, we are dedicated to the thrill of running wild rivers, and combine our experience to offer you the adventure of a lifetime on rivers of India. Our rafting trips range from family adventure to extreme whitewater excitement trips ranging from few hours to many days of expeditation. We have tried to summerize few of the River Rafting Destination below.
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| Alaknanda Rafting Tours |
| There are few great frontiers rivers in the world - the Alaknanda is one of them. Rafting down this superb river is the only way to truly appreciate its beauty. It is acknowledged as one of the most spectacular and yet easy to raft river trips around, attracting adventurers from all over. The opportunity of an expedition-style trip, rather than merely 'thrills and spills' makes this the ultimate wilderness experience. At times on the trip, like all great expeditions, there will be times when patience is required. However, you will be one of the privileged few to have experienced this wilderness area. This is certainly a wilderness experience rather than the kind of rafting you might encounter on a one-day rafting trip. Levels can vary from more exciting levels often earlier in the season to more sedate levels late in the season. If you have had outdoor experience and think you are ready for this adventure, then the challenge is yours. There is very little doubt that this is an unforgettable experience, one that you will remember for the rest of your life. |
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| Ganges Rafting |
| Ganges or River Ganga has been known for its significance as a holy river of India as well as the ultimate adventure point as far as river rafting in India is concerned. And the major rafting site from where any experienced rafter as well as an amateur one would love to start of his rafting trip in India is Rishikesh. Even the rafting gear that you require is an ordinary one, that is if you like to get wet. The essential equipments include ordinary outdoor gear, goggles, antiseptic cream etc.
The magic of white water rafting on the Ganges, the adrenaline rush with the thrill of negotiating speedy river currents or just gently floating past terraced hillsides and forest is one experience you wouldn't like to miss. The moods of the Ganges rafting trip can be as diverse as an adventure lover seeks.
Rafting is an experience not be missed and once you got a taste of it you'll be hooked. Its like "Who Dares Win", beating the odds or the fear that one gets from water. There are people who like the challenge of riding through the rivers, but rivers like Ganges are not easy to beat and conquering the Ganges gives a thrill that's intense, exciting and totally out of this world. |
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| Himanchal River Rafting Tours |
The main 'commercial' rafting river in the state is the Beas, a prominent river, which begins near Manali and flows through Kullu before reaching the Pandoh Dam.
The Beas River is a favorite with many seasoned rafters due to the challenges it offers with its Grade IV and V rapids. The best stretches to raft the Beas lie between Manali and Pandoh Dam. The view from the river around Pandoh Dam is breath taking, as the river exits a massive gorge at this point.
Other rivers in Himachal besides the Beas are the Sutlej and the Chandra Bhaga, however parts of these rivers are uncharted waters and are only for the experienced.
There are four rivers In Himachal where you can enjoy White Water Rafting. The main rafting river is the Beas, which begins near Manali and flows through Kullu before reaching the Pandoh Dam.
The Beas River is a favorite with many seasoned rafters due to the challenges it offers with its Grade IV and V rapids. The best stretches to raft the Beas lie between Manali and Pandoh Dam.
You can raft on the rapids of Beas, especially between Shamsi and Aut. This is around 20 km stretch and provides most thrilling rafting experience. The view from the river around Pandoh Dam is breath taking, as the river exits a massive gorge at this point.
Second rising from the Raigarh glacier, river Ravi makes its way down Chamba valley. The third river, Chenab originates from the tributaries, Chandra and Bhagha and passes swiftly through the Chenab or Pangi valley.
It finally enters the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Lastly, there is Satluj River that originates beyond Indian borders and enters the country near Shipkila and is later joined by the Spiti River at Khab. This river flows through Kinnaur and Shimla. |
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| Kali River Rafting Tour |
Kali Rafting, Dandeli, October to June (Season may vary a little depending on water levels)
This is the best way to see the endangered and stunning environment through which the Kali River flows. The Kali offers a great opportunity to paddle through numerous, exciting technical class 3 rapids. The beautiful surroundings are home to a wide range of wildlife, including a flourishing bird life, in particular several species of very rare Hornbills. Monkeys, elephants, wild boars, sambar deer, crocodiles, giant squirrels and even sightings of leopards and a black panther have been recorded from the boats. The most popular tour is "The Kali" and is (9 km) long, offering nearly two hours on the water.
There are many great fun rapids to be found in these incredible surroundings. For the true nature lovers a "Kali Special" (14 km) is offered for groups, giving two and a half hours to enjoy the river and surroundings and another hour if you opt for the sumptuous lunch on the river. Including transport and briefing both these tours will take up half a day. This is a really pristine, uninhabited, spotlessly clean and very rare environment to raft through. A totally unique rafting trip that can be rated as one of the most beautiful stretches in the world. Since it is highly endangered and may not be here for many years to come we advise you to see it whilst you can. |
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| Teesta River Rafting Tours |
| The Teesta River, is the main drainage of Sikkim, Darjeeling, and Kalimpong Hill Region. It has been graded on the International scale at Grade 4. The icy cold waters of the rugged Teesta have a series of rapids with varying intensity, and character. It offers one of the finest rafting stretches. The Rangit, a tributary of the Teesta, has more turbulent waters. With its multi-dimensional rapids, it offers a challenge to more experienced rafters.
On both the rivers, the riverbanks have deep forests, with some patches of terraced cultivation, and small villages. Plenty of white sandy beaches exist, offering good campsites. Rapids of classification 2 to 4 are interspersed with placid floats, making rafting an enjoyable experience.
Our associates, DGHC Tourism provide International Class of equipment, and fully trained and licensed River Guides. We check out full safety requirements, before each rafting session, and our escort accompanies all our guests.
Rafting can be combined with trekking and other adventures. Tailor made trips with Overnight River beach camping also available.
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| Uttaranchal River Rafting Tour |
He Rapids of sacred river Ganga, offers the professional as well as the amateur, the sheer exhilaration of white water rafting. The Alaknanda and the Bhagirathi, are the main tributaries of the Ganga, and meet at Devprayag, frothing from their racy descent. Their waters are Grade IV and Grade V, challenging the expert to survive the thrill.
Down river from Devprayag, the Ganga changes into a pool drop river. This stretch of almost 70 kms, is perfect for the amateur and the novice, for here, the river offers some fine Grade III rapids, and two Grade II rapids, the 'wall' at Bysi and the 'Golf Course" 4 kms below Shivpuri village; each followed by deep and placid pools.
Sandy beaches line the river at intervals, allowing river rafters to pull up alongside, for a spot of relaxation. The slopes on either side, are covered with oak, pine, spruce, and fir, with an occasional village and its terraced fields, dotting the landscape. Wildlife can be sighted at a distance, especially spotted deer, monkeys and leopards. Spiritual retreats and ashrams (hermitages) overlook the river, and add a spiritual flavour to this fantastic experience. |
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| Zanskar River Rafting Tours |
Zanskar River Rafting Toursr yearly feature drives through most of western Ladakh, monasteries, palaces, villages, hikes and travel to one of the most surreal places on the planet. The trip begins with a flight over the Himalayas into the Trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. We spend a couple of days in Leh town acclimatizing at 11,000 feet above sea level and visiting the ancient monasteries, palaces and villages around Leh. We then drive west of Leh past the town of Kargil and travel south into the valley of Zanskar, one of the coldest inhabited places on earth. Starting the trip on the Stod river, we begin our self contained multi-day river adventure down the spectacular and scenic Zanskar river gorge. The trip takes you down the extremely desolate, remote and sheer Zanskar gorge with walls rising a few thousand feet out of the river bed, culminating on the mighty Indus river, (which incidentally lends India its name).
Undoubtedly a classic, this journey to the last truly lost horizon of our shrinking planet - Zanskar, the "land of white copper" is a trip of a lifetime. |
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| White Water Rafting Uttaranchal |
| The magic behind River Rafting also referred, as Whitewater River Rafting is the extreme and never-ending thrills in the untamed rivers. The rivers in the upper Himalayas are among the best in the world for river rafting sports, with many staircase rapids that challenge the body and spirit of the river runner. The river cuts against the rocky banks, crash into rocks, crevices and breaking into white water rapids, foaming, swirling, and falling in a thunderous din. India and Nepal has a wide range of river rafting regions, which suits both amateurs and professionals. |
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| Bhagirathi Rafting Expedition |
The source of the Ganges is at the Gangotri glacier whose melting waters form the Bhagirathi river. The Bhagirathi river flows for approximately 320 kms through spectacular scenery until it reaches Devprayag where it merges with the Alaknanda river to become the Ganges. Rated as a class IV river (demanding), the Bhagirathi river expedition is considered as one of the best river trips in the Indian Himalayas.
An excellent option for the adventure seeker down the Ganga and Bhagirathi rivers, the latter being one of the main tributaries of the Ganga river. We drive past the dam at Tehri to reach our put-in 18kms below the Tehri dam downstream of the Paindas dam. The pleasure of travelling down a remote part of this river make it a very exciting trip, besides the whitewater which will leave you wanting more. We raft down the lower Bhagirathi gorge (mostly Grades 3 and 4) with rapids like “Elephant rock”, “The Chute”, “Sharp S”, “Confluence rapids” and many more, till its confluence with the Alaknanda at Devprayag to form the Ganga. A must -do if you are looking for a great river run in Asia. |
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| Brahmaputra Rafting Expedition |
The river, after flowing gently eastwards through Tibet, cuts the Greater Himalaya and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Namche Barwa before it enters Arunachal Pradesh, where the expedition begins, a few miles inside the line-of-control with China. The expedition takes you through remote hillsides dotted with tribal settlements in clearings surrounded by leech-infested rainforest. It negotiates the finest big volume white water in an area, which is surely one of the most inaccessible in the world. A 9 day self contained run from Tuting to Pasighat (180kms approx.) through one of the most inaccessible regions in the world makes this one of the most premier expeditions offered.
Be an expedition member on one of the top rafting expeditions in the world |
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| Indus Rafting |
The Indus river flowing through the Leh valley in the high altitude desert region of Ladakh, is by far
one of the most scenic white water runs anywhere in the Himalayas. The river offers a wide spectrum of trips ranging from the most popular day trip from Phey to Nimmu to a more extensive multi day, self contained expedition from Upshi – Khaltsi.
Small but exciting rapids take you through this magical moon-land with majestic peaks and quaint
monasteries dotting the horizon. While in Leh, one must take time to run this river. |
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| Sutlej Rafting Expedition |
The Satluj river basin in Himachal Pradesh covers an area of about 6,553 square kilometers. To the east lies the Ngari region of Tibet; the Dhauladhar range forms its southern boundary, separating it from Uttarkashi District of Uttar Pradesh and the Shimla District of Himachal Pradesh. In the west, the Srikhand Dhar marks the boundary between Kinnaur and Kulu. Spiti is on the northern border of Kinnaur -- the boundary being formed by the rivers Spiti and Pare Chu near the Indo-Tibetan border.
The source of the Satluj lies in near the Mansarovar Lake at 18500 ft. in the Tibetan Plateau. The Satluj is one of only three Trans Himalayan rivers originating in the high Tibetan Plateau that cuts across the mighty Himalayan ranges. The other two are the Indus and the Brahmaputra. It enters India through a fearsome gorge near the Shipki La. Thereafter, it flows through the cold tracts of Kinnaur to the hamlet of Wangtoo. It is one of the major tributaries of the Indus River system. In its passage across Kinnaur, the Satluj River successively crosses three great mountain ranges -- the Zanskar range, the Great Himalayan range and the Dhauladhar range. To the east of the Satluj the valleys are narrow while in the west, they are wide and open. Many tributaries join the main Satluj River one after the other from the south. The Baspa is one of the major tributaries of the Satluj. The valley of the Satluj extends on both flanks of the Satluj River - from where it enters Kinnaur to the place where it makes its exit. It is the largest valley of Kinnaur, extending in a northeast to southwest alignment for a length of about 140-km along the Satluj River. The northeastern part of this valley is drier and conditions become humid towards the southwest. The Satluj River has carved a deep gorge across the main or Great Himalaya near Pshong- Tong. In the southern part of this valley, there is extensive cultivation of fruits and agricultural crops. Barring some parts, extensive vineyards, thriving crops and orchards of apricot, apples and grapes are to be found in the entire region. |
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| Tons Rriver Rafting Tours |
This adventure holiday is for those who want to enjoy trekking and river running in India. The adventure starts with 2 half day river trips with afternoons spent walking through alpine forests or relaxing in fields of wild mint and marijuana. We then depart on 2 days of trekking in the Himalayas, camping out overnight. The final 3 days of the holiday are spent on a 60km action packed, self-contained river expedition.
The style of white-water on the Tons river is quite different to most Himalayan rivers. Most rapids are best descried as medium volume ‘boulder garden’ in style. The river, which is continuous and quite steep, is best suited to rafters wanting a physical challenge and kayakers with class IV experience.
The Tons Valley has some quite unusual marriage practises. Polyandry and to a lesser extent polygamy are still practised here. These customs originally came about to control local population and to avoid the over division of property. They also have a bride price system where the price of a potential bride increases with the number of past marriages she has had.
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