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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

Arun Starting from Kartikegath, six days’ river trip ends at Chatara. Arun is one of the biggest rivers in Nepal. Kartikegath is reached from Tumlingtar after taking a mini trek. To reach Tumglingtar, it requires either one hour’s flight from Kathmandu or a day long bus drive. The trip then starts at Kartikegath and goes on rafting along different places hitting many big and small exciting rapids. On the sixth day, the trip ends at Chatara. The crew members then can return Kathmandu by a day long drive from Chatara via Biratnagar or fly from Biratnagar to Kathmandu.

Bheri Starting from Samjahighat to Chisapani, rafting on Bheri takes four days. To reach Samjahighat, one should either take a flight from Kathmandu to Nepalgunj and then four hour drive from Nepalgunj to Samjahighat or should travel a distance of 627 km long journey by bus. Next morning, the trip starts from Samjahighat through many villages, big vertical cliffs, big rapids via Kamekot Kuine. On the fourth day, the trip ends by mid day at Chisapani, the confluence of the Bheri and the Karnali rivers. The trip can be continued with jungle tour in the Royal Bardiya Wildlife Reserve.

Kaligandaki It is a long, eight day trip starting at Modibeni and ending at Narayangath. The trip requires either a 30 minute flight or six hour drive from Kathmandu to Pokhara. Before trekking towards Modibeni, a drive of approximately one and a half hour is required to reach Naudanda from Pokhara. A one and half day long trekking from Naudanda takes you to the Modibeni via Karkineta. The river trip then starts at Modibeni. The trip goes a long way through Ridi Bazzar, Ranigath Palace, Ramdighat, Batulitar, Khalte, etc. with many large and small rapids and the trip ends at Devgath near Narayangath on the 8th day. The confluence of the Trisuli and Kaligandaki rivers, rafting continues for about half an hour till Narayanghat, the ending point. Now, one can get back to Kathmandu in six hours by bus or go to Royal Chitwan National Park for retreat. Kaligandaki is one of the deepest rivers in Nepal.

Karnali It is a six day river trip that starts at Bhankhet and ends at Chisapani. To reach Bhankhet, it requires either a direct flight or a long drive from Kathmandu to Birendranagar (Surkhet) and two-day trek. The river trip then starts at Bhankhet and after six days, ends at Chisapani from where one can return Kathmandu by a day long bus journey or the trip continues with jungle tour to the Royal Bardiya Wildlife Reserve.

Seti It offers two-day river trip that starts at Damauli, about 160 km west of Kathmandu and ends at Narayanghat. In Damauli, the trip starts in Setikhola, a tributary of Saptagandaki river. The trip goes through the forested area and the villages inhabited by Magars. The trip is exciting with so many encounters of the big and small rapids. On the second day afternoon, the trip ends at Devghat where the Kaligandaki joins the Trishuli to become Narayani River.

Sunkoshi It is a nine-day trip. The most common point of this trip is Dolalghat; three hours drive east of Kathmandu. The trip is through the rich color and varied rock formations, different villages of different tribesmen with many exciting small and large rapids. One can have opportunities to look various species of orchids and birds en route. The trip goes on rafting for nine days camping at different places and on the ninth day, it ends at Chatara near Dharan. Chatara is at a distance of 45-minute drive from Dharan. One can return Kathmandu by 45 minutes’ flight from Biratnagar. Sunkoshi river trip can be started at Lamosangu.

Tamakoshi This is the longest river trip, ten days’ river rafting in Nepal, starting from Basti near Jiri and ending at Chatara, the ending point of Sunkoshi river trip. One can reach Basti by a day long bus from Kathmandu to Jiri and a short distance trek. The trip arrives at Dolalghat after two days and on eighth day, the trip reaches Cahatara. This is the most adventurous and dangerous river trip.

Trishuli This is most popular river trip in Nepal, because of its accessibility by road alongside. The trip goes below the Prithivi Highway with many excited rapids via Gajuri, Charaundi and ends at Kauringhat in three days. Kauringhat is a small picturesque village about four-hour drive from Kathmandu. However, the trip continues up to Royal Chaitwan National Park, depending upon time and choice of ventures.