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Bhote Koshi
By arrna Published: 08/12/2010
Wild, steep, and relentless are the best words to describe the short run down the Bhote Kosi. On this river, only a few hours' drive northeast of Kathmandu, nonstop Class IV and V rapids keep adrenaline junkies screaming for more. The big waves and big rocks add up to big fun if you're an experienced rafter. However, despite what rafting companies in Kathmandu might say, you really don't want to make this your first-ever rafting experience. The Bhote Kosi run usually consists of two separate stretches, one above and one below a dam on the river. You can run a day trip or do a two day expedition and run parts of the river twice. It's a great beginner river for rafters and fun for kayakers at all levels.
At night, you'll stay in a riverside lodge, where you can recount the day's adventures over big bottles of local beer. By the way, in Nepali, "Bhote" means "Tibet," and this river does indeed originate in Tibet.
You can run a day trip or do a two day expedition and run parts of the river twice. It's a great beginner river for rafters and fun for kayakers at all levels.
The local village of Bahrabise offers a chance to mingle with locals and tour a Nepali paper factory. You can also trek to an old fort that housed 5,000 soldiers in by-gone days of Tibet/Nepal border skirmishes.
Bungee jumping or swinging over the Bhote Koshi has been described as the ‘ultimate experience’. The valley is narrow with steep hillsides towering over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) from the river. Nepal's first bungee jumping site is situated at Last Resort, 160 metres (520 ft) above a gorge with the river raging below. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the Nepal-Tibet border. Bungee jumping at the Last Resort is one of the longest in the world. It is higher than the highest bungee in the New Zealand. After leaping from the bridge platform, the bungee jumper has a free fall towards the river before the swing lines take up the tension and he enters a large, semicircular arc of about 240 metres (790 ft). When it opened in 1999, the Last Resort was amongst the highest suspension footbridges in the world. Swiss designed, especially for bungee jumping with a 4x safety factor, the bridge will hold 4.5 tonnes. Over 6,000 metres (20,000 ft) of steel wire was used to build the longest suspension bridge in Nepal.Bunjy Jump at Bhote Koshi
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