Taking challenge in gushing white water of Indian Himalayan Rivers is highly rewarding. There are few great rivers we have selected for the people who wish to explore Himalaya in a very different but exiting way. Camping in unusual places, moving with the pace of rivers, struggling with the rapids, exploring sensations in deep gorges , fear, concentration, excitement are what all are mixed in a boat.
Alaknanda River The Alaknanda rises at the confluence and feet of the Satopanth and Bhagirathi Kharak Glaciers in Uttrakhand Himalaya. It meets the Bhagirathi River at Devprayag after flowing for approximately 190 Kms through the Alaknanda valley. The Alaknanda system drains parts of Chamoli, Tihri and Pauri regions. Following the merging at Devprayag the river is known as the Ganges. The Alaknanda contributes a significantly larger portion to the flow of the Ganges.
Day 01: Arrive Delhi: On arrival Delhi, our representative will meet you at airport and escort you to the hotel.
Day 02: Delhi to Haridwar- Rishikesh: Morning sightseeing of Delhi which is the capital of Republic of India. Delhi is a city of culture, heritage and modern growth. You can spend some time to buy things for the expedition and we drive you to the railway station for evening train to Haridwar. On arrival, you will find your expedition guide waiting with the cars to take you to Rishikesh- the yoga & meditation center of the world situated on the banks of Ganges. The evening pooja (Ganges prayer) ceremony is worth to participate. Overnight at Rishikesh hotel.
Day 03: Drive to Kaldubagar: After breakfast we drive for 6-7 hours to Kaldubagarh wherein we would pass through the Hindu pilgrimage cities of Devprayag and Rudraprayag.
Day 04: Kadubagar to Chamoli through Nandprayag rapids: Today we cover the most challenging strip of the entire trip. An early start gets us to Chamoli, where at Putin we gear up our rafts, brief ourselves for the day to come and get set to start an adventure of a life time! Here we cover some outstanding grade IV and grade IV + rapids. Depending on the level of water we either walk around or actually face the rafting challenge posed by the ‘Hillary Falls’ rapids at Nandprayag. We end the day after this thrilling rafting and reach back Kadubagar for the overnight stay.
Day 05: Raft to Gauchar: Today we raft till Gauchar amid plenty of grade III and IV rapids bringing us to the confluence of Pindar at Karanprayag. Here the Pindar River adds more water to the already rapid Alaknanda adding more punch and zest to the rapids to follow. Finish the day by camping at a sandy beach where you can romanticize nature with clear star gazing and bonfires.
Day 06: Raft to Rudraprayag & drive to Rishikesh: After Breakfast get ready on the river and raft till Rudraprayag .The section is more drop pools compared to the beginning stretch. You will again encounter rapids of grade III and IV this day. We reach the Kakar fall grade 5 rapid, It is interestingly called so because the canyon surrounding it is narrow enough (15 meters) for a Kakar (Deer) to leap across. We do a good reading of the rapid before we negotiate. The canyon is narrow enough, about 15 meters, for a Kakar Deer to leap through. We finish the trip after running the Holy Hole grade IV rapid. From here, we drive back to Rishikesh after a great expedition on River Alaknanda.
Day 07: Rishikesh to Haridwar drive and train to Delhi: Morning we visit the ashrams in Rishikesh and drive to Haridwar to board train for Delhi. On arrival, you will be escorted to your hotel.
Day 08: Transfer to international airport for your flight to back home.
Getting there: Your nearest international airport is Delhi where you will meet with our expedition manager. After essential visits to IMF and cargo (if required), you will be escotrted towards the initial point of your adventure as per the program details.
After the expedition/ adventure journey, you arrive back to Delhi. After de briefing (in case of expedition) and farewell ceremony, you will be driven to international airport to board flight back to your home.
Airtickets: We have our partners in almost every foreign countries, so if you need any assistance in your air tickets bookings, you are always welcome to speak to us to know about our partner close to you.
Cargo Management: We have strong tieups with the cargo management companies to get your consignments clear timely in Delhi. In maximum cases, you will only need to spend just 2 hours for getting your consignmwent delivery. Once you send the documents and the boxes details, we start locating them in India.
Insurance : It is a condition of joining our trips that you must be adequately insured. All persons are expected to arrange their own insurance. Polices should cover any potential risks involved in such adventure.
Our hotels and camps: We offer you best economy hotels in cities and towns and till base camp we provide you very comfirtable tents with maximim possible faciltiies in the mountains. For the trekking, Jeep Safaris, MTB and other adventure journeys, we provide the most luxurious camps fitted with dining areas and modren toilet facilities.
Adventure India briefing: We have excelent maps, images and movies of majoriety of our adventure expeditions/ joiurneys and sports. A short briefing in our offices is highly recommended so the team understands logistics, forecarst problems and know where the solutions would be. We stress on planning, planning and planning in any adventure expediton and till now we have remained successful in all of our expeditions just because of our planning. So we need you to be an active part of it.
Rescue and helicopter evacuation: if the expeditons are well planned, rescue operations can be avoided. In the history of 14 years, we didn’t encounter any seviour requireemtn of rescue but still we can tie up with the agencies to provide helicopter evacuation on your request and willingness to pay the charges.
Peak booking formalities: already mentioned in detail in our mountaineering formalities in India link. For necessary applications either you can check the website of IMF or speak to us.
Ground transportation: We provide the ground transportation compriseing of best available cars/ copaches in fine roads and rough trucks in remote areas of the Indian mountains.
Porters and ponies: We provide ponies till base camp and HAP/ LAPs as per the requirement of the expedition.
Fuel and gases: Fuel (aftwer BC) is not a part of cost included section, but we will manage Butane / Butane propane gases for you on your timely request.
Trek & BC food : We offer a mixture of Vegetarian and Non vegetarian food till BC including the several herbs we have individually discovered with the medicinal values and capacity to keep the body warm. We have cooks who make Korean, Japnese and Continental food along with Indian food.
Our guides & instructors: Our guides are basically trained till BC trekking and support to establish BC. But our instructors do have good experience of mountaineering who can join the expeditions to higher levels too.
Ground Support system: We have fantastic ground support system developed in collaboration with the local people of nearest villages, army camps, porters and local guides. We have re discovered the use of traditional communication system also along with the setellite phones to stay in touch with the groups after BC. Our BC staff is trained to keep information of the groups at ABC and between and act as per the situation.
Cost Includes & not: The cost includes all hotels, guest houses, camps till BC, food till BC, ponies, porters, LAP/ HAP, food & tents for the porters, cooks and staff at BC, insurance of our permanenet staff, food for LO, cargo management, all transportation, all sightseeing, liasioning and coordination, trekking guides and BC management. The cost doent include IMF fees and environment levies, State Government fees and environment levies, porters insurance, clients air fares, helicopter evacuation, extra porters requirement from the BC, extra days at or above BC and any expenditure on personal level including clients insurance/ visa etc.
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