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Difficulty in Nov: Class 4-
From: Tumlingtar (Alt.280m)
To: Chatara (Alt.105m)
Distance: 77Km (78 miles)
River days: 3
From Kathmandu: 1 hour fly in
Avg. gradient: 2.5 m/km (12 ft a mile)
Volume in Nov: 215cms (7500cfs)
Best season: Nov-April
A powerful and famous river. Little travelled, it offers a shorter and easier alternative to the Sun koshi, with big rapids of moderate difficulty but the necessity of flying in to Tumlingtar makes it relatively expensive for such a short trip.
The Arun is respect as on of the most mighty and powerful rivers of Nepal .The lower valley is in parts quite well populated with a wide variety of different tribes. The whole area is relatively unspoilt , and sees only a few trekking groups, mainly taking the Eastern approach to Everest.
Only a few company schedule rafting trips on the lower half of the Arun and it only sees a few trips each year. However, the rafters who have done it and talks to us, recommend it as the ideal trip for someone who wants to run a big white water river but hasn’t got the time to raft the Sun koshi or the Karnali. They say that the river is , in all ways, better than the trusuli and should perhaps best be compared with bottom half of the Sun koshi-excellent big rapids, fine beaches for camping , a beautiful unspoilt valley, picturesque villages and a wooded gorge- the ‘jungle corridor’ with its associated wildlife.
Tumlingtar is the obvious and most convenient starting point and everyone recommends that you fly into here as it is only a short direct flight from Kathmandu and only forty minutes walk from the river. The 70 km down to chatra has been kayaked in a day, but normally makes a relaxed 3 day raft trip and you can then fly back to Kathmandu from Biratnagar if you wish.
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