Rivers, gorges and rafting in Nepal

8 places of this kind across 8 districts of Nepal, from the Himal to the Terai. Filter by province or belt, or open any dot on the map.

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A broad river beach and temple where the Kankai leaves the hills, a favourite picnic and pilgrimage spot of Jhapa.

A 1.1 km barrage across the Sapta Koshi on the Indian border, famous for sunsets, fish and river dolphins.

The narrow gorge where, legend says, Manjushri cut the hill to drain the valley lake, with caves and a riverside Ganesh temple.

A steep, powerful river on the road to Tibet: Nepal's best short white-water rafting, canyoning and a 160 m bungee jump.

Nepal's most popular rafting river, flowing beside the Prithvi Highway between Kathmandu and Pokhara.

By some measures the deepest gorge on earth, where the river runs between Dhaulagiri and Annapurna I, both over 8,000 m.

Long, high suspension bridges over the Kali Gandaki gorge and one of the world's highest bungee jumps.

A single-tower suspension bridge where Nepal's longest river leaves the hills, famous for fresh river fish.