Balephi River

When Bjorn and I got back to Kathmandu we met a group of kayakers who were staying at Holy Lodge and Bag Packers in Thamel. Part of the group of kayakers worked for Pyranha who had organised a private bus to take them to the Balephi River and we were lucky enough to be able to go with them.

The Balephi was approximately a 3 hour drive from Kathmandu. We put-in where most of the rafting companies usually start their commercial trips and kayaked all the way down to the Sun Kosi confluence then along the Upper Sun Kosi for about 30min before taking out at Equator Expeditions.

The Balephi was class 3-4, pretty continuous boulder gardens and beautiful scenery surrounding the river. A nice thing about this river was that is was pretty gorged in and remote so we didn't have to listen to traffic passing on the road etc.

The Balephi was a fairly easy day trip from Kathmandu. We left around 7.30am and returned around 7pm that evening. If planning on doing the Balephi it can be easily combined with the Bhote Kosi or the Sun Kosi. Equator Expedition offer food and camping and would be a good place to stay in between running these rivers.

Thanks to Sara and Preston for their photos and to the boys at Pyranha who organised the day for everyone.