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Rafting down
the mighty Brahmaputra with its icy cold waters from just below its source of snow capped
mountains, gushing down to the plains of Assam
is not an easy task. Rafting over its massive waves would be the greatest feat of thrill,
excitement and human endurance. Rafting down the Brahmaputra River holds the same
challenge for the rafters as the Everest holds for the Mountaineers. With their pure blue
and cascading white water rapids, Brahmaputra makes a cascading view and keeps on alluring
with their attraction time and again. This river has got IV - V and VI grade rapids, which
can be risky.
Rafting down
the Brahmaputra is a 12-day Expedition. The exhilaration of running through a rapid, the
feeling of excitement and thrill, to ride over the high waves, the challenges of big holes
with circulating currents, the feeling of being one with nature, the scenic beauty of the
surroundings and thrills of camping out in the wilderness, are some of the combined
factors which inspires one to take this adventure of river running. The Brahmaputra valley
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rains in early
February and starts rising. Therefore, the rafting is only possible during winter season.
November till January is considered the best period to launch this expedition. In order to
raft down the Brahmaputra one has to take official permission from the Government of India
or the State Government. River Ganga offers difficult and complex stretches of water but
these are on lesser scale when compared with tremendous challenging stretches of white
waters of the Brahmaputra.