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The
Satluj river basin in Himachal Pradesh
covers an area of about 6,553 square
kilometers. To the east lies the Ngari
region of Tibet; the Dhauladhar range
forms its southern boundary, separating
it from Uttarkashi District of Uttar
Pradesh and the Shimla District of
Himachal Pradesh. In the west, the
Srikhand Dhar marks the boundary between
Kinnaur and Kulu. Spiti is on the
northern border of Kinnaur -- the
boundary being formed by the rivers
Spiti and Pare Chu near the Indo-Tibetan
border.
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Day
01 : Board overnight train, the
Kalka Mail from Delhi to Kalka. Overnight
train
Day 02 : Arrive Kalka early
morning. Transfer to Pandowa Camp
on the Satluj (6 hrs). Breakfast and
lunch enroute. Reach by tea time.
Settle into Camp, relax and overnight
at camp.
Day 03 : After breakfast, drive
01 hour from Pandowa to Luhri, our
starting point for the expedition.
After a comprehensive safety briefing,
board rafts to raft till Pandowa.
(20 km, 6 hrs) This section is a great
initiation to the river. We stop to
portage the Patakhra rapid, usually
a Class 6. After portaging the rafts
around the rapid, we reach Pandowa
camp for the night. Campfire dinner
and overnight at camp.
Day 04 : After breakfast, raft
from Pandowa till Tattapani. This
25 km section has som Class IV rapids
and we reach Tattapani after lunch.
Visit the hot water springs and overnight
at Camp.
Day 05 : Today we begin the
self-contained part of our expedition.
All gear, equipment and supplies are
loaded onto big drybags and lashed
onto the rafts. We raft into a beautiful
gorge, down a 30 km Class 4 section
of the river till our camp at Kadhai
Ka Fer. Set up camp, campfire dinner
and overnight at Camp.
Day 06 : Today, after breakfast,
we raft a 30 km Class 3 section to
our second camp in the gorge. Overnight
at Camp.
Day 07 : After breakfast, we
raft 20 kms down a Class 3 section
to end our expedition at Salapper
bridge. Board waiting vehicles for
the (150 kms ; 4 hour) drive to Chandigarh.
Board evening Shatabdi Express back
to Delhi. Arrive late night. Trip
ends.
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