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Rafting or white water rafting is the challenging recreational outdoor activity of using an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other bodies of water. This is usually done on white water or different degrees of rough water, in order to thrill and excite the raft passengers. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s. The modern raft is an inflatable boat, consisting of very durable, multi-layered rubberized (or vinyl fabrics (PVC) with several independent air chambers. The length varies between 3.5 m (11 ft) and 6 m (20 ft), the width between 1.8 m (6 ft) and 2.5 m (8 ft). if you're interested in a holiday packed with enough colour and joy to last you a lifetime, you should consider White Water Rafting in the Upper Himalayan River Systems. The rivers of these mountains cut against rocky terrain, crash against rocks and crevices and form swirling rapids. The ranges of the Himalayas, cutting across several states, offer some of the toughest and most exciting river runs in the world. The rivers
Yamuna, Alaknanda, Tons, Mandakini, Kalisor, Bhilangana and Bhagirathi offer many stretches for both professionals as well as amateur rafters. Ranges in Ladakh and Sikkim also offer great stretches of water for rafting. May to November is the best period for the adventure seekers to indulge in rafting in India. Rishikesh has earned the title of River Rafting Capital of India. Almost all the camps are located on the river bank, 13 to 22 kms out of Rishikesh town, on the road leading to Devprayag and Badrinath. The rapids in this 70-km stretch from Rishikesh to Devprayag are graded according to difficulty, so you can choose the rapids you wish to encounter according to your level of skill and expertise. The most exciting rapids to encounter are: Return to Sender, Roller Coaster, Golf Course, Club house, Initiation, Double Trouble and Hilton. Ladakh, Tuting and Sikkim are also an options for river rafting.
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