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TOTAL TONS TONNAGE RIVER EXPEDITION

Number of Days: 11
Assembly Points: Delhi
River Embarkation Point: Mori
Seasons for Rafting: Apr - July

This raft trip is truly the next level of river running that is available in the country today. What sets this trip apart from the other great rafting trips like the Bio-Bio, the Brahmaputra, the Sutlej, the Bhagirathi, the Alsek, the Futaleufu and the Zambezi, is the consistency of quality whitewater, set in some incredible high mountain scenery. We run several rapids ranging from Class III to Class IV, some Class V's as well. Whitewater sections are separated by a hundred yards or less of flat water. In short, it’s possibly the most technical raft trip in the Himalayas.

It aims to propagate the sheer adrenaline and magic of taking on 120 kms of quality whitewater, in what could possibly be, one of the finest whitewater experiences possible in the world today.

Adrenaline pumping river days are followed by relaxed afternoons, to be spent under leafy alders, taking short hikes into the alpine forests and camping out near fields of calf high mint and marijuana.

This trip was first run in expedition style in a 1986 edition operated by Jack Morison of White Magic, California. Aquaterra Adventures, ran the first Indian descent on the hardest section on this river (Khunigad - Tiuni), as well as the first open departure on the Lower Tons in the summer of 2003. We offer to run this `exploratory' trip for the die hard rafter, and will be offering this trip as a full expedition to be tailor-made for the early part of May each year.

Itinerary

Day

Program

01

Arrive at Camp Lunagad (435 km from Delhi) in the Tons valley. Overnight at camp.

02 - 03

Rafting on the Tons from Mori-Khunigad. Familiarization with paddling commands and paddling strokes. Overnight at camp.

04 - 05

Trek up to Ringalli Rest house and back, an old British Rest House. Overnight stay near the rest house. Camp. Return to Camp Lunagad by the afternoon of Day 05 for lunch.

06 - 08

Begin rafting expedition with three days dedicated to the 35 km section from Mori till Tiuni, where the Pabbar River meets the Tons. This is the more continuous part of our expedition. Days are mixed with running several continuous Class 4+ rapids in a day and camping by lunch on beautiful alpine meadows above the river, taking walks into the forest and breathing rhododendron-scented air. It's a great mix of high adrenaline rafting and soothing camping in very scenic surroundings.

09 - 11

Below Tiuni, the Tons takes on more volume with the Pabbar river joining in. We move further downriver into the more tropical part of the valley with excellent whitewater, more spaced out after the frenzy of the top section, and enter a beautiful gorge. We raft till Icchari, where the river is finally dammed and return to Delhi.