About White Water Rafting, India

Many a river in the country specially the North Indian Rivers present themselves as a collection of the best white water in the world within a small geographical location (taking in to account only North India). A number of Lakes in the Kumaon Region and The Ganga with its upper tributaries (Alaknanda, Bhagirathi and various other smaller tributaries) can be hailed as the Queen of the White Water Rafting Industry.

The Indian Association of Professional Rafting Outfitters (IAPRO - website www.iapro.org) is the nodal body that coordinates and controls the white water rafting operations in the country with the help and support of active white water rafting outfitters in the country. All rafting outfitters must have a mandatory permission from the state tourism departments for running operations on any river in the country.

White Water rafting in India can be broadly classified in to two categories namely, Day trips (a few hours of fun) or Multiple Day / Expedition runs. Day trips are offered on the following rivers


Ganga - Uttaranchal Teesta - Sikkim
Beas - Himachal Pradesh Kaveri - Karnataka
Braham Putra - Assam

The rivers for expeditions in the country are classified as follows

Alaknanda, Bhagirathi, Maha Kali, Sarda, Saryu, Yamuna - Uttaranchal
Sutlej - Himachal Pradesh
Zanskar, Indus - J&K
Brahamputra - Assam
Teesta - Sikkim
Lohit - Arunanchal Pradesh