A short and long out dated post on the Badi GadThe ins and outsThis is a secret river, and has had only a hand full of decesnts since its first in 1999. There is now a road, so you can get to it easily from Pokhara. You start right at the top! Two creeks join creating one that at our water level was just suitable for kayaking. By the end of the river there was a good 25cms. The people are incredibly friendly, all though the people in the village at the end of the river tried to take advantage of our situation.
Water Level: low! Put In 1)Bus from Pokhara to Baglung 3hrs. Very good good Momos in the Baglung bus park, in Baglung. 100 NPR for buff momo with soup, maybe the best buff momo I have had in Nepal. 2)Mini bus from Darbang to burtibang 7hrs. this left at 3pm. You could probably walk to the main highway and hitch your way to Burtibang. We camped in the construction sight beside the river. Take out 1) paddle down the rest of the Kali Gandaki 2) hire a jeep from the town at the bottom (we paid 10 or 11 thousand) as there is no bus. Day 1: 1) lovely continuous C4 (4+) boat scouting for a couple Kms. this eases into c2/3. 2) Short (30Min?) paddle down the landslide lake 3) 200m portage around lanslide rapid. Portage is RL along the road. 3) 2/3 with some spice to keen you awake. 4) before we camped there are some lovely read and run C4 rapids 5) camped RL at a small town (in there volleyball court). Very hospitable people, very good dahl bhat. Day 2 1) Long day! 30km or so of flat (1/2) Camped on a beach RL in the town above the G4+ section, had dahl bhat in the village. Day 3 1) Short Paddle till the start of the G4/4+ (5) This section was mostly read and run, with only a couple of scouts. This section only takes a couple hours to paddle. The white water is classic Nepal, all smiles.
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