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    Dangme Chhu White Water Rafting & Kayaking

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    Rafting the remote Dangme Chhu offers the intrepid adventurer an experience they will never forget. All rivers in Bhutan are wild: crystal clean from strict environmental policies that guard their sanctity, and sourced in glaciers beyond the reach of human touch. The Dangme, Bhutan's largest river, is especially wild. It begins in the Eastern Himalayan outlands of Arunachal Pradesh before cutting into Bhutan in the farthest east. For most of its length, virtually the only development it has seen was millennia ago when glaciers dug channels for its rapids. Adventurers on the 4-5 day Dangme Chhu expedition will be entirely self-sufficient in this remote wilderness, carrying all their expedition gear on rafts as they explore one of the world's last pristine rivers. Monsoon floods recompose the rapids ever year — making this effectively a first descent. Day One of the expedition is a 3-hour hike from Khenkhar village at 3,000 feet, not far from Trashigang town, to the put-in point at 900 feet. (Porters handle the rafts, camping gear, food, and other supplies.) Rafters can expect drop-pool systems with mostly regular Class III/III+ rapids (with occasional Class IV/IV+ rapids), most of them gradient caused and many with rocks and ledges creating complex rapids. The 5 hours of rive...

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