River Rafting In Sutlej River Or The Red River, Himachal Pradesh

The sutlej River Expeditions offers you a journey of a lifetime and the opportunity to experience an incredible cannoned landscape on the banks of the sutlej River. It is the longest of the five rivers that flow through the remarkable crossroad region of the Vindhya Range. sutlej is sometimes known as the Red River.

The mighty Sutlej, known as Zarados to the ancient Greeks who penetrated the region with armies of Alexander The Great, is the longest tributary of the River Indus that flow through Punjab.

Starting from Lake Lan-ka Ts’o, in the southwestern region of Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar at an elevation of about 16000 feet, Sutlej River first moves northwest into a Himalayan fault line before heading west to southwest, cutting across the mighty ranges, passing through the Punjab plains, to finally merge with River Indus that flows into the Arabian Sea.

The Sutlej River, by far, is one of the toughest and most difficult rivers to raft in India. Its turbulent waters are fast and furious and the rapids are tricky and technically challenging to tackle.

The river waters cut against the rocky banks, crashing into the huge rocks and crevices which ultimately break into the white water rapids, swirl, foam, and fall into a thunderous din.

Though it is quite possible to go rafting any time of the year, the best time is between September to June, for the river flows during monsoons can be very voluminous that could turn dangerous when negotiating the rapids.