Our
Team:
We
are not simply river trips organizer, whitewater trips
is not only our job but it’s our profession which we take
very seriously.
WhiteWater Professional:
 Bidur
Thapaliya: Director of WhiteWater Nepal (P.)
Ltd. Professional raft guide, Safety Kayaker & Kayak
Instructor
Bidur
comes from Mechchhe village - 5, Kavre East of Nepal nearby
Sun Koshi river. He has been kayaking and guiding for
half of his life and has a wealth of experience of whitewater
in many countries. He is at home on the rivers. He likes
nothing more than taking his kayak and a group of enthusiastic
participants to explore the unchartered whitewater of
the hidden rivers of Nepal, he enjoys meeting adventure
lovers from all over the world and sharing experience
with them, never the less he loves showing first timers
how unforgettable a few hours on the river can be and
most rewarding thing for him in his profession – to see
happy faces of people who enjoy time on the trips of his
company “WhiteWater Nepal Pvt. Ltd.”
He finds himself in the office as much as on the river
nowdays to make sure for your safe, fun and memorable
trip on the Himalayan Rivers.
Bidur has started his rafting career in 1990. He has been
organizing river trips on the rivers of Nepal since 1992.
His idea is to be progressive: trying new crafts, exploring
new rivers, learning and improving in all possible ways
and all these with deepest dedication and respect to profession
and the river.
An expert kayaker and professional raft guide, the owner’s
of WhiteWater Nepal credentials are:
- 18 years of professional whitewater experience. 15 years
in organizing and operating river trips in Nepal.
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WhiteWater Professional:
 Rajendra
Thapaliya: Rafting guide, Safety Kayaker and
Kayak instructor
Rajendra comes from Mechchhe, a small village east of
Kathmandu. Rajendra was inspired by the example of his
older brother Bidur Thapaliya. When he finished school
he wanted to follow the steps of older brother Bidur and
to be involved in adventure tourism, so in 1997 he started
rafting with us! His great motivation of learning profession
of raft guide brought its fruitful results: he has become
a very good professional raft guide and kayak instructor.
Besides guiding, one of his favorite aspects of being
a river guide is to cook up great meals for all the hungry
crew members. He loves to laugh and he is frequently the
entertainer of the group.
During monsoon season in Nepal he works as raft guide
with our partner company - well known rafting company
of Italy “River Land” (www.riverland.it),
Rajendra guides on rivers in Italy, France, Slovenia.
There is another side of being professional whitewater
specialist – many people want to have your picture on
their website. So that you can see Rajendra’s pictures
on some websites of rafting companies - No wonder!
WhiteWater Professional:
 Shom
Bahadur BK: Raft guide
Som is from Chitwan, near Royal Chitwan National Park.
He has been working with us for 7 years with 12 years
guiding experience in Nepal. One of his many interests
is of the local cultures of the country. He provides a
wealth of information about the customs of the people
that live along the rivers of Nepal. Being from Chitwan
he is also very knowledgeable of the wildlife of Terai
and other areas of Nepal. Som rows the supply raft on
some of our longer trips as well. He is a raft guide in
full meaning of this word: he insures your safe and exciting
rafting brining you through great rapids, he gladly shares
his deep knowledge of culture and nature of Nepal, he
takes care of your comfort overnight staying setting the
camp on the sandy bank of the river, he cooks delicious
meals – he does his best for every group member to have
safe, fun and memorable river trip with “WhiteWater Nepal
(P.) Ltd.”. We are proud to have Som in our WhiteWater
Team!
Right now Som is in the UAE. But we are waiting for him
to be back to Nepal to work on the rivers in the coming
season.
WhiteWater Professional:
 Amar
Bahadur Magar: Raft guide, Expedition guide
Amar was among the first rafting guides in Nepal. Since
that time till now days he has been deeply involved in
whitewater adventures, guiding hundreds of groups on all
permitted rivers of Nepal, besides that he is an expedition
leader and he has led many river expeditions in Nepal.
He is favorite expedition guide of our great friends and
partners – professional rafters from Kuzbass region of
Russia. Amar is a wealth of whitewater experience.
He is very kind and friendly by nature. Be sure that you’ll
have lots fun with him during your river trip!
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WhiteWater
Professional:
 Chandra
Bikram Khadka: Rafting guide, Kayaker
Chandra comes from little village
of Ramechhap District, Khaniyapani V.D.C.- 9 east
of Kathmandu. His friends who are working as guides
impressed him to be a good kayaker and raft guide.
In February 2004 he started working in our company.
His deep motivation and desire to learn has given
very fruitful results in a short period of time. And
every day adds more to it! He keeps developing in
this profession both theoretically and practically
to be company's tough Raft guide and kayaker in near
future. We are happy to see his progress on the rivers!
His dedication toward whitewater profession has brought
first recognition: Chandra is a golden medalist of
“Eco-Challenge Nepal 2007”!
Personally he is very friendly in manner and hard
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WhiteWater Professional:
Saroj Thapaliya: Raft guide and Safety
Kayaker
Saroj comes from Panthali small village, East of Kathmandu.
He has been working for 5 years with us, though he has
been rafting and paddling all of the permitted rivers
in Nepal since 1997 Saroj often provides the muscle power
rowing the supply raft on the longer trips.
Saroj is an extremely patient rescue kayaker and enjoys
meeting people from many different countries.
WhiteWater Professional: Trainee guide
 Tak
Man Rai (Trainee Safety Kayaker, Professional
Cook, Trekking Guide, Expedition Support Team)
Tak Man comes from Everest Region, Solukhumbu district,
Kanku V.D.C. 9. His main dream was to become good trekking
guide and he has been putting lots of efforts for his
dreams come true. He is a person of great dedication.
And he is a real Guide by his natural characteristics.
Everyone who goes on the trip with him gets amazed by
the way Tak Man does his job! He is well trained cook
for the company as well and he loves cooking delicious
outdoor meals in camping trekking and rafting trips. He
started to work with us in 2001 and since that time he
has learned so much and developed a lot. He is unbelievably
energetic person with great desire to learn as much as
possible using every day of his life for development.
Now he is learning rafting profession as well. And his
skills are developing really fast! He is a hard worker
and everything what he does – he does with great motivation,
right attitude and 100% involvement. He makes sure that
all goes smoothly on the trip, he takes care of everything.
Before you can think of something – he already does it
for you! Tak Man is very friendly and positive person.
We are very happy to have him in our Team!
Tak
Man participated in sport river expedition on the Dudh Kosi
(the steepest himalayan river) in October - November 2007.
Right now Tak Man participates in our expedition on Arun River (Upper Gorge).
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