How can a tourist leave the spiritual city of Rishikesh, without doing the river rafting in the Ganges river? The journey is incomplete without rafting. There are multiple rafting operators in the city, offering not only the rafting packages but also the combo packages like volleyball, tents, camping, rafting and trekking. For the urban tourists, the combo packages may serve the most enthralling experience. The packages may be as short as few hours to as long as few days, depending on the tourists and their interest level.

River Rafting packages offered have been divided into multiple grades starting from easy ones, offering no obstacles to extremely difficult ones, which are violent and congested. The difficulty level decides the number of rapids and obstacles the tourists may have to face, during the rafting journey.

Normally, transports to the starting point, a professional river rafting guide,  rafting equipment, life jackets and helmets are included in the rafting package.

Tourists are recommended to not to opt for rafting during the monsoon season, as the river becomes really dangerous and may be flowing above the danger marks in case of heavy rains.

Usually, a few minutes of briefing session along with the instructions is given by the guide, at the commencement of rafting.

With the bungee jumping set up in Rishikesh, this adds another option to the combo package.