THE LOHIT RIVER EXPEDITION

The Lohit river comes into India at the border with China near India's eastern most inhabited tip, at a place called Kibithu. It is a medium volume continuous Class 4+/5 river in its upper alpine reaches and becomes pool drop towards the latter end of the trip. There have been a few raft expeditions on it. We were part of a trip in February 1994 with the Indian Army and operated the first successful kayak descent of the river in December 2003. This trip is an exploratory kayak expedition suported either by raft / cataraft or land crews wherever possible. The outlined river plan is below.