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The river that destroyed the Rasuwagadhi border crossing in August 2026 and the river carrying Nepal's oldest bungee jump share a name but nothing…
By Laxman Rawal · Sep 3, 2026
Every traveller watching Nepal this autumn has heard the name Bhote Koshi. On 26 August 2026 a flash flood surged down that river out of Tibet — its trigger is still officially undetermined — destroying the Rasuwagadhi customs office and the Miteri Bridge. As…
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Both rivers are called Bhote Koshi — literally 'river from Tibet' — because both cross into Nepal from the Tibetan plateau, at two different points along the border about 100km apart. The Rasuwa Bhote Koshi flows south past Rasuwagadhi and Timure before…
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The Sindhupalchok river is the one adventure travellers know. In 1998, a New Zealand-designed operation called The Last Resort strung a 166m steel suspension bridge across the Bhote Koshi gorge and opened Nepal's first commercial bungee jump — a 160m freefall…
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What this means for you If you've read that 'the Bhote Koshi flooded' and assumed it affects a Nepal bungee trip, check which one is meant. The Rasuwa river that flooded is nowhere near the Sindhupalchok gorge the Last Resort jumps into — they don't share a…
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