The Ganga moves differently here — faster, louder, colder. Days begin with the sound of the river nearby and end with firelight along its banks.

The air smells of forest and water. Time is divided between the rush of rapids and long pauses in between, where the river slows and the hills close in. Rafting days are active and physical. The current pulls hard, the raft dips and rises, and the cold water snaps you fully awake.

This is a short journey, but it leaves the body tired and the mind light — the kind of break that clears space quickly and lingers longer than expected.