Established in 1988, Himalayan River Runners is one of the first rafting outfits in India. HRR has many firsts to its credit from pioneering river descent in India to popularizing (Fixed base camp) rafting beach camps and the concept of minimum impact eco tourism.

Yousuf Zaheer, founder and managing director of HRR, had a passion for challenges of the great outdoors from his high school days. His exploratory mountaineering expeditions spanning two decades from the late seventies saw several first ascents and opening new routes in the Indian Himalaya. His rafting career began in 1984, being the first trained by the Americans who introduced professional rafting in India. He went on to raft internationally in the USA, Canada and captained an Indian team to the first international rafting competition in Switzerland in 1987, where India stood third overall. Today most rivers rafted in India have been pioneered by Yousuf and his HRR team.

Ganeve Rajkotia, an avid and experienced outdoors person, mother of two, is Yousuf’s better half and business partner. Besides keeping Yousuf’s feet firmly on the ground, she has provided the balance and organizational discipline to the entire HRR enterprise.

Our long-term vision encompasses integration of the various facets of adventure and eco- tourism in an enduring,k grassroots approach. By providing a platform and mobilizing resources in capacity building by training local youth in professional guiding skills and creating awareness to the bio-diversity conservation ethic.

A 'hands on' approach to each of  Himalayan River Runners' several activities has helped us fine tune our operation to offer you a holiday in the Indian Himalaya around the year. So whether it is testing your angling skills against the mighty mahseer, rafting down lesser navigated Himalayan rivers, trekking through pristine Himalayan country, a visit to Ladakh, or other cultural and outdoor pursuits like birding in and around our seasonal river base camps -- you are sure to find an outdoors trip to suit your preference.

Whatever your needs, HRR ensures an efficient, fully outfitted operations with personal involvement of the Directors where no detail is too small to spare.

Our Equipment
We posses state of the art imported and indigenous equipment. Our entire fleet of rafts is of the latest design, self-bailing and imported from the USA. All our camping and river equipment conforms to international standards. We have catarafts, inflatable and hard shell kayaks that form part of our inventory.

Our Guides
Hrr employs full time Indian and Nepalese guides with a minimum of 3 years experience and qualified in First Aid and CPR administration. In addition we have experienced international guides working with us seasonally.

Packages
We operate longer trips for rafting , trekking , Mahseer fishing , birding and corporate team building in different regions of the Indian Himalaya. We can tailor make an itinerary to suit your time and preference.

Our credo
"Take nothing but photos,. Leave nothing but footprints". We adhere to a strict, minimum impact environment code on all our trips.