About Us
De-N-Ascent expeditions established in 2004, based in Rishikesh Uttrakhand on the Holy Ganga river, operating white water rafting, kayaking, trekking and mountain biking trips in the India Himalayas.
D-N-Ascents is the first kayaking company in the country and the only kayak school which is open for the local enthusiasts to help and learn kayaking and trained many kayakers now working a full time job with other rafting companies.
Our Team
Bhuwan 'eddy' Adhikari - Founder and owner, 14 years of raft guiding and kayaking, done several first descents in Indian rivers, working the summer season in Europe.
Ramesh Rawat.- A mountaineer and climber is in-charge of trekking & Mountain Biking, 15 years of trek guiding in India and Nepal.
Kundan Bisht – Senior Trekking guide and raft guide, 14 years of experience in the field.
Bhupal Bisht – Bhupal is Postgraduate from Nainital University , and after years of sailing he wanted to be a raft guide and joined De-n-Ascents in summers of 2006 and become an all rounder, raft guiding and trekking guide and works at office for all admin work and accounts.
Ayodhya – At the age of 7 he came to Rishikesh to join one the oldest Sanskrit School in the country and after finishing High school he became a Hindu priest, but that was not the destiny he had some other dreams, got a trainee-ship in De-N-Ascent and become a very good kayaker and Raft guide and also learned very good English as another language along with extraordinary Sanskrit.
Laxman – 17 year old self-employed shepherd become a very good kayaker in a very short time of learning period. Still got 26 ships and goes to bring them to the meadows and handover them to his uncle while he is kayaking.
Here we will focus on more difficult waters as well as some rivers I have discovered and paddled myself.