Bungee Jumping is relatively new in Nepal but it is climbing the favorite destination chart very quickly. There is only one site for the bungee jumping in Nepal till now but puritans consider it to be among the best in the world. The site is located on the Bhote Koshi River that is very close to the Nepal-Tibet Border. Close to the picturesque Sino-Nepal friendship bridge. The site is almost a 3 hours cab or bus drive from Kathmandu. The jump at 160m was designed by one of the New Zealand’s leading Bungee consultants, and is operated by some of the most experienced jumpmasters in the business. The Bungee jumping agencies that cater to your needs keeps an extra eye on the safety concerns.

Although it is very difficult to trace the birth of Bungee Jumping it believed that Bungee jumping was born in Pentecost Island in the South Pacific. In its primitive stage it was done using ivies as cords. Today, high technology bungee cords have taken the place of ivies but bungee is still considered a “manhood” test even though more and more women have started doing it. It is generally done using cranes and specially constructed with steel towers.

While the kiwi’s design the jump facility, the jump bridge is the master piece of Swiss expertise. The bridge has the loading factor of 250kg per running meter. This means that the bridge can hold 250x166=41500 kg or 4.5 tones of payload per square meters. It joins two magnificent and picturesque valleys in Nepal and relives the adrenaline shooting experience persons falling in the following groups have been barred for the Bungee Jumping. Person with neurological problems, person with psychological problems, person with orthopedic problems, alcohol or drug addicts, high blood pressure patients and heart patients.