Once the novelty of riding on elephants has waned a bit you should take on a canoe trip for a more relaxing break. There are no lifejackets but the water is never really deep. The canoes are large, dug out affairs capable of taking four or five people each. We had two of the camp's wildlife guides with us and paddled our way along, close to the banks of the river and spotted a great many birds but also a few crocodiles - specifically the Garial crocodile with its long snout. And thoughts over the rather shallow water came back rather quickly. The canoe trips are generally one way affairs on the Narayani river as although shallow, the current's fairly fast flowing in places so they couldn’t hope to paddle the canoes upstream, laden with tourists for long. Going downstream they really only just have to steer, allowing the speed of the river to do the rest.