Rafting the Futaleufu

February 10 – 16, 2008

Submitted by Pat

Day 10 – Balmaceda to Puerto Montt to the Futaleufu
Day 11 – Kayak, Flip Test, Swim Test, and First Rapids
Day 12 – Infierno Canyon
Day 13 – Tree House Camp
Day 14 – Rock Climbing and Rappelling
Day 15 – Rafting Day
Day 16 – Last Rafting Day 

Futaleufu River – Chile

Earth River Expeditions calls this adventure, “the world’s wildest most comfortable river trip.” We will sleep in a series of four exotic camps, each with hot tubs and toilets. Our homes are two-person cliff dwellings hugging the hillsides overlooking the river rapids or tree houses, suspended 50 feet in the air overlooking the Lake of Frogs. We will do a Tyrolean traverse over the huge Zeta Rapid, hike up into the hills to find Swiss-Alp-looking alpine meadows and snow-covered mountains. We will climb up a technical rock tower and rappel 320 feet down the cliff. And of course, we will run the class 5+ rapids, the largest runnable rapids by a boat such as ours. One of the rapids has never been run before. But, as Aaron, our guide said: “Let’s just do it!” Whoooooo Hooooooooo!