This is a total vacation and immersion experience. You will spend a month or more in an outdoor dream at our Tres Monjas Eco-Camp This trip is designed for the whitewater kayaker with a boat, their personal paddling gear, tent and sleeping bag. All meals are provided, – minimizing the off-river hassle and maximizing your paddling time. Your paddling partners will be a ExChile's expert guide/instructors. You will get the inside view on what it takes to be a kayak instructor/guide on the Futaleufu River.
Our past season pass participants often couldn’t believe the physical conditioning they developed after kayaking on the Rio Futaleufu for a month or more. You will get a head start on all your paddling friends back home and return from Chile a supercharged paddler – with a real winter tan. This is an opportunity to do what many have always wanted to do, focus completely on your paddling. We will go to great lengths to help you achieve your paddling goals. Let us know your objectives.
Our season pass program affords you the opportunity to paddle all the different sections and various tributaries of the Rio Espolon, Rio Azul and Rio Futaleufu river. You will have a chance to see all the rapids more than once and on the more challenging rapids you will have the choice to walk. You will have the opportunity to kayak six days of each week, with Saturdays off to relax and recuperate.
The sections that you paddle daily will be determined by the guide staff taking into consideration what sections are being run by other exchile kayakers and rafters as well as your ability level. Rafting the Futaleufu is an option provided with no extra charge on a space available basis. The Andes to the Ocean sea kayak trip is another option that is offered on a space available basis. Other multisport activities that you are interested in are offered for an extra charge.
Season passers should be sensitive that new kayakers are coming in on Sundays of each week. On this day we will be paddling easier sections to test and evaluate new kayakers while we push our season pass kayakers on advanced techniques on the easier water. We understand that season passers become comfortable with the camp and our staff, however the passers should be sensitive to our weekly guests for whom this is also a trip of a lifetime, but are with us for only one week. An effort to socialize with the new groups is important to the group dynamic both on and off the river.
The number of kayaker’s we accept for our Season Pass Program is limited. We usually interview all potential participants. (a month is defined as four weeks/ a week is defined as Sunday through Saturday. Saturday is an off day each week with meals provided but no transportation. We want to make sure that this intensive Chile kayaking option fits with one’s paddling goals and lifestyle.
Season passers bring their tents and sleeping bag. They will have full use of Campo Tres Monjas. In certain rare situations season passers may be moved from the campo into a hosteria in the village of Futaleufu for part of their stay if the need arises and the sections they are paddling are easily accessed from town. In these unusual cases exchile continues to provide all services, town accommodations, meal plan along with guiding and shuttles. Your tent would remain at campo untill you return.
Our Season Pass Program was written up in Paddle Magazine in 2003 and we have had numerous participants who have gone away with a lifetime full of memories. Call us for more information or for a reference from past kayak Chile Season Pass participants.
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Day 1 Friday: Depart your home town
Fly on an over night flight to Buenos Aires Argentina. Welcome to the warmth of the Southern Hemisphere in summer.
Day 2 Saturday: Travel to Trevelin, Patagonia Argentina
Early morning arrival in Buenos Aires, change airports and connect with a flight to Esquel, Argentina. Or you can grab an overnight bus to Esquel. Take a taxi from Esquel (45 minutes) to Trevelin, Argentina, a charming mountain village gateway just 45 minutes from the border and the Futaleufu River in Chile. Check into a hotel Casa de Piedra and walk to one of several superb restaurants. Unwind, relax, and get a good nights sleep.
Day 3 Sunday: Wake up in Trevelin for an 8 a.m. breakfast. At 9 a.m. taxis will arrive to drive trip members to the border of Chile arriving at 9:45 a.m. An Expediciones Chile representative will meet you and help you cross into Chile and change vehicles for the start of your trip. Season Pass itineraries will be built around our three primary paddling programs. Class II/III Kayak Chile Week. Class III/IV Futaleufu River Valley Week. Class IV/V Kayak Futaleufu Week and the Patagonia South Kayak School and possibly the Patagonia Kayak Safari provided the trip is offered .
Day 4 Monday: Kayak
Day 5 Tuesday: Kayak
Day 6 Wed: Kayak
Day 7 Thursday: Kayak
Day 8 Friday: Kayak
Day 9 Saturday: Kayak
Day 10 Sunday: Start of the next week with new groups.
Friday: Activity finish: Our vehicles will be waiting at the finish of your last days kayaking. We will make a short stop in the village of Futaleufu and drive the 15 minutes to the border where your exchile trip ends. Here taxis from the Casa de Piedra hotel will be waiting to take you back to Trevelin. Check into your hotel, take a shower and change clothes before enjoying your last night in Patagonia. There are a handful of outstanding restaurants in Trevelin that we can recommend. Relax, recover and look back on your kayaking adventure and all that you accomplished
Day 16 Saturday: Return to Capital City
You are now are in Argentina ready to call a taxi from you hotel to the airport in Esquel and your flight back to Beunos Aires and connect on to an international flight to your home country. If you are departing to Bariloche you can pick up a morning bus from Esquel or arrange a private transfer direct from your hotel.
Day 17 Sunday: Return home
Riverside Campo Tres Monjas
4 Weeks : $5,595 USD
8 Weeks :
$11,190 USD
Extra weeks are:
$1,398 a week. |
Special Flexibilities: Exchile will be flexible to make your trip a total success. The actual program for your custom trip will vary according to the desires and skill level of your group, weather, or other factors. Patagonia has constantly changing weather patterns that might affect what day is best for a certain activity. If a certain part of your trip is not possible due to danger risks and weather extremes, our experienced guide staff will work with you to figure out the best possible option to substitute for the weather complications. If you have any concerns, please feel free to ask us more about the situations and what is guaranteed on the trip.
Included: Your described trip, guiding, instruction, activity equipment, local transportation, shuttles, all meals, wine with dinner, acomodations at our eco-camps, cabins, ranches or lodges, while on your trip. We offer a free pick up on Sunday mornings at 9 am in Trevelin at your hotel, and drop off to your hotel in Trevelin, Argentina on Fridays at 9 pm. See the packing list of your activity, for the specific clothing that is required.
Not Included: Transportation to and from your home town, and your accommodations and meals in Trevelin Argentina or alternate trip pick up point. You can reserve and prepay on the web your transport from your final air destination, to and from your pick up-drop off point before and after your trip, or you can direct us to charge your visa card and do it for you. We higly recommended having exchile make hotel reserves in Trevelin. (room capacity in this small village is limited). Expediciones Chile is not financially responsible for your travel complications getting to your trip pick up point and from the drop off point, HOWEVER, we will be relentless allies in offering our services to help solve any issues that you may encounter.
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| Season: Nov 15 to April 15 |
| Experience Needed: None |
| Physical Challenge: Ability to paddle six days a week |
| Cultural Experience: Moderate high |
| Nature Experience: Very high |
| Comfort Rating: Moderate |
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| Region: Remote Patagonia Chile and Argentina |
| Lakes, Rivers, Sites Visited:
Futaleufu river, Rio Azul, Rio Espolon, Lago Lonconao, Lago Espolon, Secret Lagoon, Campo Tres Monjas, Futaleufu Chile, Trevelin Argentina. |
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Direct Line, USA:
+1.208.629.5032 (7am/5 pm mst)
Toll Free, USA:
+1.888.488.9082 (7am/5 pm mst) |
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