This week is meant for Class II/III paddlers who already have whitewater kayaking experience. Some familiarity and experience with the kayak roll is necessary, with a 50% reliable roll with your "on-side". The emphasis of this kayak instruction week will be on fun and learning.

Day by Day:

Day 1 Friday: Depart your home town
Fly to Miami and connect 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 catch another flight to Bariloche, or Esquel Argentina. From Bariloche, a luxury bus will take you on a beautiful drive along the Patagonian lakes and mountains to Esquel. IF you fly direct to Esquel you can arrive in Trevelin with some time to enjoy the area. Trevelin, Argentina is a charming mountain village gateway just 45 minutes from Futaleufu River in Chile. Trevelin is serviced by ground transport (Bus or private taxi) from the Jet ports in Bariloche (4 hrs) or Esquel (40 min). Check into a hotel in this charming village and walk to one of several superb restaurants. Unwind, relax, and get a good nights sleep before the start of you trip 9:00 am the next morning.

Day 3 Sunday: Evaluation Day
After an early breakfast, we are off to the turquoise Rio Espolon, a Class II/III river that will allow us to evaluate your strokes, skills, and teach basic river theory. This will be your opportunity to identify what is holding you back in the sport of kayaking and develop a kayak instruction plan for the week to correct it. We emphasize boat control, body position and the strokes commonly used in kayaking. After taking out, we return to our lodge for an overview and analysis of your technique, developing the schedule for the following days.

Day 4 Monday – Day 7 Thursday: Customized Kayaking Schedule
From our skills assessment and your input we design a kayak instruction week that will be completely centered on improving your kayak skills. We get to choose from all of the great rivers and runs in the Futaleufu River Valley. Three sections of the Rio Esplon that features the play waves. Two sections of the Rio Azul that take you right to our camp and give you a taste of ferrying across the big water of the Futaleufu. The easy section of the Rio Tigre and the class 3 Corocovado just across the border in Argentina. We also have the introduction section of the Futaleufu where one at the end of the week could learn to paddle the big waves of the Futaleufu in a class 3 setting. Our vehicles will be waiting at the end of each days activity.

Day 8 Friday: Apres Paddling/on to Trevelin, Argentina
After Paddling, our luggage will join us as we make our way toward the border on our way to Trevelin. Check into your hotel, take a shower and change clothes before enjoying your last night in Patagonia. There are several outstanding and reasonably priced restaurants in Trevelin that we can recommend. Relax, recover and look back on the exciting week of kayaking before heading back the following morning.

Day 9 Saturday: Return to Capital City
Depending on your connections you are now are in Argentina ready for an early departure in a cab from you hotel to the bus station in Esquel for the trip to Bariloche and your flight back to Beunos Aires. A private transfer can be arranged direct from your hotel to the airport in Bariloche. If you have a flight from Esquel you have the morning to enjoy and buy gifts in Trevelin before your 2 pm flight to Buenos Aires and the connection back to your home country.

Day 10 Sunday: Return home

Accomodations:

Eco Camp Campo Tres Monjas

Price per Person: $2195.00 USD

Special Flexibilities: Exchile will be flexible to make your trip a total success. The actual program for your custom trip mayl 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: En-route transportation, lodging, and food from your home town to the border with Chile and Argentina or other trip pick-up point. Laundry services, massage, additional alcohol are available but not included. You can reserve on our web page a pre-trip and post-trip hotel in Trevelin that includes the shared transfer to and from the border.

You can also ask our travel agent to prepay private ground transports between airport and from the airport to Trevelin, for an additional charge. 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.

	Season: December 6th to March 15th Off Season the first two days rolling practice in warm pools October 15th to November 15, March 30th to April 15th Experience Needed: Some whitewater experience Physical Challenge: Moderate Cultural Experience: Medium Nature Experience: High Comfort Rating: Moderate Max Trip Size: 10 Min Trip Size: 2 Region Visited: Futaleufu Valley Lakes, Rivers, Sites Visited: Rio Espolon, Rio Futaleufu, Rio Azul, Futaleufu Village Direct Line, USA: +1.208.629.5032 (7am/5 pm mst) Toll Free, USA: +1.888.488.9082 (7am/5 pm mst) Travel Consultant 1 Travel Consultant 2

Also offered at the Patagonia South Kayak School: Beginning Kayak Instruction, Intermediate Paddling Instruction, Advanced Paddling School Courses. How to Roll a Kayak clinics and private kayak instruction.

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