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A beautiful road that winds its way through the long fjord of Patagonia Chilena. Home to sea lions and southern dolphins. Against the background of the Cordillera de los Andes.

Trip Summary    Duration: 1 day Location: North Patagonia, Reloncavi Estuary. Rate:US$ 140 per person Difficult: Easy to moderated. No previous experience needed. Season: November to April. Departure: Puerto Varas, Chile Trip Activities: Sea kayaking, wildlife watching. Dates: Trips Calendar Weather: see conditions in Puerto Varas Other Trips: Kayak por el Lago Tagua Tagua

Row for 5 to 6 spectacular hours of sea kayak in the first stretch of the Chilean Patagonia; we will sail in the home of sea lions and Austral dolphins and as a backdrop we will have the Andes Mountain and its imposing austral summits.
We will drive to the first stretch of the austral road which covers the Reloncavi Estuary. We will meet little fishermen towns and enjoy beautiful sights of the Osorno, Calbuco and Yate Volcanoes, without a doubt an attractive landscape that opens its road between the Andes Mountain and the Pacific Ocean. Our adventure on the sea starts in the town of Puelo…

Itinerary

Details of the Trip.
Once in the town of Puelo we will organize the equipment while we drink a lovely hot chocolate. Once we enter the lake with our kayaks we will have a conversation about safety, rescue and row techniques. Then we will start paddling for about 4 or 5 hours across the Reloncavi Estuary towards the town of Cochamo, with amazing views to the Yate Volcano and the imposing Andes Mountain. We can observe the lifestyle of the local people and if we are lucky we will meet sea lions, dolphins and a lot of birds. During our paddling day we will have time to take pictures, have a nice lunch and answer all your questions about the place.

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*Is important to take in consideration that this program may have some variations, and that our itinerary always depend of the weather conditions.

Trip Details

Requirements

• Physical condition compatible with the activity.
• Know how to swim.

Includes

• All water and land transportation.
• Hot chocolate, a big snack and a nice lunch by the sea.
• Kayak with rudder and Prijon equipment (from Germany), doubles and simples, rows, skirts, row jackets, life jacket, dry bags for your equipment and camera.
• Professional First aid kit, GPS, UHF Radios, handy, maps and repair kits, cell phone, aerial pictures, awning and more.
• Bilingual Guide (Spanish-English) accredited by Wilderness First Response. Wide experienced in sea kayak, long trips to remote places.
• Book collections about the trips that will help you to enrich the experience and increase your knowledge about the places.

Does Not Include

• Personal Equipment.
• Accident or rescue insurance.
• Tips.
• Any other service not mentioned in this program

Useful Advices

• Values are for groups of 4, for groups of more or less ask for value.
• For “personal equipment" we understand as:
  Sneakers or sandals, sunglasses, a cap, sun block, towel, swim suit, water bottle, camera and films.
• At the moment of reservation we will send you a list with the equipment that you have to bring.
• El punto de encuentro es una acomodación en Puerto Varas, apróximadamente a las 6:30 am. Posteriormente, alrededor de las 07:15 am, llegaremos a Ensenada; Cochamo (8:00 am apróx.); Puelo (8:45 am apróx.), para concluir el viaje en Puerto Varas, Ensenada, Cochamo o Puelo.
• El tamaño del grupo puede variar entre 2 y 10 personas como máximo.

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