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Kayak Tagua Tagua Lake
November to April 1 days

 

Highlights

We will raw between mountains and we will feel the wind and the water on our faces while we try to approach to a huge fall that goes directly to the water. To arrive at the lake we will drive the to the first stretch of the austral highway which opens the road between the Andes Mountain and the Pacific Ocean, this road is attractive and beautiful by itself. We will have visits to the Osorno volcano, Calbuco and Yates. We can appreciate many falls that come from the mountains on their way to the sea

Details of the Expedition

  • Trip  Kayak
  • Level of difficulty: Easy. Not previous experience needed
  • Rowing hours: 3 to 5 hours. Depending on the weather conditions
  • Place: North Patagonia, basin of the Puelo river.
  • Meeting point: We pick you up at your hotel in Puerto Varas.
  • End of the trip: Puerto Varas, Ensenada, Cochamo or Puelo.
  • Dates: Every Day from November to April
    • Puerto Varas 6.30am
    • Ensenada 7:15 am
    • Cochamo 8:00 am
    • Puelo8:45 am
  • Group size: 2 to 10 people max

Included:

  • All water and land transportation
  • Hot chocolate, a big snack walk and a nice lunch next to the sea.
  • Kayak with rudder and Prijon equipment (from Germany), doubles and simples, rows,  faldones, 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, which will help you to enrich the experience and increase your knowledge about the places.
  • Conversations about minimal impact, land navigation, flora and fauna. The aim is to reinforce or to obtain basic knowledge about visiting wild areas and enjoying outdoor life.

Not included:           

  • Personal equipment, any charge due to an emergency evacuation from the place, tips or any other service not mentioned in this program.

Details of the trip

  • Day 1 Puerto Varas / Tagua Tagua lake
    Once in the Tagua Tagua lake, we will organize the equipment while we drink a lovely hot chocolate, we will enter into the lake with our kayaks, here we will have a conversation about safety, rescue and row techniques. Once we finish it, we will paddle for about 2.5 hours to cross this Andean lake which will show us enormous stone walls which go into the water as an amazing fall that goes directly to the lake. We will approach it to watch its strength and also to get perfect pictures which represents a good moment of your trip. We will look for the best place to have lunch and enjoy the landscape. Later, depending on the weather and the group enthusiasm, we will paddle back through the opposite edge or board a ferry which will take us back, then we will take our private van back home.

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