This incredible adventure, mixes the experience of sea kayaking in calm waters, with the relaxing hot springs baths and breathtaking walks through the impenetrable wild jungle of the remote and beautiful Patagonia.

Day 1
We will begin our expedition in Puerto Montt, visiting the "Alerce Andino National Park", a beautiful place where we will walk through wild vegetation and incredible thousands of year old larch- trees, which are protected and preserved in the park. Then we continue towards Hornopirén, a small village set in a calm cove with amazing turquoise waters and beside another National Park, "Hornopirén". Close to the pumalín National Park, location our camp will be set-up and waiting for us with a good typical dinner: seafood and good Chilean wine. Optional trekking.

Day 2
Our adventure continues after a good breakfast, learning how to steer the kayak, as well as how it is loaded with the necessary equipment for the trip. The incredible landscapes of Southern Hornopirén is where we will start our kayaking expedition through the Comau fjord. These wonderful sea arms that penetrate the land, have many other smaller fjords surrounded by snow capped mountains catching the fog, dolphins swimming beside your kayak and incredible virgen woods. During our excursion we will enjoy warm baths in the "Llancahué" hot springs in the Llancahué island, where our camp will be set-up and waiting for us.

Day 3
After looking over Llancahue, our expedition will head up to Pichanco in the Quintupeo fjords, where we will enjoy the big ocean view Cahuelmó hot spring bathing tubs, carved in stone and surrounded by ferns. Here is where our camp will be set-up.

Day 4
After a good breakfast we will undertake a 5 hour paddling, interrupted for resting breaks and for lunch, to finally reach the Cahuelmo Fjords, where we will have time to discover this area's inpenetrable forest. Here we will prepare our camp to sleep.

Day 5
Early this morning we will take a boat to Caleta Gonzalo in Pumalin National Park. This Park is a nature reserve owned by the ecologist Douglas Tompkins, and is where we will discover the grandiose wilderness, which expresses itself through amazing native woods, rivers and volcanoes; after a short trekking, we will continue south, with a support vehicle that will take us to the charming town of Chaitén, where we will stay at Hotel Mi Casa or similar.

Day 6
Our expedition will continue to Futaleufú, a picturesque village set near the Argentinean border, and beside the light blue waters of the Futaleufú river. En route we will have the opportunity to visit the hot springs of "El Amarillo" and enjoy the incredible views of the surroundings. Once we reach the Futaleufú River, we will enjoy rafting the same waters where the Rafting World Cup 2000 took place. Night at Rio Grande hotel.

Day 7
After a good breakfast we will to return to Chaiten in advance for a scheduled flight to Puerto Montt.

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