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*2024-Jan-4 / 7.5 days / Packrafting / SOBO / RH + OP-LK-2 + RP / Lauren & Sebastian
Note: Apparently you need a reservation for one of the camp sites at La Junta to be allowed into the valley from Cochamo side, so we did that. Camp Trawen is the most expensive (15k per person), which is the reason why it’s been available on short notice. There are several other camps around for 8k-10k, but they were all sold out. Someone wrote further down that they were allowed in when mentioning that they wanted to camp at El Arco Refuge, but we read it too late.
Day 1:
We hitchhiked from Cochamo to Cochamo Base Camp and reached there at 9am in the morning.
We hiked to Camp Trawen and finished early. It would have been better to go on the El Arco Refuge straight away and camp there. It’s a super touristy stretch and in our view not really worth doing, if you like the general quiet nature of the GPT.
Day 2:
The next day we camped at the beach at Lago Vidal. Easy hike but long day with the heavy packrafting equipment, lots of ups and downs.
Day 3:
We packrafted Lago Vidal and had a good lunch at Luisa’s place (make sure to drop by!), before continuing on to Torrentoso (not the paid camp, but on the meadow a few hundred meters after the official camp). It started raining that afternoon and continued to rain on day 4.
Day 4:
The bridge at wp Bridge {22N} [51.8/146] (Rio Steffen) does not exist anymore. It’s not a very demanding ford though. There are steep ups and downs on both sides. We stayed near wp Settler {22N} [50.1/307].
Day 5:
We hiked down to Rio Manso and rivered in right at wp Rio Manso. Great spot to go in the water. The ride was super scenic and beautiful and there were no rapids, just a bit of boiling water but nothing difficult, which might be due to different water levels compared to previous accounts. It’s 45 minutes from there to the bridge at wp Bridge {22N} [40.8+0.2/36]. We rivered out behind the bridge on the right side. There is a nice flat open space. When going up towards the road, there is a path which leads by the cabin of Harv and Victoria. We were lucky to catch them, as they said they are not there very often, but they offered to let us stay on their land and even offered a hot (wood fired) shower for 2.5k per person, which we were happy to accept. There is also craft beer in the cervezeria across the road. We resupplied at the shop.
Day 6:
We took the bus at 1 pm to intersection at wp X {22-01} [25.0/187] and went on OP-MR-V (along Hunter’s estate) to Lago Azul. You will be charged 5k per person to pass the stretch to the lake. We crossed Lago Azul with much backwind and we sailed to the other side in no time. Considerable waves though…
Day 7:
Crossed Lago de Las Rocas, Lago Inferior, and Lago Puelo to the Argentinian border control. Good sailing all the way with our two person canoe.
Day 8:
Finished in Lago Puelo in the morning and spent the day by the beach :)
*2023 Dec OH-TL-V / Anh