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==Season 2025/26==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-12-10 to 2025-12-11 / 2 Days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Michel & Lisa'''</span>
Day 0
We stared at the end of GPT16, at the shop [66.4/237] where we stocked up. However, there are many more shops en route towards the Quilmio camping that are not in the waypoints, so you could save yourself some carrying if you were doing the same thing. The last one seems to be at X {17P-A} [1.3/223] and it's about the same size as the one just mentioned, though we didn't check what they had in stock.
When we arrived at Quilmio (Camp $ {17P-A} (2.6/208]), no one was there but toilets and showers open, clean and working (no hot water). They also have cabañas apparently. Camping for one tent, two people was 15000 CLP. The owner showed us a good spot for entering the water with our packraft on this side of the river. It's just where the "Estacionamiento" sign is. He also pointed out one could go just under the bridge on the other side which shouldn't be private land, however we didn't check. He also told us to take the right arm of the river which should be faster (so different than the track files).
Day 1
We put in at the spot where the owner of the camping showed us. It's fine but the other side under the bridge would be even easier. We actually dropped a paddle in the water while getting in (got it back easily by paddling after it) but I'm sure you can do better than us, haha.
This was our first packrafting down a river and we really loved it. We took the left arm of the river where it splits, just as the track files indicate. We saw something that looked like a wiesel, otter and possibly a beaver (though that could've been an otter as well). There are lots of sunken trees in the river and we were glad to not have put on the fin, we would've lost it most likely. There was one spot that was kind of unpleasant where there was just one good line (in the middle of the river) with the packraft because the river is almost completely blocked by fallen trees, here: [-39.720263, -71.931705] but this may be transient. It's absolutely passable but we had to work our way through by holding onto a tree, lifting the boat over a trunk and then paddling again.
When we reached Lago Neltume at 15:00 the wind was blowing against us, in northerly direction which made progress really slow. Just when we arrived at the end of PR (17:09), it switched off. So you might be better off waiting until 17:00 to paddle the lake. It was still doable against the wind though...
The camping where we landed was deserted except for a group of 5 dogs who were friendly and left our food alone even when unattended. Later, the owner came and asked for 8000 CLP per person which we agree with others, is rather overpriced. You could also go to the other side of the small river ([-39.80474, -71.97920]) where it looks like there's good camping too but we don't know if that's public land or not (we guessed so). If we had had the energy, we would've gone to Camping Río Chan Chan which indeed looks much nicer and even has a little store. It's just about 400 m along the road (south) and we saw it walking to the end of GPT17P the next day.
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-11-21 to 2025-11-22 / 2 days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Dave, Siyuan'''</span>.
