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==Season 2025/26==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-12-30 to 2026-01-02 / 2 Days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Michel, Lisa & Antoine'''</span>
A lovely section where the river nature and landscapes keep changing. Relaxed, fast flowing and many camping options.
Attractivity: 4.5 (more remote/wilder would be a 5)
Difficulty: 2 (our experience given the exceptional weather and favourable winds)
Day 1
We took the bus running from Palena to Futaleufú at 13:30 for 5mn and got out at Bridge (27P} (2.3/194]. We put in and started paddling down the beautiful river. The rapids were not an issue and we paddled all but rapid 24.3 (??). Antoine in his 1 person boat paddled it though. There are many places along the river that look like great campsites. Many of them are most likely on private land since there are settlers and cows everywhere (it should be easy to hide though). We continued to [-43.64793, -71.91816] in 2 h 30 min where we found a really nice campsite at the confluence of Rio Palena, Tigre and another small stream. The land owner was cutting wood nearby in the forest and we asked him if we could camp there. He said yes of course and didn't seem to mind one bit. Best to ask anyways if you can I guess.
Day 2
We continued down the river without any issues. The canyon scenery was splendid and felt wild. Rapids were all fine to navigate, even though we got sucked into the wrong line on one of them. After paddling 5 h we found a really nice camp spot here [-43.71026, -72.16098] with a big old log for wind shelter, an open area with beautiful views of the mountains and sheltered spots among the trees to pitch our tent. Had a warm relaxed afternoon, swam in the river and celebrated new year with a bottle of wine and Antoine even managed to make a small fire in the still pretty fierce wind (with a lot of wind protection of course).
Day 3
The views from the river were absolutely stunning today and it got pretty warm with sun all day long (just like the last days). Rapid {27P} (47.1/104] was really easy, without any problems. The confluence of Rio Frío is wonderful and the water color changes so much! We did 32 km and camped on a rocky bank (no wind or sun protection though), here: [-43.73649, -72.34523]. On the other side of the river there seem to be nice grassy spots that are more sheltered from wind and sun, so that would be an option for camp, too. It's closer to the road though.
Day 4
We paddled to La Junta quite efficiently thanks to a good flow. Especially closer to La Junta the flow was good so we just floated. In the village we bought some additional food and continued directly with GPT28P.
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-12-10 & 2025-12-16 to 2025-12-18 / 4 days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP / Dave & Siyuan'''</span>.
