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==Season 2025/26==
* <span style="background-color:aqua;">'''2025-12-22 to 2025-12-24 / 3 Days / Packrafting / SOBO / RP + RH / Michel, Lisa & Antoine'''</span>
Day 1
Took the bus from El Bolsón to Cholila that leaves at 7:00 from the main road, across from Banco Patagonia. Here: [-41.96305, -71.53529]. There's another one at 16:00. It took 2 h 30 min. At the tourist office which is in the building where the bus arrived they helped us find a taxi (Daniel, phone: 2945400456, we paid 20'000 ARS) which brought us to the spot where we could put in nicely ([-42.50510, -71.52348] - it's also a camp spot with some tables so one could also spend the night here if taking the 16:00 bus from El Bolsón).
We paddled/floated down the 18.6 km on Río Carrileufu until we reached Camp {24P} [7.4/526] at the mouth of the river, which took us 3 h 40 min. The wind was blowing strong over Lago Rivadavia, directly against us. We asked the owners if we could stay and they said it was 5000 ARS per person. There are toilets and many nice, flat camp spots. The beach at the lake is also pretty, although windy.
Day 2
Woke up at 5:00 with hopes of crossing Lago Rivadavia. However, the InReach forecast had lied and the wind was still in our faces and too strong. We could've maybe attempted a crossing staying to the very eastern shore where it seemed a bit sheltered, but decided against it. We hitchhiked and walked (mostly, little traffic) on the road to the park entrance ([-42.60970, -71.64629]) where we paid entry fees and hitchhiked on to the camping on the end of the lake ([-42.66667, -71.67819]). Here, the water was calm and absolutely paddle-friendly. We could've maybe tried to paddle from the park entrance since some people had mentioned that from the middle of the lake, the wind would be much less (west winds come through a valley at the middle of the lack and distribute towards the north and south from then). Well, you're always cleverer in hindsight.
We paddled from the camping to the river where there are still all the signs and the rope telling you only to go there if you have a guide but we pretended they didn't exist and started down the absolutely beautiful Río Rivadavia (such clear water!). When we entered Lago Verde we faced some headwinds but continued on after a break at Camp $ (24H} [30.7+0.5/516]. With some effort we got to the end of the lake despite headwinds after only 20 min. Río Arrayanes was beautiful as well and we got to the northern arm of Lago Futalaufquen soon. There was some tailwind and we decided to continue on. We stopped at Cuma Hue Campsite ([-42.77662, -71.73451]) but didn't like it too much since the old campsite is abandoned and you have to carry your stuff up further now and there were no showers either since they were broken so we decided to save the 15'000 ARS per person and go to the free Playa el Frances (Camp {24H} [43.2/531]). We had some really strong gusts (70 km/h) and waves in our backs which made paddling a bit less fun yet very fast to get there and we arrived safely. There are some nice flat spots here and a beautiful, sheltered bay ([-42.79068, -71.72799]). There are warning signs of falling branches so we tried to stay away from the trees as best as possible since it was still very windy and gusty.
Day 3
We started paddling at 10 after watching a beautiful and very persistent rainbow across the lake for a while. The winds were okay at first, then increased with pretty strong gusts (~70 km/h) just before Lago Futalaufquen opens up towards east and west. With improvised sails on, our galions progressed very fast. We turned east at the bend to continue with GPT25H RP. the wind immediately died down and it was exceptionally calm paddling. (Continue reading in GPT25H article)