Kayak Chile’s Rio Fuy PLUS Pucon

The Fuy Plus Pucon trips are becoming amongst our most popular advanced kayak trips combining Chile’s two best whitewater regions for the month of January. The Upper and Lower Fuy and parts of the Middle Fuy Canyons have a short window between too high and too low guaranteeing waterfalls, creeking, and river running experiences. Combining Fuy canyons with Pucon is as good as kayaking gets for advanced kayakers.

About the Fuy Area

PHOTO. Kayaker’s celebrating after running the Upper Fuy’s Las Leonas cascades. “Wanna go again?”

It’s like an Ewok fantasy land. We’re serious, a giant Ewok architected spiraling tree hotel is the center-piece of one of Chile’s most outrageous eco-parks based right at the Las Leonas section (series of clean waterfalls). Structures in this area match the magic of the forests, lakes, volcanos, glaciers, and canyon drainages. Lago Neltume is the narrow lake leading from the Argentina border collecting glacial melt and overflowing into the Rio Fuy. Within 12 miles the Fuy makes it’s way through a handful of canyons and three river sections before it drains into Lago Panguipulli. The cascades are world renowned and travelers globally visit just for the vistas. But kayakers are the real ones that get to explore the magic canyons.

Kayaking Upper Fuy Canyon (III to IV+)

PHOTO. Aerial photo of Chile’s Upper Fuy Las Leonas waterfalls. 

Paddling out of Lago Neltume into the Upper Fuy River this is waterfall and river running paradise. Over 20 classic drops including the Las Leonas (the Lions) triple header 25 – 16- and 12 footers. The most amazing clear blue you will kayak. Four kilometers of slides, playful waves, boofs galore and waterfalls. At the optimal levels it’s what we would call easy creeking. At the wrong levels some rapids are terrifying and require experience to avoid.

PHOTO. More boofs than you can shake a stick at on the Upper Fuy. 

Middle Fuy below 50 Footer, III+ to IV+.

While, the Middle Fuy Canyon is dangerously high in January we have an access point below the most dangerous section. This run out section is a pure euphoric fast paced boof fest. Trekking down the Middle Fuy Canyon you get the sense of awesomeness. Then you arrive to waterfalls veiling down the lush green walls. Its hot, so jump in and cool off in the turquoise pool. About a 3 KM stretch of busy class III to IV boofing lies ahead of you. At high flows this section gets serious. But at January levels it is an excellent canyon experience below the more aggressive dangers of the Middle Canyon 50 footer section. We’ll bip-bop our way down boofing endless boulders. Take out at the bridge or continue down the easier Lower Fuy section for more vistas and boofs.

Kayaking Pucon Rivers.

PHOTO. Our backyard Pucon rivers provide an excellent warmer upper for our Fuy +PLUS leg. 

Kayakers will get two to three days of Pucon’s best advanced rivers including sections of the Palguin and Trancura Rivers. Our back yard Trancura offers the best class III+ to V in the area. We’ll mix Upper Trancura, Upper Palguin, and other local laps as a warmer upper for our Fuy roadtrip.

Want a second trip DISCOUNT? Speak to a real person? David@PuconKayakRetreat.com or +1-828-788-5135. 

KEEP KAYAKING.