Chile Itinerary

CRMS trip 2013

March 20^th – TRAVEL DAY

Depart CRMS at 8:30 am

AMERICAN AIRLINES     20MAR GRAND JUNCT CO DALLAS TX      1245P   345P AA 2838

AMERICAN AIRLINES     20MAR DALLAS TX      SANTIAGO       925P    805A AA 945

March 21^st – SANTIAGO

AM arrival to Santiago.  

-3:30pm Meeting at HidroAysén offices with HidroAysén CEO Daniel Fernandez

March 22^nd – SANTIAGO

-Get to know Santiago!

-10:30am Meeting with Senator Horvath at Chilean Congress

-After meeting with Horvath meeting with Sara Larrain

-5:30pm meeting with Hugh Rudneck (ProDam)

March 23^rd - SANTIAGO

-Meeting with Roberto Román

-Touring Santiago

March 24^th – TRAVEL DAY

-Travel from Santiago to Coyhaique

-Staying in Hostel

March 25^th – TRAVEL DAY

-Bus from Coyhaique to Cochrane

-Dinner: With host families in Cochrane.
March 26^th – COCHRANE (TRIP PREP)

-Breakfast with host families

-Lunch all together at Roberto’s House

- Paddle Rio Cochrane through town

-All students dinner with host families.

March 27^th – BAKER RIVER

6:00am wake up
-Early breakfast with host families

-On bus to Balsa put in no later than 8:00am

-Load boats

-11:00am launch

-Lunch on banks in Valle Grande.  Spend time paddling through estuaries in Valle Grande seeing aquatic life.

-Arrive to Balsa Colonia and set up camp at Refugio Colonia.

-Dinner (Fire ring here)

March 28^th – BAKER RIVER

-6:00am wake up

-Pack up camp.

-Hike up Colonia valley, GLOF studies with Brian Reid

-Down river to Auturo Quinto’s house. (By Nadis valley)

-Set up camp.

-Dinner with Auturo Quinto.

March 29^th – BAKER RIVER

-6:00am wake up

-9:00am on river

-10:00am to Portage (El Salton)

-Hike up to tunnels above el Salton

-3:00pm done with portage & Hike

-Arrive at Rene Muñoz’s estancia.

-Asado (Roasted Lamb Dinner) with Rene Muñoz

March 30^th – BAKER RIVER

-6:00am wake up

-Spend some time with Rene Muñoz & Family in morning.

-Lunch and noon depart for Rio Vargas/Lalo Sandoval

-Arrive to Vargas and dinner with Sandoval family

March 31^st – BAKER RIVER

-6:00am wake up.

-9:00am Depart for Tortel.

-1:00pm arrive to Tortel

-Meet Tortel host families dry gear/ change into new gear.

- Dinner with host families.   

April 1^st – TORTEL to PASCUA

-Breakfast with host Families

-Load on bus to head to Hernan Gualet’s on the Pascua

-Make dinner at Hernan Gualet’s

April 2^nd – PASCUA

-Day with Hernan Gualet, hike to see parts of Pascua and test tunnels that have been made by HidroAysén

April 3^rd – PASCUA to COCHRANE

-Depart from Heran Gualet’s (with timing of Mitchell Fjord Ferry)

Arrive Cochrane PM to eat dinner and stay with host families

April 4^th – COCHRANE

-Sleep in

-Party/Asado in afternoon. Slide Show presentation at the Library that eve open to the public.

April 5^th – TRAVEL DAY

-9:00am Bus from Cochrane to Coyhaique


-Stay at Hostel in Coyhaique, make meal in Hostel.

April 6^th/7^th – TRAVEL DAYS

-Coyhaique to Santiago; Santiago to US

AMERICAN AIRLINES     06APR SANTIAGO       DALLAS TX      850P    615A AA 940

AMERICAN AIRLINES     07APR DALLAS TX      GRAND JUNCT CO 1055A   1205P AA 3449