Lodges Overview

Nights: 7 nights in small, comfortable lodges
(additional night in Puerto Varas hotel at start of trip)

Lodge Locations: On Futaleufu River or tributary lakes.

Brief Lodge Description: Three exotic private lodges in the Futaleufu Valley.
Lodges are remote on spectacular 800 acre properties. The Earth River lodge itinerary
was designed to have guests do as little driving as possibe with total driving
time less then our multi-camp trip.  Lodges are so diverse that one feels like
they are on a different vacation at each one. You can view these stunning
properties by watching the multi-lodge brochure video on this site. 

Amenities: Wood fired hot tubs, spectacular decks with exspansive views,
indoor fire places & wood stoves, water front campfires, bathrooms in the rooms, electricity, internet, chef prepared meals served with Chilean wine.

Lodge Trip History:  Earth River has been running the Futaleufu as a camping
trip since 1991. In 2014,
 the company ran it's first lodge trip on the Futaleufu
which utlized just one lodge.  The trip was expanded to three lodges in 2017 
to cut driving time down as much as possible. 

 

        "We loved the lodges!"

- Wendy Brown, December 2016

 

“Earth River runs the only continuous, top to bottom, multi-camp, wilderness expedition on the Futaleufu. A week without roads, electricity or cell phones.”
“I’ve been on nearly all the commercially run rivers in the world and Earth River and the Futaleufu stand out as the very best of the best.”—Fred Wiedemann, Co-founder
"Earth River is the premier river runner in the world. Their staff includes the finest guides to be found."
“Earth River’s conservation effort on the Futaleufu is Herculean and represents the single largest river land trust endeavor ever initiated by a commercial outfitter."—Ronald Dodson, Pres."
"I want to personally thank Earth River for helping us stop the hydro-electric projects on our land preventing the destruction of one of North America's last great wildernesses.
“Earth River’s Futaleufu trip is an astonishment. The amazing camps, all different from one another, but all surprisingly and ingeniously comfortable”—David Rakoff
"I want to personally thank Earth River for helping us stop the hydro-electric projects on our land preventing the destruction of one of North America's last great wildernesses.