David Nolan: Travels Along the Edge

“Earth River runs the only continuous, top to bottom, multi-camp, wilderness expedition on the Futaleufu. A week without roads, electricity or cell phones.”

Outward Bound

“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

Audubon International

“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.

Outside Magazine

“Earth River’s Futaleufu trip is an astonishment.  The amazing camps, all different from one another, but all surprisingly and ingeniously comfortable”—David Rakoff

American Airlines Magazine

“The Earth River Cave Camp is a natural, adult-size playground. It’s the type of never-never land that would make Peter Pan and the Lost Boys jealous.”

New York Times

“Intrepid kayakers said the Futaleufu could not be rafted. But Hertz and his partner, the Chilean whitewater expert, Robert Currie, made an expeditionary first raft descent in 1991.”

  • Earth River's Cave Camp property (photo © Hardie Trusdale)

  • Earth River's Cave Camp property (photo © Diane Terry)

  • Earth River's Mapu Leufu Camp property (photo © Hardie Trusdale)

  • Earth River's Tree House Camp property (photo © Neil Rabinowitz)

  • Earth River's Terminador Camp property (photo © Hardie Trusdale)

  • Earth River's Cave Camp property (photo © Hardie Trusdale)

  • 2 safety catarafts accompany Earth River trips (photo © Carr Clifton)

  • Earth River's Terminador Camp property (photo © Carr Clifton)

Rio FutaleufU 

Earth River's trademark trip is Patagonia, Chile's Futaleufu having pioneered commercial rafting and multi-sport trips there. Since making the first ever raft descent in 1991, our trip has evolved from an intense, class 5 expedition, to a unique "Patagonia Experience" suitable for anyone from 6 to 80 with a spirit for adventure. Our four camps, exclusive to 16 guests at a time, allow us to run a unique, multi-camp,  journey complete with riverside stone hot tubs, hot showers, cliffside dining, tree houses and cliff dwellings with beds.  Each wilderness camp offers it's own unique set of adventure activities including; rock climbing, rappelling, kayaking, hiking, fly fishing, zip lining, mountain biking, horsback riding and canyoning.  A gorgeous trail system allows hikers, fly fisherman, horseback riders, mountain bikers and experienced and novice rafters to all share a week in Patagonia like none other.  Beginning in Dec. 2013 we will also offer a Futaleufu "base camp" trip as well as our "multi-camp" wilderness trip that will  originate in Baroloche, Argentina and spend seven nights at the remote and spectacular Mapu Leufu Cliff Camp.

To virtually visit our camps,
their adventure activities
and extraodinary natural
features click on the map
to the left.

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