• Rio Futaleufu: The world's premier whitewater river boasts Caribbean colored water, grander rapids than the Colorado, scenery rivaling Alaska, no bugs and the world's most exotic private river camps. (The spectacular horse trail that parallels the river makes the difficult white water optional and the trip suitable for anyone in reasonably good shape with spirit for adventure.)

• Patagonia Passage: With its dramatic landscapes of sculptured stone, snow and ice, the Futaleufu River Valley in northeastern Patagonia is a master work of natures artistry. Rarely does one find so much dramatic scenery in such a relatively small area. Horses, customized outrigger canoes and whitewater rafts transport us through amazing land.
  

• Patagonia Traverse: Using horses, rafts and customized outrigger canoes we trace an exotic path from the mountains to the sea through a rarely explored landscape of emerald lakes, rivers, glacier peaks and lush rain forest wilds.

• Rio Bio Bio: Combining ideal weather, beautiful beaches, excellent whitewater and spectacular scenery, the Bio Bio River trip in central Chile ranks as one of the premier expeditions of the world.

• Upper Yangtze: Rarely does an area combine the artistry
  of nature and man in such close harmony. We view towering
  white mountains, vast sand beaches and dunes, ancient
  stone towns, monasteries and ruins blending into a brilliant kaleidoscope of water, sand, rock and snow.

• Great Bend of the Yangtze: Nearly twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and only a third as wide, the Great Bend of the Yangtze ranks as one of the world's grandest canyons. Ancient stone cities and rapids with waves reaching as high as 25 feet makes for an unforgettable journey.

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• Rio Colca: Tucked away in an isolated fold in the Andes of Southern Peru, the clear green Colca thunders though the Everest of river canyons. Condors soaring through the mist of thousand foot waterfalls and wispy plumes of smoke from live volcanoes form a backdrop for one of the Earth's grandest cathedrals.

• Rio Upano: Flowing from the Andes to the Amazon, Ecuador's Upano pulses through a breath-taking jungle canyon laced with thrilling rapids, magical tributary waterfalls and wondrous colored birds and iridescent butterflies.

• Magpie River: Beginning on the Labrador Plateau in Eastern Quebec, the Magpie River flows untouched through hundreds of miles of lake-dotted virgin forests of pine and multicolored moss, hurtles down steep gorges and off spectacular falls before emptying into the St. Lawrence River. This vast wilderness the size of Alaska lies only five Hundred miles north of Metropolitan New York.

• Great Whale: As guests of the Whapmagoostui Band of the Cree Nation, we run one of their beautiful threatened rivers, sleep in teepees under the magical pulsing light of Aurora Borealis and share Native American food and customs.

• Primrose: The only expedition of it's kind to combine sea kayaking and whitewater rafting, the Primrose River flows through a series of magnificent lakes and rugged river canyons in the spectacular Stikine Highlands wilderness of Canada's Yukon Territory. It is rare to find a Northern Canadian river with sunny, dry, bug free weather.

• Talkeetna: Emerging from the spectacular Talkeetna Glacier in the shadow of Denali, North America's grandest mountain, the powerful Talkeetna rushes through a vast wilderness that is home to eagles , wolves, mountain goats, Dall sheep, grizzly bears, wolverines and moose.

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