Learn Whitewater Rafting in Futaleufú

Honest level: Intermediate -> Guide — ask the school exactly how far that goes in the time you have.

Schools in Futaleufú

Checked by hand against each school's own course pages. No school paid to be listed.

• Bio Bio Expeditions
  9-Day Futaleufú Rafting Multi-Sport
  Adventure outfitter (operating since 1993) running a 9-day Futaleufu multi-sport trip combining Class II-V whitewater rafting with hiking, horseback riding, fly-fishing and yoga from a riverside camp in Patagonia.
  https://bbxrafting.com/
• Earth River Expeditions
  Futaleufú Multi-Sport Adventure (multi-lodge)
  Outfitter that made the first raft descent of the Futaleufu (1990-91) and runs a multi-lodge, multi-sport expedition combining rafting, kayaking, hiking and canyoning with a 3-to-1 guest-to-guide ratio and groups capped at 12.
  https://earthriver.com/futaleafu-multi-sport/
• H2O Patagonia
  Futaleufú Whitewater & Multi-Sport (lodge-based)
  Lodge-based operator on the Class IV-V Futaleufu River offering all-whitewater rafting or kayaking trips, or whitewater bundled with canyoning, hiking and horseback riding, from a riverside lodge with spa and bungalows.

The credential

IRF Raft Guide / Trip Leader / Instructor certification (the only globally recognized raft-guiding award) · Certifying body: IRF (International Rafting Federation) — Guide Training & Education (GTE)

A recognised qualification an outside body stands behind is not the same as a certificate a school prints itself. We name which it is — you should ask the school the same.

Also for Whitewater Rafting

What I check before I send you anywhere

I'm Arnaud. I cook for a living, and I've spent fifteen years on the water — so I know the difference between a real school and a good-looking website. I built the Atlas because I got tired of the second kind. Here is what a place has to clear before it goes on here, and what I'll tell you straight when it doesn't.

• The craft is actually alive there. A working scene, with people who do this every day — not a demo put on for visitors.
• There's a real teacher behind it. Named, still practising, and certified where the craft has certificates.
• The credential is what it claims to be. A state diploma and a certificate a school prints itself are not the same thing. I check which, and I say which.
• I tell you how sure I am. Most pages here are verified by hand. A few say "still checking" — I'd rather admit that than pretend.
• Nobody pays to be here. No commission, no selling the trip. The order on this map is the strength of the community, never the size of the wallet.
• If I wouldn't send a friend, it isn't on the map.