Chile Trek 2019
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HKS Chile Trek
Chile Trek Itinerary Mar 15, 2019 - Mar 24, 2019
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Trip Summary March 15 - Day 1 - Welcome to Chile! Chile Trek Team - Contact Info 9:00 AM
Airport + Hotel Check-in - Atton Hotel
2:00 PM
Fernando Pérez - Introduction to Chile
3:30 PM
Bus to Downtown
4:30 PM
Meeting with José Ramón Valente, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism
5:30 PM
City Center Walk
8:00 PM
Dinner & Drinks at Bellavista
March 16 - Day 2 - Chilean Wine 8:30 AM
Breakfast at Atton Hotel
9:30 AM
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, former OECD's Chief Economist - CV KSchmidtHebbel.pdf, Municipality of Vitacura
11:00 AM
Bus to Wine Tour at Tarapacá Vineyard - Viña Tarapacá
12:00 PM
René Merino - The inside story of Chilean Wine
1:30 PM
Lunch at Tarapacá Winery House
7:30 PM
Peruvian Dinner at Francisco's family home
March 17 - Day 3 - Valparaiso 7:00 AM
Breakfast at Atton Hotel
8:00 AM
Bus to Valparaiso!
10:00 AM
La Sebastiana - Pablo Neruda's Museum House
12:00 PM
Gathering with local artists and cultural leaders
1:00 PM
Lunch at El Internado Restaurant
2:30 PM
Walking Tour
5:00 PM
Bus back to Santiago
7:00 PM
Dinner at Francisca's family home
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March 18 - Day 4 - Santiago 7:30 AM
Breakfast at Atton Hotel
8:00 AM
Walk to the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) - Regional Office - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
9:00 AM
"Energy revolution in Chile" with Máximo Pacheco, former Minister of Energy
10:30 AM
Bus to City Center: Former National Congress Building
11:00 AM
Meeting with Felipe Kast, Senator and former Presidential Candidate
12:30 PM
Walk to Club de la Unión
12:45 PM
Lunch at Club de la Unión - Club de la Unión
2:10 PM
Walk to Ministry of Transportation & Telecommunications
2:30 PM
Meeting with Gloria Hutt, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications
4:00 PM
La Moneda Palace Tour
7:00 PM
Dinner at Liguria, Lastarria Neighborhood
March 19 - Day 5 - Santiago 7:00 AM
Breakfast at Atton Hotel
8:00 AM
Walk through Bicentenario Park towards the Vitacura Municipality
8:30 AM
Meeting with Benito Baranda, Executive President of América Solidaria - Municipality of Vitacura
12:00 PM
HKS Alumni in Government: Guillermo Rolando, Undersecretary of Housing & Urban Development and Alejandra Candia, Undersecretary of Social Evaluation
1:30 PM
Bus to San Cristobal Hill for Picnic Lunch
3:00 PM
Tour of San Cristobal Hill and Lunch!
6:00 PM
President Ricardo Lagos at Centro de Estudios Públicos - Centro de Estudios Publicos, Entrevista Presidente Lagos, Enero 2018.pdf
8:00 PM
Dinner at Kook Restaurant, Vitacura
March 20 - Day 6 - Carretera Austral 6:00 AM
Bus to Airport
7:45 AM
Flight to the Aysén Region in Patagonia - Aysén Region Map- Northern Patagonia.pdf
10:30 AM
Bus to Cerro Castillo through the scenic Carretera Austral
11:45 AM
Lunch-meeting with Patagonia de Aysén Foundation at Villa Cerro Castillo
12:30 PM
Bus to Pared Sur through the scenic Carretera Austral
4:00 PM
Welcome to Pared Sur!
5:00 PM
Introductory Hiking Trail around Pared Sur
7:00 PM
Hot-Tub session + Appetizers
8:00 PM
Dinner at Pared Sur
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March 21 - Day 7 - Marble Caves & Meetings 7:30 AM
Breakfast at Pared Sur
8:15 AM
Bus to BahĂa Mansa
9:00 AM
Kayaking through the Marble Caves - Guia Capillas de Marmol.pdf
12:00 PM
Bus to Pared Sur
1:00 PM
Lunch at Pared Sur
2:30 PM
Bus to Puerto Guadal
3:00 PM
Meeting with Linde Waidhofer & Lito Tejada-Flores
4:00 PM
Break
4:30 PM
Meeting with Jonathan Leidich, Weston Boyles & Patricio Segura
6:00 PM
Happy Hour at "Mercado Guadal"
7:30 PM
Dinner at Pared Sur
March 22 - Day 8 - Tompkins & Patagonia Park 7:00 AM
Breakfast at Pared Sur
8:00 AM
Bus to Patagonia Park at Chacabuco Valley
10:00 AM
Hiking - Tamanguito Hill [Option 1]
10:30 AM
Tour to the Park's Museum & Visitor Center [Option 2] - Patagonia Park Brochure.pdf
12:00 PM
Tour to the Park's Orchards
12:30 PM
Picnic lunch at Picaflor & Aguila Picnic Area
1:30 PM
Hiking - La Vega Trail
4:00 PM
Meeting with Kristine Tompkins at El Gaucho Restaurant
5:00 PM
Visit to Puma Verde Handcraft Store
5:30 PM
Bus to Pared Sur
6:00 PM
Pitstop to Hike Baker River's Confluence + Group Photo
7:30 PM
Dinner at Pared Sur
8:00 PM
The story of Pablo Sepulveda in Patagonia
March 23 - Day 9 - Rafting/Biking/Hiking & Patagonian BBQ 7:00 AM
Breakfast at Pared Sur
10:00 AM
Rafting at Baker River & Lake Bertrand [Option 1]
10:00 AM
Biking to Lake Carrera's Drain Bridge [Option 2]
10:00 AM
Hiking to the Mallin Colorado trail for panoramic of Lakes & Glaciers [Option 3]
3:00 PM
Patagonian BBQ
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March 24 - Day 10 - Hasta luego! 8:00 AM
Breakfast at Pared Sur
9:00 AM
Bus to Balmaceda Airport
12:30 PM
Lunch at Cerro Castillo
3:30 PM
Flight to Santiago
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March 15 - Day 1 - Welcome to Chile! Chile Trek Team Pilar Cuesta Pascuala Domínguez Francisca Villalobos Francisco Rodríguez Landeta
9:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 4 hr
Airport + Hotel Check-in Some inspiration: Find your Chile [Video] Hotel: https://www.atton.com/en/hoteles/atton-vitacura/ Dress code for the day: BUSINESS CASUAL
Atton Hotel 3201 Avenida Vitacura, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, CL
2:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Fernando Pérez - Introduction to Chile Fernando Pérez is currently the Director of the Arts Department at Alberto Hurtado University. He holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from NYU, and focuses his research on comparative poetics; relationships between image, sound and language; and theories of translation. He will be introducing us to Chilean culture through the lens of poetry and literature.
3:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 30 min
Bus to Downtown 4:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr
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Meeting with JosĂŠ RamĂłn Valente, Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism Ask me about: macro and microeconomic policy, entrepreneurship, public private collaboration, financial markets, productivity. During the last two decades, JosĂŠ Ramon Valente has been a permanent and active actor on public policy, macroeconomic issues and financial markets in Chile. He has been board member at several Chilean and foreign companies, and was a columnist for La Tercera newspaper, El Libero online newspaper and radio panelist on Radio Duna. He was partner and Executive Director of Econsult, a company that provides economic, financial and investment advice in Latin America and United States, for more than 30 years. Mr Valente holds an MBA from University of Chicago (1988) and a bachelor in economics from Universidad de Chile (1985). He took office on March 11, 2018 as Minister of Economy, Development and Tourism of Chile. Minister Valente will talk about the microeconomic policies that have led to the country's economic growth and stability in the last 20 years. He will also address the challenges, opportunities and current initiatives that the government is working on to foster a more inclusive economic development.
5:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr 30 min
City Center Walk
8:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr 30 min
Dinner & Drinks at Bellavista
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From the city center, we'll walk towards the Bellavista neighborhood for dinner at AUREA Restaurant, located at Antonia Lopez de Bello 191, Recoleta.
March 16 - Day 2 - Chilean Wine 8:30 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr
Breakfast at Atton Hotel Dress code for the day: CASUAL
9:30 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 15 min
Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel, former OECD's Chief Economist Ask me about: International economy, trade, economics of technological change, fiscal policy, pension systems. Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel focuses on topics of international finance, growth policies, development and pensions. He worked 12 years in Chile's Central Bank, 8 years in the World Bank and several as a consultant for governments around the globe. In 2008, while he was the Director of OECD's economic department, he was appointed as Chief Economist of the organization in the midst of the financial crisis explosion. Before completing a year in the position, the tragic event of his son Diego being killed would force him to resign and return to Chile. He is currently the Chairman of Chile's Advisory Fiscal Council and a board member of several corporations and NGO's. He holds a PhD in economics from MIT. Mr Schmidt-Hebbel will be briefly introducing the following two topics and then opening it up to Q&A: A historical overview of the economic transformation that enabled Chile's good results in growth and overcoming poverty. In particular, the key reforms made under the management of the "Chicago Boys". And the role that the Concertacion Center-Left Coalition had in continuing the development of the economic model when transitioning to democracy. A look at how the present and future looks like to an economy like Chile's, in the context of severe technological change, commercial and geopolitical instability, populism threats and a much more complex middle-class society.
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CV KSchmidtHebbel.pdf
Municipality of Vitacura 3800 Bicentenario, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, CL
11:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr
Bus to Wine Tour at Tarapacá Vineyard Viña Tarapacá is located 67 km south-west of Santiago, near the town of Isla de Maipo. We'll get to explore their vineyards, learn about their history, their soil pits, and listen to an industry expert. Then, we'll try their Chardonnay, Carmenere, and trademark Cabernet Sauvignon at a pretty unique landscape, in front of their Tuscan style Casona.
Viña Tarapacá
12:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
René Merino - The inside story of Chilean Wine René Merino was for seven years the President of Wines of Chile, Chile's association of wine producers. He is also the founder and CEO of Tamaya Winery, located in the Valley of Limari, the country's more northern valley for wine production.
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1:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr
Lunch at Tarapacรก Winery House There's no good wine without good food. Following the tour and keynote, we'll enjoy their wines with a Barbecue on the gardens surrounding the Winery's Casona.
7:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr 30 min
Peruvian Dinner at Francisco's family home
March 17 - Day 3 - Valparaiso 7:00 AM
Breakfast at Atton Hotel Dress code for the day: CASUAL
8:00 AM - 2 hr
Bus to Valparaiso! Bus leaves 8:00am from Atton Hotel to Valparaiso!
10:00 AM - 1 hr 30 min
La Sebastiana - Pablo Neruda's Museum House La Sebastiana was a Pablo Neruda's house, in which he created many poems about love and the sea. Today, La Sebastiana is an important museum, where you can get a glimpse of the poet's life and inspiration. Find more about the history of La Sebastiana in this link.
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12:00 PM - 1 hr
Gathering with local artists and cultural leaders 1:00 PM - 1 hr 30 min
Lunch at El Internado Restaurant 2:30 PM - 2 hr 30 min
Walking Tour Discover the "Jewel of the Pacific". Get to know the pretty, multi-colored houses and narrow streets of the UNESCO World Heritage city. We will walk through the iconic hills of Cerro Alegre and Cerro Concepciรณn, take a look at the graffiti art by local artists and ride the famous funiculars to get panoramic views.
5:00 PM - 2 hr
Bus back to Santiago 7:00 PM - 2 hr
Dinner at Francisca's family home 5 social entrepreneurs will join us for dinner and briefly share their stories.
March 18 - Day 4 - Santiago
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March 18 - Day 4 - Santiago 7:30 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr
Breakfast at Atton Hotel Dress code for the day: FORMAL
8:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 15 min
Walk to the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) We'll be meeting 7:50 at the lobby and walk together to DRCLAS (10 min). If you don't make it to breakfast at the Hotel, there will be a second one at DRCLAS ;) Meeting with Marcela Renteria, Executive Director for the Regional Office. DRCLAS's first office in Latin America was launched in Santiago 15 years ago. Check out "15 lights on the south", a collection of 9 interesting stories from Harvard Faculty who have worked in Chile on diverse topics such as astronomy, Antarctica, disaster recovery, democracy, and early-childhood education. Edited by Journalist Paula Molina, Harvard Nieman Fellow '13.
Regional Office - David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 3269 Dag Hammarskjold, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, CL
9:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 15 min
"Energy revolution in Chile" with Máximo Pacheco, former Minister of Energy Ask me about: energy policy, renewables, extractive industries, operations management. Máximo Pacheco, former Minister of Energy (2014-2107) will be sharing lessons and challenges of the institutional reform he led, with the purpose of driving the country towards a transition to renewable energy. Last year he wrote the book "Revolución Energética en Chile". The conversation will be moderated by Francisca Tondreau, Chile's Country Director for The Nature Conservancy (TNC)
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10:30 AM - Chile Summer Time - 30 min
Bus to City Center: Former National Congress Building Located in the heart of Santiago's city center, we'll visit the former home of the Chilean Congress, which met here until September 11th, 1973, when Salvador Allende's government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup. During the dictatorship, Congress was moved to a new building in Valparaiso. Currently, this building still serves the Senate and the House for hosting committee sessions.
11:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Meeting with Felipe Kast, Senator and former Presidential Candidate Ask me about: social development, new left & new right, populism, indigenous communities (ChileMapuche conflict), Latin America, HKS. Felipe Kast is an economist, politician and HKS alumni from the PhD in Public Policy Program. After graduating, he started an academic career that after 6 months was interrupted by recently elected President Sebastián Piñera (first term), who appointed him as Minister of Social Development, the youngest cabinet member with 32 years. Since then, Mr Kast has led a meteoric political career founding Evopoli, a political party grounded in liberal ideas which came to refresh the rather more conservative political parties of the center-right. He was elected congressman for Santiago, ran for President losing the primary to Sebastian Piñera and Manuel Ossandón, and last year was elected as Senator for the Araucanía Region in the south. This region is by far the poorest in our country, it concentrates the native Mapuche population, and has been marked by a long-time conflict with the State of Chile.
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12:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 15 min
Walk to Club de la Unión 12:45 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 15 min
Lunch at Club de la Unión We'll be joined by a group of HKS Alumni currently working in Government: Amanda Dawes, Ministry of Economy Francisca de Iruarrizaga, Presidential Office Juan Manuel Santa Cruz, Head of the National Service for Training and Employment Raimundo Monge, General Secretariat of the Presidency Juan José Obach, Ministry of Economy, Head of the Investments Office
Club de la Unión 1091 Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, CL
2:10 PM - Chile Summer Time - 15 min
Walk to Ministry of Transportation & Telecommunications 2:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Meeting with Gloria Hutt, Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications Ask me about: transportation planning and policy, telecommunications, gender equality, political parties, private sector. Gloria Hutt is an engineer and politician. She holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Catholic University of Chile, where she specialized on transportation systems. She has been a Professor for the Master’s in Public Policy program in the School of Economics and Business at University of Chile. From 2010-2014 she acted as Transportation Undersecretary for President's Piñera first term in office. Since march 2018, she is the Minister of Transportation and Telecommunications.
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4:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
La Moneda Palace Tour https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Moneda_Palace
7:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr
Dinner at Liguria, Lastarria Neighborhood
March 19 - Day 5 - Santiago 7:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr
Breakfast at Atton Hotel Dress code for the day: FORMAL
8:00 AM - Chile Summer Time - 15 min
Walk through Bicentenario Park towards the Vitacura Municipality
8:30 AM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Meeting with Benito Baranda, Executive President of AmĂŠrica Solidaria Ask me about: poverty alleviation, NGOs, social development, social policy, Latin America
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Benito Baranda is a chilean psychologist and social activist, who has been one of the leading voices in the fight against poverty and inequality in Chile's recent history. He is mainly known for his role in the Hogar de Cristo, the country's largest NGO, where he served as National Social Director between 1991 and 2011. He is currently the Executive President of America Solidaria, one of the largest NGOs in Latin America working directly with the poorest and most underprivileged communities. They lead social projects, build networks among the countries of the Americas, and attract volunteers from all countries to work on improving quality of life to the most underserved.
Municipality of Vitacura 3800 Bicentenario, Vitacura, Región Metropolitana, CL
12:00 PM - Chile Summer Time
HKS Alumni in Government: Guillermo Rolando, Undersecretary of Housing & Urban Development and Alejandra Candia, Undersecretary of Social Evaluation Alejandra Candia, economist, M PA 2013. Ask me about: social policy, social security network, bi-partisan policy work, HKS Between 2006 and 2010 served as director of the Economic and Social Program of the Instituto Libertad, providing parliamentary advice, focused on various areas of social policy. In 2009 she was appointed by the former President Michelle Bachelet, Adviser to the Pension Advisory Council, where she worked until 2011. During the first Government of President Sebastián Piñera Echenique, she was coordinator of Social Policies of the Ministry of Finance and, after her studies abroad, head of the Directorate of Pension Studies of the Undersecretary of Social Welfare. Since May 2014 and before becoming Undersecretary for Social Evaluation in the current Government of President Piñera, she was the Director of the Social Program for Freedom and Development. Guillermo Rolando, engineer, M PA 2007.
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Ask me about: poverty alleviation, urban development, NGOs, social entrepreneurship, HKS He has worked for more than 15 years in projects of development and overcoming poverty, both in their designs and in the implementation phases. He was part of the team that designed the earthquake reconstruction plan for 2010, and was in charge of the design of the Middle Class Subsidy, as the first lease support program in the country. From the social entrepreneurship side, he was co-founder and Executive Director of America Solidaria, where is still part of the Board. He started the LATE purified water and is co-founder of FĂştbol MĂĄs. Previously he participated in Hogar de Cristo and TECHO Foundation. He has worked advising the Government of Argentina, Buenos Aires and Haiti in different Housing Policy issues. He has also worked as a consultant for the World Bank and the IDB in Peru and the Dominican Republic.
1:30 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Bus to San Cristobal Hill for Picnic Lunch 3:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 2 hr
Tour of San Cristobal Hill and Lunch! Touring of the Hill's attractions. From the top, we'll take the iconic cable car towards Pedro de Valdivia Avenue and walk over for lunch.
6:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
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President Ricardo Lagos at Centro de Estudios Públicos Ask me about: Chile's transition to Democracy; current threats to Democracy and world order, the Presidency, Latin America, Climate Change. President Lagos is one of the most important leaders of Chile's recent history, playing a key role in the country's transition to democracy. In the 1980's, he emerged as a leader of the opposition to General Pinochet's dictatorship, particularly remembered by an iconic camera moment in Chile's political history, known as "El dedo de Lagos" (The finger of Lagos, 1988). He challenged Pinochet on live TV, by accusingly using his index finger pointing him on camera, challenging him for his inconsequence and infinite ambition of power. Ricardo Lagos would then be appointed as Minister of Education (1990-1994), Minister of Public Works (1994-1998) and elected President of Chile (2000-2006). Among other positions, after the presidency he was named UN Special Envoy for Climate Change. He graduated from Law School at University of Chile and holds a PhD in economics from Duke University. Check out a list of his books, short biography and the work he leads at the Foundation for Democracy and Development Interview, May 2018, La Tercera Also, an article on his work in the Aysén Region: "El sueño de Ricardo Lagos"
Centro de Estudios Publicos 162 Monseñor Nuncio Sotero Sanz de Villalba, Providencia, Región Metropolitana, CL
Entrevista Presidente Lagos, Enero 2018.pdf
8:00 PM - Chile Summer Time - 1 hr 30 min
Dinner at Kook Restaurant, Vitacura
March 20 - Day 6 - Carretera Austral
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6:00 AM - 30 min
Bus to Airport 7:45 AM - 2 hr 15 min
Flight to the Aysén Region in Patagonia Patagonia Route of Parks
Aysén Region Map- Northern Patagonia.pdf
10:30 AM - 1 hr
Bus to Cerro Castillo through the scenic Carretera Austral "Carretera Austral, also known as Chile’s Route 7, is the country’s most challenging and yet wildly beautiful road trip. Stretching 1,240 km through Chile, from Puerto Montt to Villa O’Higgins in Patagonia, the route takes you through untamed landscapes that constantly change and evolve. One moment the road will be fringed with lush, dense forests and the next you will be driving through stark, rugged wilderness with snow-capped mountains forming the backdrop. The entirety of the area is sparsely populated, allowing visitors to truly detach from modern civilization and lose themselves in the lap of nature." Source: Carretera Austral: The Ultimate Road Trip in Chile
11:45 AM - 45 min
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Lunch-meeting with Patagonia de AysĂŠn Foundation at Villa Cerro Castillo http://www.fundacionpatagoniadeaysen.cl/patagonia/site/edic/base/port/fundacion.html
12:30 PM - 3 hr 30 min
Bus to Pared Sur through the scenic Carretera Austral [Photography] Linde Waidhofer - Unknown Patagonia, 2010
4:00 PM - 1 hr
Welcome to Pared Sur! Get a grasp of Pared Sur in this short video https://www.paredsur.cl/
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5:00 PM - 2 hr
Introductory Hiking Trail around Pared Sur From Pared Sur, we'll hike one of the surrounding hills. At the top, we'll be rewarded with a panoramic view of Lake General Carrera, Lake Bertrand and the mountains of the North Patagonian Ice Field. Roughly a 2-hour hike, good to get a sense of the area and do some exercise to leave the bus trip behind. [Photography] Linde Waidhofer - Chelenko, the thousand and one faces of a Patagonian Lake, 2014
7:00 PM - 1 hr
Hot-Tub session + Appetizers
8:00 PM - 1 hr 30 min
Dinner at Pared Sur
March 21 - Day 7 - Marble Caves & Meetings 7:30 AM - 45 min
Breakfast at Pared Sur 8:15 AM - 45 min
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Bus to BahĂa Mansa
9:00 AM - 3 hr
Kayaking through the Marble Caves [Photography] Linde Waidhofer - The marble caverns of Patagonia, 2006
Guia Capillas de Marmol.pdf
12:00 PM - 45 min
Bus to Pared Sur 1:00 PM - 1 hr 30 min
Lunch at Pared Sur 2:30 PM - 15 min
Bus to Puerto Guadal
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3:00 PM - 1 hr
Meeting with Linde Waidhofer & Lito Tejada-Flores We'll be meeting at El Mirador de Puerto Guadal, a nice lodge founded by dutch tourism entrepreneur Stefan Veringas, who will be kicking off the meetings. Linde Waidhofer is a landscape photographer who has published 9 books, 4 of them on Patagonia: Unknown Patagonia; The Carretera Austral, South America's Most Spectacular Highway; Chelenko, the Thousand and One Faces of a Patagonian Lake; and a monograph-format book on the marble caverns of Patagonia, Blue Light. You can check out her work and enjoy her amazing photography here. Lito Tejada-Flores is a filmmaker, writer, climber, and skiing instructor. He participated and filmed the 1968 legendary trip from CA to Chilean Patagonia to climb Mount Fitz Roy. An iconic adventure, where all started for environmentalists Douglas Tompkins and Patagonia Inc. founder, Yvon Chouinard. Lito documented this expedition in the film "Mountain of Storms" (1968). In 2010, 180ยบ South was released. A film by Jeff Johnson, that emulates the 1968 trip, but instead of the Fitz Roy attempts to summit Chile's Corcovado Volcano. Both worth watching! Lito and Linde live between Puerto Guadal, Patagonia and San Luis Valley in Colorado, UT.
4:00 PM - 30 min
Break 4:30 PM - 1 hr 30 min
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Meeting with Jonathan Leidich, Weston Boyles & Patricio Segura Jonathan Leidich, or Jonas, as called by the locals, is one of Patagonia's best-known guides and the founder of Patagonia Adventure Expeditions. He first came to Patagonia at the age of 19, seeking the limits of human habitation on the planet. For the past 25 years, he has made Patagonia his home, based in the Colonia River Valley, where his neighbor its the massive Northern Patagonian Ice Field. You can ask Jonas about the cycle of water in the region and the evolution of glaciers, as well as the recent history of Aysen, its nature and its people. Also, he pioneered the rafting network on the Baker River and is an accomplished mountaineer, with ascents throughout Chile and across Latin America. He has co-authored articles in numerous scientific journals and been featured in many books, articles, and films about the AysĂŠn region. Weston Boyles is a freelance filmmaker from the mountains of Western Colorado. For the last eight years Weston has been living and working in Patagonia for six months of the year while working on a variety of environmental projects for Tompkins Conservation and Patagonia Sin Represas. Weston founded Rios to Rivers in 2012, to inspire the protection of rivers through youth-focused experiential and educational cross-culture exchange programs, where underserved students are empowered to become informed stewards and ambassadors for their rivers and the communities who depend on them. He strongly believes that listening to the local community leaders, creating space for them to take the lead is critical for successful exchanges. Weston is fluent in Spanish and an expert whitewater kayaker. Check out a recent TV report of his work called "Los futuros guardianes de los Rios" (The future guardians of the rivers)
6:00 PM - 1 hr
Happy Hour at "Mercado Guadal" We'll pass by local stores for shopping of arts & crafts!
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7:30 PM - 1 hr 30 min
Dinner at Pared Sur
March 22 - Day 8 - Tompkins & Patagonia Park 7:00 AM - 45 min
Breakfast at Pared Sur 8:00 AM - 2 hr
Bus to Patagonia Park at Chacabuco Valley
10:00 AM - 6 hr
Hiking - Tamanguito Hill [Option 1] 6 hour hike to Tamanguito Hill, medium level. Starts from Visitor Center.
10:30 AM - 1 hr 30 min
Tour to the Park's Museum & Visitor Center [Option 2] http://www.patagoniapark.org/museum_visitor_center.htm [Video] Douglas Tompkins - The Making of Parklands: Pumalin Park, 2010 (11min)
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[Video] Kristine Tompkins - Creating the future Patagonia National Park, 2015 (11min) [Book] Tompkins Conservation - 25. A quarter century of work to save the wild, 2017
Patagonia Park Brochure.pdf
12:00 PM - 30 min
Tour to the Park's Orchards
12:30 PM - 1 hr
Picnic lunch at Picaflor & Aguila Picnic Area 1:30 PM - 2 hr 30 min
Hiking - La Vega Trail "La Vega trail winds through the valley before arriving at the West Winds Campground, the first main campground of the park. You’ll pass the greenhouse and the historic Valle Chacabuco cemetery, which contains the graves of several past residents (human and animal) of this area. You can return by the same trail or take the road that leads to the campground." http://www.patagoniapark.org/hiking.htm
4:00 PM - 1 hr
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Meeting with Kristine Tompkins at El Gaucho Restaurant Kristine Tompkins has accepted our invitation to meet with the group. Get excited!!
5:00 PM - 30 min
Visit to Puma Verde Handcraft Store "The Puma Verde Handcraft Store, located in the lobby of Restaurant El Rincรณn Gaucho, offers visitors a helpful array of field books and guides as well as handmade gifts from some of the best craftsmen in Chile. Much care has been put into sourcing these products, which include honey, wool, wooden crafts, tanned hides, horsehair handcrafts, and souvenirs." http://www.patagoniapark.org/puma_verde.htm#prettyPhoto
5:30 PM - 2 hr
Bus to Pared Sur 6:00 PM - 45 min
Pitstop to Hike Baker River's Confluence + Group Photo
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7:30 PM - 1 hr 30 min
Dinner at Pared Sur 8:00 PM - 45 min
The story of Pablo Sepulveda in Patagonia During dinner, our very host Pablo Sepulveda - Pared Sur's founder and a passionate mountaineer will share the story of his journey in Aysen, what it takes to build an expedition center in such a remote part of the world, and his perspective for the region.
March 23 - Day 9 - Rafting/Biking/Hiking & Patagonian BBQ 7:00 AM - 1 hr
Breakfast at Pared Sur 10:00 AM - 3 hr
Rafting at Baker River & Lake Bertrand [Option 1]
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10:00 AM - 3 hr
Biking to Lake Carrera's Drain Bridge [Option 2] From Pared Sur, we'll bike 45 min. towards the bridge were waters from Lake General Carrera drain to Lake Bertrand. Some people say the bridge has a slight similarity to SF's Golden Gate... in miniature. However, what it lacks in size, it makes up for in the pristine calypso waters that pass under it.
10:00 AM - 3 hr
Hiking to the Mallin Colorado trail for panoramic of Lakes & Glaciers [Option 3] From Pared Sur, we'll hike to the highest peak you see right behind the lodge, the MallĂn Colorado Trail. When reaching the summit, we'll be rewarded with a panoramic view of Lake General Carrera, Lake Bertrand and the mountain chains of the North Patagonian Ice Field. Roughly a 2.5-hour hike.
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3:00 PM - 5 hr
Patagonian BBQ Josefina Ruiz and Pablo Sepulveda, both very enthusiastic people, are planning to set up a "Patagonian Barbecue". The goal is to meet and share with part of the local community, try their organic products, have a grasp of patagonian culture and a sense of what it means to be born and raised in Aysen. We might also hear from their initiatives in arts & crafts, farming, cattle and tourism. Josefina Ruiz is an environmental lawyer and local community leader. After graduating from Law School in Santiago, she decided to move to Patagonia to join Conservación Patagónica, part of the Patagonia Land Conservation Trust, dedicated to create national parks in Chile and Argentina. She got actively involved in the legal and community engagement teams for the “Patagonia Without Dams” campaign. She is also the founder of Friendly Wool, a fair-trade startup working on Wildlife Friendly certified yarns. Pablo Sepulveda is an entrepreneur, founder of Pared Sur, an ecotourism company specialized in mountain biking and mountaineering, developing routes of both disciplines both in Chile and internationally. Pared Sur works to develop outdoor programs with a spirit grounded on love and respect for nature, and a passion to explore the natural wonders of our country and the world. Pablo is also a University Professor, teaching Eco-Tourism professionals on subjects related to mountain sports, environmental education and active Eco-Tourism.
March 24 - Day 10 - Hasta luego! 8:00 AM - 1 hr
Breakfast at Pared Sur 9:00 AM - 5 hr
Bus to Balmaceda Airport 12:30 PM - 45 min
Lunch at Cerro Castillo 3:30 PM - 2 hr 15 min
Flight to Santiago
Information & Documents
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[Book] Left Behind: Latin America and the False Promise of Populism, Sebastián Edwards, 2010 An overview of Latin America's economic history, its crisis and the constant threat of populism.
Edwards, Sebastian- Left Behind. Latina America and the False Promise of Populism.pdf
[Guide] Moon Patagonia Guide to the Aysén Region Moon Patagonia Guide to the Aysén Region
Map of the Aysén Region in Northern Patagonia Aysén Region Map- Northern Patagonia.pdf
[Documentary] Mountain of Storms (1968, Douglas Tompkins, Yvon Chouinard; 52min) The 1968 legendary trip from CA to Patagonia to climb the dangerous Mount Fitz Roy. An incredible adventure, where all started for environmentalists Douglas Tompkins and Patagonia Inc. founder Yvon Chouinard (Prime video) The documentary was produced by Lito Tejada-Flores, who also took part filming the 1968 expedition. Lito currently lives in Puerto Guadal. If we are lucky, we hope we'll be able to meet him!! https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Storms-Doug-Tompkins/dp/B07J2TD45T
[Documentary] 180º South: Conquerors of the useless (2010, Douglas Tompkins, Yvon Chouinard; 86min) https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/180_South_Conquerors_of_the_Useless? id=XUmWxKBdLw8&hl=en_US Jeff Johnson retraces the epic 1968 journey of Yvon Chouinard and Doug Tompkins to Patagonia. Along the way he gets shipwrecked off Easter Island, surfs the longest wave of his life - and prepares himself for a rare ascent of Cerro Corcovado. Jeff's life turns when he meets up in a rainy hut with Chouinard and Tompkins who, once driven purely by a love of climbing and surfing, now value above all the experience of raw nature - and have come to Patagonia to spend their fortunes to protect it.
[Video] Douglas Tompkins - Wild Legacy, 2017 (16min) https://vimeo.com/174371496
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[Video] Kristine Tompkins - Creating the future Patagonia National Park, 2015 (11min) http://www.tompkinsconservation.org/dvd_future_patagonia_national_park.htm? iframe=true&width=480&height=360
[Video] Douglas Tompkins - The Making of Parklands: Pumalin Park, 2010 (11min) http://www.tompkinsconservation.org/dvd_the_making_of_parklands.htm? iframe=true&width=480&height=360