In 1986, Expediciones Chile's founder Chris Spelius kayaked the Futaleufu (Fu, Futa) River for his first time. After kayaking rivers all over the world, he believed that he had stumbled upon an undiscovered kayaking nirvana in the Futaleufu River Valley. The Futaleufu River has it all, from a beautiful background of glaciers and rugged peaks to turquoise, champagne-like water flowing from pristine lakes. Chris was enthralled by river features from the dramatic, explosive class III waves trains to the play waves placed above thundering class V+ rapids. Chris was so impressed by what he found in Patagonia that he began pioneering commercial whitewater kayaking trips on the Futaleufu River j...