Chile or Costa Rica

[Iain W]

I am looking at a ww trip to one of these countries.

Probably January because of work. Has anyone know if that will be a good time to go?

Also can anyone recommend any good companies to go with?

Cheers

Iain

[jmmoxon]

Depends how much holiday you have - CR if only a week, Chile for 2 or 3.

Mike

[Iain W]

Thanks Mike. Probably 2 weeks in total.

When you say 1 week in Costa Rica is that because there aren't that many rivers?

Chile could you cherry pick and spend say a week and half there or is it a reasonable amount of travelling to/between rivers?

Do you know any good websites etc to use for research?

Cheers,

Iain

[jmmoxon]

Plenty of rivers in CR, but getting around them is easier. These guys run trips, mostly boulder gardens:
https://www.costaricarios.com/costa-rica-kayaking.html

In Chile the main centres are big volume on the futaleufu, or waterfalls around pucon:
https://puconkayakhostel.com/when-is-th ... -in-chile/

Alternatively there is Ecuador:
https://smallworldadventures.com/kayaking-trips/

I haven't done trips with any of these, but all seem to have a good reputation.

[Myles]

I'd recommend PKH (Mike already linked them) if you were considering Chile. I went on a 2 week trip with them in 2015 and it was excellent.

I'm not sure if January might be a bit late for the rivers around Pucon but they can advise what the best options would be.

https://puconkayakhostel.com/

[Dave Manby]

Ecuador everything Costa Rica has but closer together. OK no Caribbean beaches. Chile is none too cheap

[esbegan]

In Chile, in January rivers a getting low volume, in Pucon and to the south it's ok though (Futaleufu, San Pedro, etc.)