Earth Preservation Awareness Month

At Currey Expeditions every day is Earth Day. Things you can do to help save the Earth:
Reduce/reuse/recycle
Practice the three R's: first reduce how much you use, then reuse what you can, and then recycle the rest. Then, dispose of what's left in the most environmentally friendly way. Read the tips below and explore the Consumer's Handbook for Reducing Solid Waste (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook)

Reduce:
Buy permanent items instead of disposables.
Buy and use only what you need.
Buy products with less packaging.
Buy products that use less toxic chemicals.
Reuse:
Repair items as much as possible.
Use durable coffee mugs.
Use cloth napkins or towels.
Clean out juice bottles and use them for water.
Use empty jars to hold leftover food.
Reuse boxes.
Purchase refillable pens and pencils.
Participate in a paint collection and reuse program. For information on handling household solid waste, visit Wastes, What You Can Do (http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/citizens.htm).
Donate extras to people you know or to charity instead of throwing them away.
Reuse grocery bags as trash bags.
Recycle:
Recycle paper (printer paper, newspapers, mail, etc.), plastic, glass bottles, cardboard, and aluminum cans. If your community doesn't collect at the curb, take them to a collection center.
Recycle electronics. (http://www.epa.gov/ecycling/index.htm)
Collecting Used Oil for Recycling / Reuse.
Compost food scraps, grass and other yard clippings, and dead plants.
Close the loop - buy recycled products and products that use recycled packaging. That's what makes recycling economically possible.

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Updates to trip itineraries for 2009

We are currently in the process of modifying all of our itineraries and redeveloping new exciting packages for 2009. Stay posted by checking the website regularly. Our latest additions for Patagonia, Chile include sea kayaking trips around Isla Magdalena, Rafting trips on the Figueroa and Futaleufu Rivers, Fly Fishing in Lago Verde and the Figueroa, and trekking in Torres del Paine. Also, newly added we are going to begin doing trips in Croatia near Rab exploring the coastal island network by sea kayak and trekking the nearby national parks (check out our new 200 Km trip to Croatia).

Also, in the works, are fly fishing packages for Torres del Paine and Cerro Castillo, Chile and Sea Kayaking Lago General Carrera to the Catedral de Marmol, a large stone formation that appears as a floating cave network of limestone in beautiful turquoise waters.

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Currey Expeditions - Base Camp

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At Currey Expeditions our base camp is gracefully adorned by a 300 foot waterfall plummeting vertically from high up the canyon wall. The riverfront is split between a glassy pool where the fish come to feed in the early morning and evening and a class II rapid that is great for play-boating or swimming. Activities at the camp include lessons in whitewater kayaking, hiking up our waterfall trail, or to the top of the mountain, swimming, fishing, rock-climbing, and exploring our caves. Nearby, you will also enjoy horseback riding, sea kayaking, and much more.

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International Caveman Day?

If you were a caveman 10,000 years ago, winter would be a pretty tough time. Migration would be a requirement for survival, as food sources would desert you, sunlight would desert you, warmth would desert you, and your wife would desert you too if you were unable to provide for her. It only took, 9,900 years, but finally mankind has solved the problem of reducing the challenge of migration. The ease with which we are able to get around the world today has revolutionized our existence as humans. Even though the headaches of the airport and customs can put a damper on any winter getaway trip, imagine if you had to walk, and suddenly that line doesn't feel so long.

So you love to travel, but you dislike the inconveniences of traveling. You love the water, but you dislike the cold. You love the outdoors, but you're not a fan of roughing it (or maybe you are). You really are a unique individual (and we all are). Whatever the specifics may be, there is always something for you in the world of tourism.

Here are some great affordable winter getaway ideas that may catch your interest:

Take the family or business group on a remote, challenging, yet mostly safe, float across Chile in the class III-IV whitewater of Patagonia's Figueroa River. The best way to view pure untouched nature is by the natural roadways of the ancient Araucanian civilization, by rafting the rivers. Here you can explore forests without trails, penetrate deep into wilderness without roads, and enjoy the sounds of nature without the distant noise pollution of mankind, pure nature. You can get all this and still enjoy a soak in the wood burning hot tub or natural thermal spa at the end of the day while sampling the fine wines of Chile.

Or if you thrive on the adrenaline, and you don't truly feel alive unless you're looking death in the eye, you may prefer tackling the daunting Futaleufu River. Your group will really come together on this trip...the challenges of the river will build your team, tearing down emotional, prejudicial or political barriers...the fear of impending death has that affect. If the whole world could run this river there would be no more need for politicians and lawyers and soldiers could focus on humanitarian assistance rather than war.

Maybe you love to fish, but you're sick of pulling the same two fish out of the fish tank with your fly rod. Rather than continuing to "challenge" yourself with the fish you are on a first name basis with, increase your range a bit by heading to the limits of the world. The glacial melt waters of the Patagonian streams and rivers are ideal for Sea Run Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Salmon, and more. The cool waters make for a refreshing day of fishing, while the Hot Spring Resorts with 5 star accommodations make for a relaxing and rewarding evening. It will be tough to leave, but easy to come back to the next time.

Love to explore? Me too. Thousands of unexplored lakes, mountains, volcanoes, glaciers, ice caves, waterfalls, and islands are calling. Expeditions by boat, sea kayak, foot, horseback, float plane, and helicopter are just a few of the options for reaching some of the most pristine untouched beauty of the world. This is no canned package, your passion, curiosity, and inspiration is the only limit.

Southern Chile boasts some of the most magnificent scenery and outdoors activity in the world, but, unfortunately, there's always a catch. The power needs of the city have been increasing at an alarming rate and the multi-billion dollar power companies of the world are eagerly waiting for the Chilean government to give in to the demand. Surveys have been done, plans drafted, and horrible schemes devised. Rather than investing in environmentally friendly means of generating power, the simple cost effective $3 billion proposal is to draw energy from the rivers of the far south, building mega-dams that will submerge many thousands of acres and eliminate entire rivers, and then blaze high tension power lines 3000 kilometers north cutting the world's largest clear-cut area through a Yosemite-like landscape, sacrificing the beauty which inspires life, all for some more watts. Maybe some money should be invested in improving power efficiency, developing less environmentally devastating ways of generating power, or even improving upon some of those that are already developed.

Alright, so we've solved some of the world's problems, and simplified our travels, but everything convenient seems to come at a significant cost. The power demands of the world continue to grow, and the pristine destinations of the world continue to diminish. We still have a long way to go, but if we didn't have some progress to make, there wouldn't be a reason for toiling. Its a fact of life that we need something to toil over to feel good when we take a break. Keep chipping away at the world's problems, mankind, don't get lazy now. Maybe we just need to have an "International Caveman Day" where people around the world "turn off" the lights for a day, or maybe even once a month. Imagine what could be accomplished with the money saved...

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Trip Report - Figueroa River December 07

This place is amazing!!! I have been to Yellowstone, the Grande Canyon, and Angel Falls, and I've never seen anything more remarkable than the hanging glaciers of Queulat or the aqua blue waters of the Figueroa River.

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Nature in its Natural State

The glassy waters of Laguna Espejo reflect the glacial peaks of the surrounding mountains. The Tres Monjas, three rocky spires towering above, keep a watchful eye on the pristine wilderness that locals refer to as "un paisaje pintado por dios." A true appreciation for the meaning of this phrase can only be achieved by viewing for yourself a region that provides breathtaking scenery anywhere you look, from the flowers in the underbrush, to the 360 degree panoramic vistas that will drop your jaw.

The best way to view pure untouched nature is by the natural roadways of the ancient Araucanian civilization, by rafting the rivers. Here you can explore forests without trails, penetrate deep into wilderness without roads, and enjoy the sounds of nature without the distant noise pollution of mankind, pure nature. You can get all this and still enjoy a soak in the hot tub at the end of the day while sampling the fine wines of chile.

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Patagonia Sin Represas

Patagonia, Chile has remained for years as one of the most spectacular untouched wilderness areas of the world. It appears as though this untouched beauty may be on the brink of disaster. Mankinds inability to leave nature in its natural state will prevail in a most horrific way if plans go forward to blaze the world's largest clearcut area across 9 regions of Chile in order to bring power 3000 Kilometers to the Metropolis, Santiago. As long as the light switch continues to go on and off, mankind will never see the urgency to develop less environmentally harmful ways of generating power.
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