About Scoutingrios
A packrafting project focused on exploration, education, and river travel in Chilean Patagonia.
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Scoutingrios is a project focused on packrafting, exploration, and river education in Chilean Patagonia, based in the town of Río Puelo, in the Cochamó Valley, and operating across different regions of Patagonia.
The project is built from hands-on river experience and the belief that packrafting is a powerful tool for exploration, learning, and conscious connection with rivers and natural environments.
Focus and Values
Scoutingrios works with an approach grounded in safety, progressive training, and respect for the river, developing courses, clinics, guided trips, and expeditions adapted to group experience levels and real river conditions.
The project aims to develop conscious practitioners, capable of reading rivers, making informed decisions, and navigating Patagonian rivers in an autonomous and responsible way.
The Team
Waldo Aguayo Riquelme
Founder & Lead Instructor
Waldo Aguayo is the founder and lead guide of Scoutingrios.
He is an ACA Level 4 Packrafting Instructor certified by the American Canoe Association (ACA), currently the only instructor in South America holding this level of certification.
His approach focuses on advanced paddling technique, river reading, and decision-making in whitewater environments. His professional background includes international certifications in river safety and rescue, based on standards from IRF and Rescue 3, combined with extensive practical experience in courses and trainings in Chile and abroad.
María José Sáez
Operations & Sales Coordinator
María José supports Scoutingrios in course coordination, organization, and communication.
Her role is to accompany participants from the very first contact: answering questions, organizing bookings, and helping everything run smoothly before getting on the river.