HIKING & TREKKING TOURS

Our Team

In the Field
These are the lucky ones that spend the best time in Chile's best natural marvels away from computers and from busy Santiago. At the same time, they are the ones with the biggest responsibility of all, taking good care of our guests and helping them spend the best time of their lives. They combine a good measure of sensitivity, fun and professionalism. Most of them feel very much as if they are in a big family. In high season (November - March), the field staff becomes quite large, reaching 25 in-house guides plus six free-lance specialist guides.

Our Environmental Scope
Chile's diverse and marvelous environment is a gift to us and we feel in need to repay nature for all that we have received. As part of our commitment to support the environment, Cascada joined The International Eco-Tourism Society in 1996 and has gained background, understanding and experience to model Cascada's own operations and to serve as an example to the others.

Our Quality Commitment
We offer our guests the most rewarding experience by means of traveling to a remote destination such as Chile or Argentina with the highest degree of safety, comfort and exposure to nature and culture. As part of Cascada's safety mission fulfillment, we became the first outfitter in South America to provide the guides with the Wilderness First Responder degree, training which is widely accredited in the United States and Canada.

Our Equipment
As a specialist Adventure and Nature Outfitter that organizes river, mountain and desert trips, we have a lot of high quality gear, most of it imported from recognized brands. The equipment is carefully maintained, cleaned, stored, repaired and replaced if necessary to fulfill safety and comfort standards. There are some pieces of our equipment that are genuine from this part of the world such as our horse riding equipment and some components of our Patagonia Ecocamp.

Our Vehicles
It is worth mentioning the vehicles we use since the variety of terrain, and sometimes the rude climate and high altitudes in Chile demands a thoughtful selection of them. For most of the Altiplano drives and Atacama tours, we use 6-seater 4x4 and strong 10-seater American vans. For approaching mountain base camps we use 4-seater 4x4 pick ups which are also employed in self-drive tours in Patagonia and with small parties at the lake District and Patagonia. For the Central Andes and lake district where roads are good we use 12-seater Korean vans.