Paddling near Nueva Imperial, La Araucanía

Nueva Imperial sits in Cautín Province at the confluence of the Río Chol-Chol and Río Cautín, which together form the Río Imperial — a navigable waterway that flows west to the Pacific at Puerto Saavedra. The area's network of rivers makes it a natural base for flatwater and mild-current paddling, with canoeing and kayaking both practiced on these channels.