Kite trip · 28 Dec 2026 — 2 Jan 2027 · Puerto Varas
New Year on Lake Llanquihue — wingfoil, sailing and wakeboard
Six days on the lake at our Patagonian base, learning to fly a wingfoil from zero, sailing a 30-footer and riding a wakeboard, with the Osorno volcano watching.
The plan
What the week looks like
Six days over New Year on Lake Llanquihue, based in Puerto Varas, built for people starting from zero. Ten hours of coached water time with a maximum of two students per instructor, split across three disciplines: wingfoil —including your first assisted flight behind the jetski— sailing on a 30-foot yacht, and wakeboard. Closed price, twelve places, and New Year's dinner facing the lake.
This is the one trip on the calendar with no kitesurfing in it, and that is deliberate. It is built for someone who has never done any of this and wants to spend a week finding out which of the three sticks.
The wingfoil part starts on the jetski: we tow you up onto the foil so you feel what planing on a foil actually is, before you ever have to generate that power with a wing in your hands. It shortens the learning curve by days. Gear is all school kit chosen for learning, not for racing: big front foil, short mast, high-volume boards.
Sailing is two outings on a 30-footer — safety on board, points of sail, tacking, anchoring and a man-overboard drill each — plus turns at the helm on the Vagabundo. And one wakeboard session behind the boat.
Requirements: you can swim, you are 14 or older (under 18s with a responsible adult) and you are in basic physical shape. No gear needed and no previous experience needed.
Everything sorted, for real
What's included
Included
- Ten hours of coached water time, maximum two students per instructor
- All water activities guided with jetski support and tow when needed
- First assisted wingfoil flight with tow foil behind the jetski
- Full wingfoil kit: 5.5 m² wing as the base size, 4.5 and 6.5 in reserve
- High-volume school boards to start, 110 to 130 litres once you are flying
- Front foil of 1,800 to 2,000 cm², short mast, large stabiliser: learning kit
- Helmet and impact vest, mandatory on every foil session
- 5/4 wetsuit and boots, for the stony bottom in several sectors
- Radio helmet: you hear your instructor while you ride
- Outings on a 30-foot yacht: safety, points of sail, tacking, anchoring
- Turns at helm and bow on the Vagabundo
- Wakeboard session behind the boat, with posture and edge coaching
- Five nights in Puerto Varas with breakfast and daily transfers around the lake
- Trip photographer, evening video analysis and New Year dinner facing the lake
Not included
- Travel to Puerto Varas: flights or buses
- Lunches and dinners outside the programme
- Single room, available with a supplement
- Personal travel insurance, which we ask for anyway
- Kitesurfing lessons: this trip does not teach kite
- Official sailing certification: two outings are not a qualification
Preguntas frecuentes
Common questions before booking
Is there kitesurfing on this trip?
No. This one is wingfoil, sailing and wakeboard. If you want to learn to kite, Puclaro, Brazil, Tarifa and the Canaries all teach from scratch.
I have never done any of this. Is that a problem?
That is exactly who the trip is for. Everything starts from zero, gear included, with two students per instructor and a radio helmet so you can hear your coach while you are on the water.
Is the price final?
Yes. This is the one trip with a closed price rather than an estimated range: $890,000 CLP, with a $200,000 deposit to hold your place.
Bookings
Coming to New Year on Lake Llanquihue?
Message us on WhatsApp and we will send you the full breakdown and the exact price. We answer in English, usually the same day.
Prefer the long version? This trip has a fuller page in Spanish: Año Nuevo en el Llanquihue.