The story so far........

regionX is a small owner operated company put together by a group of Expedition Leaders that have worked together all over the world for many years. After exploring the Rivers, Oceans and Mountains of the globe, the now more mature guides have found the most suitable locations to start advertising amazing adventure holidays for the like minded! We are people who care about the environment, want to get to know it intimately and are not interested in going fast, making noise or being part of a large groups. We love what we do.

We have an experienced team of awesome leaders, read more about their history below and come on an adventure with us to get to know them more.

Regards

The regionX team

Josh Waterson: Loves water, and has been teaching and leading kayaking and rafting expeditions for years. His expedition leading & photography has taken him to far corners of the globe including Chile, Uganda, Russia, SIberia, Peru, Tasmania, Argentina, Turkey, Morocco, Italy, Switzerland, Austria as well as mainland Australia. His recreation time is usually spent dropping down steep creeks and big volume rivers around the globe or competing in freestyle events. Josh was also a member of the first team to kayak surf the Pororoca Tidal Bore in the Amazon Basin. He continues conservation work on Chiles threatened waterways where he has made films and t-shirts with NO DAMS messages. His travels have bought him back to the south coast of NSW Australia where he grew up exploring the waterways with his brother and father. He now resides there with his wife Kate and their daughter Chaska, both keen kayakers. You can catch him guiding our Sea Kayaking & Franklin River Rafting trips.

Aren Rane: Often dubbed the best safety kayaker on the Futaleufu, Aren has grown up running hard whitewater and skiinng steep slopes all over the place. This is the guy you want as your kayak teacher and guide on the Futa. A long serving futa devotee making his pilgrimage south when the fall leaves start to show in the northern hemisphere. He has etched a niche as one of the finest whitewater kayak instructors and kayak guides in the world. His contributions to the local communities in Chile are talked about far and wide. He and his wife sara set up Project Futa to teach locals about the river, its dynamics and kayaking. A valuable project in a remote community like Futaleufu. Their continnued efforts have been rewarded with many of the locals now maturing into fine kayak guides and travelling to other rivers around the world in their off season. Aren and friends built the Region X base in Chile, their hard work and determination have kept the RegionX dream alive where they continue to run and guide on their rafting and kayaking trips there.

Sarah Vangelder - Rane: The ultimate in female all star guides.
Sarah has been working in Patagonia for the last 8 years in massage therapy. She enjoys the balance of relaxing and adventure, keeping up her kayak skills when not doing massage work.  Her skills at the massage table are Polarity therapy, Swedish technique, deep tissue, and trigger point therapy. Sarah, her husband Aren and daughter Hannah split their time between their home in Futaleufu and the United States. Sarah has taught local kids kayaking and enjoys time on the Futa herself, when shes not running a slick camp, kitchen adn massage service she boats some serious hair.

Hernan Barria: A talented Oar Boat leader, often called the Bruce Lee of rafting. Hernan has worked on steep technical rivers all over Europe and the USA. He has racked up loads of big volume experience on the mighty Zambezi and his home town river of the Futaleufu in Chile. His observation skills make him a real asset on every river trip as well as an amazing fly fishing guide. He has led Canyoning groups throughout Europe and Chile and his rescue and rope skills are first class. Hernan has built himself a house in Futaleufu where he lives with his wife Vanessa and their boy Thomas.