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About Chucao

What Chucao stands for

A Personalized Experience
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As a traveler and experienced guide I know how confusing it gets when you have a long chain of people caring for one small detail each. This is a project built to stay small, for you to talk directly with your adventure planner, logistics manager and guide, whenever needed. This is our experience, we build it and we will live it together. I am your Host, from beginning to end!

Authenticity​
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To travel through Patagonia, and other wild destinations, while we I will provide organized local food and the safety of the group, I want people to explore nature under their conditions, we will be exposed to the elements, to nature, we will be physically tired some days. Worry not! sturdy meals and safety is ensured, but let's get a taste of wilderness during this trip !

Environmentally Sustainable​
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I aim to have a positive impact, consume locally, preferring environmentally conscious practices. As an Outdoor Educator, Leave No Trace Master and guide, I have a system to ensure a rather positive impact on all that is in our hands.

Socially Responsible​
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Because we learn from our history, we don’t believe in extractivism or pushing local communities aside; the community that is influenced by our visits shall be involved, understood and respected. Local understanding can be best brought by an informed local. 

Meet me

I am Lucas, a professional of the outdoors who offers personalized and authentic adventures in one of the world's most beautiful wilderness sanctuaries, Patagonia and other remote areas. I also do a little more check it out!

I grew up in the colorful, eclectic hills of Valparaíso, Chile, with a brief chapter in the flatlands of Dallas, Texas. My childhood was spent in an urban amphitheater, but it left me with a hunger for more—for movement, for adventure, and for landscapes that didn't have borders.


In 2010, that hunger brought me to Torres del Paine. I spent the next decade guiding by horse, kayak, and on foot. After an 80-day mountaineering and kayaking expedition with NOLS Patagonia in 2011, I realized that the wild was where I belonged, yet I wanted to understand the human element of it as well.
I followed the stream of life to Central Europe to diversify. Working with Outward Bound Germany, I moved into personal development and outdoor education, while also certifying as an Emergency Medical Technician. Today, I bridge these worlds—teaching First Aid in Berlin and Wilderness Medicine for NOLS across Europe, while I also lead Experiential learning camps with Outward Bound Germany.


My heart, or a piece, always stayed in Patagonia. I started Chucao Adventures to bring people back to my favorite place on earth. These aren't just tours; they are small-group, personalized journeys. We go there to listen, to feel, and to be as free as it gets.


Let’s build and live an adventure together

Qualifications and Certifications
  • Leave No Trace Master

  • Wilderness First Responder (NOLS)

  • Wilderness Medicine Instructor (NOLS)

  • NOLS Patagonia Semester Alumni

  • Outdoor Educator (Outward Bound Germany)

  • Peace Builder (Outward Bound International)

  • Emergency Medical Technician (NAW Berlin)

  • Mental Health First Aid training (MHFA)

  • Whitewater Rescue Technician-Professional (Rescue 3 Slovenia)

  • L2 EK Touring Trip Leader Skills Assessment (ACA, peak & paddle Croatia)

This year 2026 you find me here:

Urban First Aid courses | Erste Hilfe Station, Berlin

German, English and Spanish

 2026

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NOLS WFA Wilderness Medicine through Crossing Latitudes | Värmdö, Sweden

20-22 March 2026

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NOLS WFR Wilderness Medicine through Crossing Latitudes | Flåm, Norway

9-19 April 2026

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NOLS WFR-R Wilderness Medicine through Crossing Latitudes in |

Flåm, Norway

24-26 April 2026

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NOLS WFR Wilderness Medicine through Crossing Latitudes | Grimslöv, Sweden

 October -  November 2026 (dates to be decided)

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Guiding Adventures through Chucao Adventures | Patagonia, Chile

1 December- 1 February 2026

Reach out!

Get in contact with me if you have any doubts

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