Yankee Way Lodge - No Frills Fishing

NEW NO FRILLS FISHING FROM YAN KEE WAY LODGE AS LOW AS $2299 per week per person.

If your top priorities are great waters, excellent guides, high quality transport equipment and boats and a typical Chilean fly-fishing experience as low as $2,299 per week. The Bunkhouse Package provides seven nights and eight days at Yan Kee Way Lodge. The basic fly-fishing package provides a typical Chilean fly-fishing expedition for about half the price of many local lodge packages including the standard Yan Kee Way Lodge deluxe fly-fishing program.

Select the aspects of a quality fly-fishing program most important to you. Pay only for those features that you want. Fishing all of the world-class waters in the region, lodging in what is considered one of the top five fly-fishing lodges in the world and dining daily in the Latitude 42º Restaurant, rated the best restaurant in the entire south of Chile, may be included in the Bunkhouse Expedition Package.

Guests of the Yan Kee Way Lodge are right on top of some of the best trout waters in Chile . Located on the shores of Lake Llanquihue, the lodge is closest to the famous Petrohue fishing grounds. There are enough great nearby fishing options so that you never need to cover the same water twice during a one week stay. Fishing expeditions includes wading and drifting in an imported 16' Jagarundi Cataraft float craft. These watercraft have rowing frames built specifically for fly-fishing. Unlike North American style drift boats used by local guides in other lodges, Jagarundi Catarafts can easily be back-rowed in the strong currents of the Petrohue River to keep you right on top of the fish. The only jet boats you will see on the river will be those of Yan Kee Way Lodge.

The Bunkhouse Program offers four, two-person per room accommodations with central heating. The rooms have built-in bunk beds, and bathroom facilities are shared. Each of the two large tiled bathrooms have two enclosed shower stalls, two enclosed toilets and multiple sinks. Guests staying in the Bunkhouse have a game room with satellite television and a community telephone for local, long distance, and international calling.

A healthy and tasty menu, prepared by gourmet chefs serve up a true taste of Chile. Breakfast and evening meals at Yan Kee Way will be served, from a set menu, in the Fogon dining room with beautiful views of Lago Llanquihue and the Osorno and Puntiagudo Volcanoes. Chefs prepare Chilean specialties based on local seafood, meat and poultry using vegetables from their own organic gardens. Guests are welcome, at additional cost, to order from the Latitude 42º menu and our famous wine list and cellar at their pleasure or you may choose to upgrade your entire meal plan to the standard Yan Kee Way fly-fishing meal plan.

One to five day programs may be arranged based on the prices as described below.

1 to 5 nights - Per Angler, double occupancy, lodging, meals and guided fly-fishing - $385/night

6 or more nights - Per Angler, double occupancy, lodging, meals, airport transfers and guided fly-fishing - $328/night

7-night 8-day Bunkhouse Expedition - Per Angler, double occupancy, lodging, meals, airport transfers and guided fly-fishing - $2,299

Included:

Set meal plan for breakfast, lunch, and dinner and lodging in the Yan Kee Way Lodge Bunkhouse facility located on central plaza and the beach of Lago Llanquihue. Each full day includes 8 hours minimum fly-fishing with one guide per two anglers, abundant riverside lunch featuring Chilean wine, on-river snacks, bottled water, soft drinks and/or beer, fishing licenses, and ground transportation. Airport transfers are included for those guests booking six or more days fishing.

Not included in Bunkhouse Fly-fishing Expedition:

Personal equipment (rods, reels, waders, and flies), airfare, (optional guided non-angler activities), and gratuities for guides and staff. Equipment rental is available with advance reservation notice. Flies may be purchased at a rate of US$2.50 each or you may purchase one of our fly collections for local waters.

Season

The second Friday in November until the first Sunday in May. Operations at Yan Kee Way Lodge during the Colihuacho, or Tabano, season in January . Colihuachos, large, biting horseflies that make enjoyable fishing literally impossible, arrive around Christmas and leave around the end of January. Fortunately, rivers that are free of these flies may be fished, or morning start times are modified to depart the river at mid-day when they are at their worst.

Horseback riding, trekking, mountain biking, canyoning, photo safari, and rafting may be arranged. The Petrohué is staked as the lodge's home river and offers fishing for numerous resident rainbows and browns. During the season, large runs of silver, Chinook, Atlantic salmon, and steelhead trout supplement the resident fish. Also fish other nearby waters and spring creeks. Programs include, all meals, daily guided excursions, and ground transfers.