Cabo Froward

Part 2: Lighthouse To Refugio/First River (About 2:30 Hrs)

0:45 hrs: forest path marked, easy to find

1:00 hrs: along beach. Much slower during high tide. Seagull Island Lookout along the way makes a nice side attraction.

0:20 hrs: forest path marked with orange and blue. easy to find

0:25 hrs: along beach to first river

The Refugio is just before the first river. A path marked orange leads into the trees to the Refugio. The first river can be crossed ankle-high at low tide and a bit above knee-high at high tide.

Part 4: Second River To Third River (About 3:00 Hrs)

0:15 hrs: second river crossing. Waist deep or more at low tide must strip down and carry backpack over head. Impassible at high tide.

0:30 hrs: along beach, very slow to impossible at high tide.

2:15 hrs: along beach, but probably passible at high tide.

Part 5: Third River To Cross (About 5:15 Hrs)

0:15 hrs: third river crossing. knee-deep at low tide, impassible at high tide.

1:30 hrs

on the beach much slower at high tide

0:45 hrs: on the beach, to first point from which cross can be seen

0:45 hrs: on the beach

0:20 hrs: forest path marked

0:25 hrs: along beach, to base of cross.

1:15 hrs: climbing up to the cross.

As a summary for planning with the tides, these are the places where it is impossible or very very slow at high tide, so you should coordinate these with the tide tables.With heavy rainfalls you might get stuck and have to wait even several days to cross the rivers 3 and 2. Take enough food for this case! This probably will not happen during the summer. The water level in the rivers in April 2011 was much higher than indicated in the description and river 2 was very hard almost impossible to pass with a bag. Make sure you can swim well if you cross the river in these conditions. Also strongly recommended to cross the river first without a bag to make sure you find a way where to cross the river.

Total 16 hours hiking.

3:15 hrs 0:00 hrs in: Rio San Pedro to slow beach

1:00 hrs (3:15 hrs in): along beach, slow at high tide

3:30 hrs 4:15 hrs in: to before second river may be more like 4:00 hrs during high tide

0:45 hrs (7:45 hrs in): second river crossing and next 0:30 hrs. impassible at high tide.

2:15 hrs 8:30 hrs in: to third river

1:45 hrs (10:45 hrs in): third river crossing and next 1:30 hrs. impassible/much slower at high tide.

3:30 hrs 12:30 hrs in: to cross.

Part 1: Rio San Pedro To Lighthouse (About 2:30 Hrs)

1:15 hrs: dirt road

1:15 hrs: along beach

Pass the hostel they have a map that you can ask to photograph