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7-day Aconcagua trek with Cerro Bonete
Admire the amazing Aconcagua mountain on this 7-day trek from the summit of Cerro Bonete along with a Grajales Expeditions mountain guide.
Group
Andes
7 Days
Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec
Fit
Intermediate
Highlights
- Climb to Cerro Bonete and admire great views of Aconcagua.
- Explore the Horcones Valley and the basecamps to the summit.
Description
Cerro Bonete (5,004 meters) is located in the Andes mountain range in the province of Mendoza, Argentina. It’s inside the protected area of the Aconcagua Provincial Park and it is the best natural lookout to the West Face of the highest point in the American Continent.
If you join me on this 7-day trek, you will explore the Horcones Valley and admire the South Face of the Aconcagua. Also, you will visit the Confluencia and the Plaza de Mulas camps, two key spots for the ascent to this great mountain.
We’ll start our week in the City of Mendoza. I can pick you up at the airport if you need. Remember that during the trip you will only need to carry a daypack. We will transfer the rest of the equipment in mules.
Please find a more detailed itinerary at the bottom of this description and remember that if you join me on this program a good level of fitness will be required.
So don’t hesitate! Come and discover the Andes on this 7-day Aconcagua trek to the Cerro Bonete with me. I can assure that you won’t be disappointed.
Also, you can take a look at this 6-day Plaza Argentina trek that we lead in Mendoza.
Itinerary
Day 1: Mendoza - Los Penitentes
Pick up at the airport. We’ll drive for 3 hours to Los Penitentes (2,580 meters). We’ll spend the night at the lodge.
Day 2: Confluencia
After breakfast, we will visit the Horcones Valley (2,950 meters) and start the approach to Confluencia (3,390 meters), our first camp. This will take us three hours.
Day 3: Aconcagua's South Face
We’ll take a 7-hour hike to admire the South Face of the Aconcagua and return to the Confluencia camp.
Day 4: Plaza de Mulas
We’ll reach the Plaza de Mulas camp (4,350 meters) after a challenging hike (7 o 9 hours).
Day 5: Plaza de Mulas
Day off in Plaza de Mulas.
Day 6: Cerro Bonete
We’ll climb the Cerro Bonete (5,004 meters) and admire from up there the West Face of the Aconcagua.
Day 7: Last day
Descent to Horcones Valley. We’ll drive to Mendoza City, where this program ends.
Optional: If you want, you can arrange a helicopter flight to return to Horcones!
Details
Accommodation Hotel Ayelén in Penitentes |
Meeting point City of Mendoza |
Photos
About the guide
Back in 1976, Fernando Grajales Expeditions was granted the first license to operate mountaineering services at Aconcagua. Its founder, the legendary mountaineer Fernando Grajales, applied the same concepts of safety and ethics to his company that he applied to his own climbing expeditions. In a few seasons, the company became a trademark and a synonym of Aconcagua.
Four decades later, we are proud to continue breaking trails under the same clear Andean skies, ruled by the same transparent principles.
Today, Fernando Grajales Expeditions continues to be a family owned local company, committed to our team and to our community. At the same time, we work to keep a global perspective regarding innovation and service standards.
To us, “fair trade” means simply to do things fairly, as we always have. Our goal is to create safe and successful mountain experiences for our clients, whether they are mountaineers that utilize our fully guided expeditions or international agencies that trust us with their logistics.
What people are saying about Explore-Share
Teodora Jugrin
5.00
Nov 19, 2021
I had a very good experience booking the hike through Explore-Share. Communication with the team was prompt and clear and the booking process was seamless. The trip itself was also just perfect. Uroš was a fantastic guide, highly skilled and talented. The hike felt safe at all times, even on more exposed routes, thanks to him. He was always up to date on the weather forecast and planned the days around it, checked the conditions on the route ahead of me, if needed, discussed and adapted the routes to my level and always made sure I was safe and comfortable. I highly recommend him, as well as Explore-Share.
SG
5.00
Oct 25, 2021
Explore Share is a really usefull website that has a great overview of reviewed guides for a (in our case) hiking/climbing trip. During the booking I got assigned an assistent for Explore Share that helped solve questions that I might have. Great customer service, and I will come back again.
Dan Laufer
5.00
Oct 17, 2021
Explore-share was easy to use and the staff and guide w ere very responsive. The trip descriptions were accurate and the pricing reasonable. I would definitely recommend the site for people looking to do guided hiking.
Mac
5.00
Oct 13, 2021
Excellent!! Great guide and service. I had a very good experience. Id do it again.
Amanda Gardner
4.00
Sep 14, 2021
Guide was very experienced and very patient with us. We learned a lot and he tried to fit in all the knowledge he could in one day, super awesome. A little tough going back and forth to get the trip set up hard to tell if the site is sketchy until you see reviews but all worked out. Ended up with an awesome day with an awesome guide. Overall pretty satisfied and thankful!
Meret Schädler
5.00
Sep 14, 2021
The whole experience was great! The customer service of explore-share was really good. I always got an answer very quick. I would absolutely recommend to use explore-share if you are looking for a great guide in a foreign country. 5 stars!
john mcevoy
4.00
Sep 10, 2021
What a trip, fantastic guide who picked me up and dropped me off. Would use again.
Catherine Derroitte
5.00
Aug 25, 2021
It's the 2nd time we have been booking with Explore-Share. The booking was super easy and both Explore-Share and the guide were fast in their responses. We did rafting as a family with 3 kids for the first time in Slovenia. The guide (José) was super nice. He was doing everything he could to make everyone at ease with rafting (he gave clear explanations), have a great team spirit (we were joined by 2 other girls) and have a good time. We had lots of fun and the nature there is so beautiful. Thank you Explore-share and Soca splash for the great afternoon! I would recommend this activity to anyone without a doubt. My kids immediately told me they want to do rafting again soon !"
Aditya Kumar Jha
5.00
Aug 2, 2021
Best platform for mountain sports services. Easy to use, great personalised service and support.
Ibolya Kovacs
5.00
Jul 5, 2021
I am very pleased to have booked with this group. All of my mails have been answered in no-time, I felt really safe on the rock and the atmosfere of the whole group helped a lot not to mind about stressing. Will be back for more!
Prices per person
Group of 1 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 2 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 3 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 4 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 5 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 6 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 7 | USD 949 Each |
Group of 8 | USD 949 Each |
Want a different number of travellers?
Price includes
- Guiding fee
- Accommodation included
- Transport during the trip
- Luggage transfer
- Mules and horses
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
Price details
Optional services: Hotel in Mendoza, pick up at the airport or bus station, helicopter charter (extra cost for up to two persons: USD 1,300). Not included in the price: Trekking pass to the Park, lodging in Mendoza, drinks in Mendoza and Penitentes, extra expenses, personal equipment.
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