Ascent to Mount Aconcagua, Extended Route

Our expedition starts in **Mendoza, Argentina.** A representative of INKA Expediciones will be waiting for you at the airport. We will stay at the hotel in the city. A group meeting will follow and you will meet me and the team members. \-Accommodation: Hotel double or triple room.

We will obtain individual entrance and ascent permits. You will be personally assisted in this procedure. After this, we’ll travel to **Villa de Penitentes**, where we’ll stay at a hotel in the mountain. There, we’ll get the equipment ready for transportation to the base camp, by mule. \-Accommodation: Hotel €“ \-Meals: Breakfast & Dinner.

We drive you to **Horcones Park** Entrance, where we’ll get our first view of the mountain. We will get our permits checked at the Ranger station. Then, we’ll head off to **Confluencia** by walking 4 or 5 hours. \-Accommodation: tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We’ve included this day in order to acclimatize better and give you more chances to summit. We’ll trek for about 5 hours until we arrive at **Plaza Francia**, the base camp of the impressive **Aconcagua South Wall.** This is one of the nicest points of the expedition. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

After 8-9 hours hiking acrossœPlaya Ancha and climbing up through a very steep path, we’ll reach **Plaza de Mulas**, the biggest base camp in Aconcagua Park. By the end of the day, most of us will feel the altitude. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

The first day in Base Camp is always a rest day and a good occasion to take a bath and explore the local terrain. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We’ve included this climbing in order to acclimatize better, and give you more chances to summit. Also you’ll enjoy a spectacular view of the west face of Aconcagua. \-Accommodation: Tents \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We’ll stay in Plaza de Mulas to rest from the climbing of Bonete. Then, we will divide expedition loads to carry to the high camps (community gear, fuel and food). We double carry to keep pack weight down and help ensure good acclimatization. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

This is a challenging day where we’ll gain almost 700 m with a heavy load on easy terrain. Then we’ll return to Base Camp. It’s important to take advantage of the comfort and lower altitude at Base Camp. \-Accommodation: Tents . \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

This is a day we’ll mainly use to recover energy, to rest, to hydrate ourselves and for abundant meals. \-Accommodation: Tents. -Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

The following morning we’ll finally **start the ascent to Aconcagua**. We’ll move to Camp 1, called **Plaza Canada**. Until now, we were working on getting an optimal acclimatization. We want everyone to have the best possible chance to summit. \-Accommodation: Tents. Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Camp 2, called **Nido de Condores** (meaning Condor Nest), is located in a high pass at 5560 m and provides a spectacular view of the surrounding mountains. \-Accommodation: Tents \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

This day, we carry equipment to Camp 3 called **Camp Colera**. After carrying the equipment up, we return to **Camp 2** to sleep, to give our bodies more chances to acclimatize. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We’ll start a 4 hour walk to **Camp 3**, located on the North Ridge. We will prepare our tents and eat and rest, to be ready to get the summit. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

It is the most demanding day of the expedition. We’ll climb the North Ridge to **Independencia Refuge** at approximately 6500 m. We’ll ascend through the **œPortezuelo del Viento,** climb **œLa Canaleta**, and the **Filo del Guanaco,** which leads us to the summit. The prize is waiting for us, a 360° view and the experience of overcoming, that you only finally understand once you reach it. At the end of this experience, we descend to **Camp 3.** \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We have three extra days set aside on our itinerary to attempt summit. These extra days are built in to provide the best possible conditions for each participant to summit. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

Return from Camp 3 to Base Camp. We’ll enjoy a great dinner to celebrate the experience. \-Accommodation: Tents. \-Meals: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner.

We’ll have breakfast and then start the descent from Plaza de Mulas to Penitentes. There is a private transport waiting for us to take us to the hotel in Mendoza City. \-Accommodation: Hotel double or triple room \-€“Meals: Breakfast, Lunch.

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