Pico de Orizaba ascent with La Malinche acclimatization (3 days)

Had a great trip with 3summits! Alejandro and Cristian were both great guides! I would highly recommend both of them as well as 3summits in general!

Had a wonderful time with this excursion. Karla did a fabulous job at promptly answering all the questions I had pre, during, and post hike. I simply informed her of what I needed done and she made things happen. Alejandro was our guide for the La Malinche acclimatization hike and he was phenomenal. Christian guided us to Pico de Orizaba and was very patient and attentive. Karla’s magical powers made the logistics of this trip flow smoothly. No precious minutes were squandered waiting because the drivers who were sent to pick us up from airport/hotel were punctual. Thank you explore-share for the opportunity to experience and commune with Mexico’s highest peak.

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Before the trip, Karla and Alvaro answered all of our questions and booked all of our accomodations before landing in Mexico. Alvaro, the owner of the business, is super knowledgable and was willing to work around my groups busy schedule for multiple video calls to answer questions and troubleshoot prior to the trip. Once we landed in Mexico, we were greeted by the coolest group of dudes. For La Minche, Alejandro and Danny were great! They made us awesome food and got us to the top with the perritos just as planned. Two days later, Gilgamesh and Paco guided us to the top of Pico de Orizaba in record time. I will definitely be recomending this outfit to anyone who is interested in a somewhat exotic trip to the third highest peak in North America!

It was an exceptional guide and provided us not only with a safe ascent but went out of his way to make sure we had a great time! Would recommend 100%. I would say the same for Dani as well! They both are great guides and we had a ton of fun!

Very happy with 3summits

Explore-Share and 3Summits were outstanding in all aspects starting from the time I registered for the La Malinche + Pico de Orizaba climbs. Their communication, follow up and guidance was great all the time. Alex was my guide during La Malinche climb and Lolo was guide during Pico de Orizaba climb. Though it was a slow struggle for me, they encouraged me to perform and as a result I was able to finish both the hikes at a reasonable time. I enjoyed every moment with the guides who were very knowledgeable and vastly experienced. The accomodation, transportation, food arrangements and logistics were top notch. After my return back from the hike, they sent me all the pictures instantly. I am so glad I chose Explore-share and 3 Summits and look forward to doing more climbs with them.

The guides and overall team for the Pico and La Malinche ascents were great! Both hikes were amazing. Highly recommend!

Guides are the best, super helpful, always motivating me to push forward. Both mountains are challenging but the view at the top is well worth it.

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An absolutely amazing experience. My first mountaineering experience and was given all the guidance I needed. Christian on La Malinche and Mesh on Pico were great guides. Would highly recommend this for anyone wanting to reach the highest point in Mexico!!

Good people, good food, knowledgeable guides.

Unfortunately the guide could not speak English properly and did not provide me with any tips or guidance despite it being my first climb. We did Malinche as a prior acclimatisation, but we set off too late and the weather was poor on the mountain making it difficult to climb; this is where I believe an experienced guide that is more fluent in English could have helped with technique. I have video evidence if anyone wants to see the neglect. As such the Pico de Orizaba climb never happened and I was not given a refund, very disappointed.

3Summits coordinated a great trip. The guides, Abraham (Pico) and Angel (Malinche) were very experienced and qualified. I felt safe with them the whole time. The coordination and communication from start to finish were flawless. I would highly recommend 3Summits to take you up to the summit of Pico. I would also recommend La Malinche first if you're not acclimatized from climbing Izta or another mountain.

Fantastic Guides. Excellent English Language. Incredible scenery. Brilliant Trip