Just sixty meters lower than Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado can be found on the edge of the Atacama Desert (the driest spot on earth) and is the world’s highest volcano.
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Day 1: Arrival to Santiago
Arrival flight to Santiago. Pick up the group at Santiago airport. Our guide will wait for you after your exit of airport custom. Private transfer to our Hotel in Santiago
Our guide will check your personal mountain equipment.
Day 2: Flight to Copiapo
Pick up at hotel in Santiago. Private transfer to Airport in Santiago for your flight to Copiapo. At your arrival at Desierto de Atacama airport our driver will pick you up and transfer to an Hotel in Copiapo. Free afternoon.
Met our mountain guide and discuss our program.
Day 3: Copiapo – Valle Chico
Free morning for arrange last things before depart to the desert. Drive to Valle Chico located at 3,200m (10.500ft), nice place with green grass ideal for our first stop at low altitude to initiate our acclimatization.
Day 4: Maricunga
Walk for about two hours. Drive to Salar the Maricunga, at 11,811ft. (3.600 meters of altitude), impressive salt lake where Andean flamingos nest. Set up our camp will closely to the Salar in Laguna Santa Rosa. Maricunga is located at the Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces. (National Park Tres Cruces). Dinner.
Day 5: Climb Siete Hermanos.
Hike in the morning. There are a wide alternatives near Salar de Maricunga. For our acclimatization we will climb Siete Hermanos peak of 4,890m. This climb that will help us to acclimatize and getting fit for our main objective, Ojos del Salado. Back to our camp.
Day 6: Laguna Verde
Drive to Laguna Verde at 14,108ft. (4.300 meters of altitude). Incomparable turquoise color lake. Here we will visit and take a hot springs in the desert. Camp. Set up our camp.
Day 7: Rest day
Morning trek around Laguna Verde. Today we will also enjoy hot water thermals’ located besides our camp.
Lunch and dinner in our camp at Laguna Verde.
Day 8: Climb summit of Mulas Muertas
Climb Mulas Muertas of 19,347ft. (5.897 meters of altitude). Return to our camp at Laguna Verde.
Day 9: Atacama camp.
Drive up to Refugio Atacama at 17,388ft. (5.300 meter of altitude), where we will camp and use this shelter or our tents.
Day 10: Atacama camp - Tejos camp – Atacama camp.
Hike up to Refugio Tejos (5,800mts) to carry load. About 2-3 hours from Atacama camp. Here we will leave food, water and fuel for our next days. Lunch and back to Atacama camp.
Day 11: Atacama camp - Tejos camp.
Group move to Refugio Tejos. If refuge
are available, we will sleep into this container
adapted for a mountain hut.
Day 12: Ojos Summit Day.
Before sunshine we will start our climb Ojos del Salado Volcano. Arrival to summit takes around 6 to 7 hours. Last 25 meters our guide will fix a rope for safety, due some rock steps are before arrival to this summit.
Back to base camp Tejos.
Day 13: Extra day.
Used in case of bad weather or if some climber need a extra day for acclimatization.
Day 14: Bahia Inglesa (or Copiapo)
Breakfast and descent to beach village of Bahia Inglesa. Hotel.
Day 15: Fly to Santiago
Private transfer to Copiapo airport. Flight back to Santiago. Pick up at Santiago airport, private transfer to Hotel.
Day.16: Fly back
Pick up at the hotel. Private transfer from our hotel to airport.
Arrival flight to Santiago. Pick up the group at Santiago airport. Our guide will wait for you after your exit of airport custom. Private transfer to our Hotel in Santiago
Our guide will check your personal mountain equipment.
Day 2: Flight to Copiapo
Pick up at hotel in Santiago. Private transfer to Airport in Santiago for your flight to Copiapo. At your arrival at Desierto de Atacama airport our driver will pick you up and transfer to an Hotel in Copiapo. Free afternoon.
Met our mountain guide and discuss our program.
Day 3: Copiapo – Valle Chico
Free morning for arrange last things before depart to the desert. Drive to Valle Chico located at 3,200m (10.500ft), nice place with green grass ideal for our first stop at low altitude to initiate our acclimatization.
Day 4: Maricunga
Walk for about two hours. Drive to Salar the Maricunga, at 11,811ft. (3.600 meters of altitude), impressive salt lake where Andean flamingos nest. Set up our camp will closely to the Salar in Laguna Santa Rosa. Maricunga is located at the Parque Nacional Nevado Tres Cruces. (National Park Tres Cruces). Dinner.
Day 5: Climb Siete Hermanos.
Hike in the morning. There are a wide alternatives near Salar de Maricunga. For our acclimatization we will climb Siete Hermanos peak of 4,890m. This climb that will help us to acclimatize and getting fit for our main objective, Ojos del Salado. Back to our camp.
Day 6: Laguna Verde
Drive to Laguna Verde at 14,108ft. (4.300 meters of altitude). Incomparable turquoise color lake. Here we will visit and take a hot springs in the desert. Camp. Set up our camp.
Day 7: Rest day
Morning trek around Laguna Verde. Today we will also enjoy hot water thermals’ located besides our camp.
Lunch and dinner in our camp at Laguna Verde.
Day 8: Climb summit of Mulas Muertas
Climb Mulas Muertas of 19,347ft. (5.897 meters of altitude). Return to our camp at Laguna Verde.
Day 9: Atacama camp.
Drive up to Refugio Atacama at 17,388ft. (5.300 meter of altitude), where we will camp and use this shelter or our tents.
Day 10: Atacama camp - Tejos camp – Atacama camp.
Hike up to Refugio Tejos (5,800mts) to carry load. About 2-3 hours from Atacama camp. Here we will leave food, water and fuel for our next days. Lunch and back to Atacama camp.
Day 11: Atacama camp - Tejos camp.
Group move to Refugio Tejos. If refuge
are available, we will sleep into this container
adapted for a mountain hut.
Day 12: Ojos Summit Day.
Before sunshine we will start our climb Ojos del Salado Volcano. Arrival to summit takes around 6 to 7 hours. Last 25 meters our guide will fix a rope for safety, due some rock steps are before arrival to this summit.
Back to base camp Tejos.
Day 13: Extra day.
Used in case of bad weather or if some climber need a extra day for acclimatization.
Day 14: Bahia Inglesa (or Copiapo)
Breakfast and descent to beach village of Bahia Inglesa. Hotel.
Day 15: Fly to Santiago
Private transfer to Copiapo airport. Flight back to Santiago. Pick up at Santiago airport, private transfer to Hotel.
Day.16: Fly back
Pick up at the hotel. Private transfer from our hotel to airport.
Include
Does not include
- Mountain guide
- DIFROL permit (a governmental authorization issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, needed only by no Chilean mountaineers, to climb summits located close to the country borders).
- Transfers
- Mules for luggage
- Mountaineering tents
- Base camp dinner tent
- Satelital phone
- Gps
- Pulse oximeter
- First aids kit
- All meals during the mountain (breakfast, trail food, dinner)
Does not include
- Airfare
- Personal equipment
- Insurance
