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Itinerary - Open Expeditions NORMAL ROUTE

Day 1

Arrival to Mendoza city. Transfer from airport to Mendoza Hotel. Welcome briefing. Checking, renting or purchasing equipment. 
Altitude: 700m / 2,297f 
Day 2
Permit purchase. Transfer from Mendoza to Puente del Inca. Lunch. Dinner. 
Altitude: 2,750m / 9,022f
Day 3
Transfer from Puente del Inca to Horcones Lagoon (entrance to Aconcagua Provincial Park). Trekking Horcones - Confluencia.
Approx. time: 3-4 hours
Altitude: 3,400m / 11,154f
Day 4
Trekking Confluencia - Plaza Francia (South Face base camp) - Confluencia. 
Approx. time: 6-8 hours
Altitude: 4,200m / 13,780f
Day 5
Trekking Confluencia - Plaza de Mulas Base Camp. 
Approx. time: 8-10 hours
Altitude: 4,260m / 13,976f
Day 6
Acclimatization and resting day in Plaza de Mulas base camp.
Altitude: 4,260m / 13,976f
Day 7
Carrying equipment and acclimatization Plaza de Mulas - Plaza Canadá - Plaza de Mulas.
Approx. time: 5-6 hours
Altitude: 4,800m / 15,748f
Day 8
Acclimatization and resting day in Plaza de Mulas base camp.
Altitude: 4,260m / 13,976f
Day 9
Ascent Plaza de Mulas - Plaza Canadá.
Approx. time: 3-4 hours
Altitude: 4,800m / 15,748f
Day 10
Ascent Plaza Canadá - Nido de Cóndores. 
Approx. time: 3-4 hours
Altitude: 5,350m / 17,552f
Day 11
Ascent Nido de Cóndores - Plaza Cólera. 
Approx. time: 3-4 hours
Altitude: 5,850m / 19,193f
Day 12
Ascent Plaza Cólera - Mt. Aconcagua summit - Plaza Cólera.
Approx. time: 9-12 hours
Altitude: 6,962m / 22,841f
Day 13
Descending Plaza Cólera - Plaza de Mulas base camp.
Approx. time: 7-8 hours
Altitude: 4,260m / 13,976f
Day 14
Descending Plaza de Mulas - Horcones. Approx. Time: 5-7 hours.
Transfer Horcones - Puente del Inca - Mendoza. Hotel lodging.
Altitude: 700m / 2,297f 
Day 15
Breakfast. End of services.
Altitude: 700m / 2,297f 
Day 16
Extra day in case of bad weather.
Day 17
Extra day in case of bad weather.



Date & Price - Open Expeditions NORMAL ROUTE
Season 2012 - 2013

NORMAL ROUTE

PRICE
(US Dolars)

BEGINING
(DAY 1)

END
(DAY 17)

Consult

27 December

12 January

Consult

03 January

19 January

Consult

10 January

26 January

Consult

31 January

16 February




Services - Open Expeditions NORMAL ROUTE

Included Services

  • Transfer in a private vehicle from the airport to your hotel in Mendoza. 
  • Two hotel nights in Mendoza (3-star), in a double room with breakfast.
  • Assistance to get the entry permit to the Aconcagua Provincial Park.
  • Transfer in private vehicle from your hotel in Mendoza to Puente del Inca and vice versa.
  • One night in Puente del Inca Inn, in a sextuple room with lunch, dinner and breakfast.
  • Transfer from Puente del Inca to Horcones Lagoon and vice versa.
  • Mules for the load transport from Puente del Inca to Confluencia and to Plaza de Mulas and all the way back to Puente del Inca. Capacity 30 Kg. per person each section.
  • Two nights in Confluencia camp including meals and drinks served in dining tents with tables and chairs, complete crockery, cook, electric light and toilets.
  • Five nights in Plaza de Mulas base camp, including meals and drinks served in private dining tent with tables and chairs, complete crockery, cook, electrical light, toilets, luggage storage while the group is in the altitudeand permanently radio communication.
  • Quality four-season mountain tents (North Face, Mountain Hard Wear, Ferrino).
  • All the altitud meals.
  • Bilingual high mountain guides and assistants depending on the amount of passengers (1 guide every 3-4 people). Each guide has his own first aid kit for the altitude during the whole expedition.
  • Porters for the general equipment from the base camp up to the altitude camps.
  • Permanently radio communication from the base camp to Puente del Inca and Mendoza to coordinate bookings and eventual rescues.

You are responsible for

  • Plane ticket and airport fees or bus ticket to get to Mendoza.
  • Entry permit to Aconcagua Provincial Park.
  • Meals and drinks not mentioned in the included services.
  • Personal porters.
  • Personal equipment.
  • Extra expenses for abandoning the expedition, even due to illness.
  • Expenses for emergency rescue services.
  • Personal expenses (drinks, laundry, mail, phone calls, and other not specified items) and any other services not mentioned as included.
  • Health and travel insurance.


 

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