• General Information
• Description & Location
• Accesses and transportations
• Andinistas Cementery
• Geology & Weather
• History and Altitude
• Climbing Routes
• Climbing Season
• In Memoriam
• Map of Mendoza City

GENERAL INFORMATION

CLIMATE OF MENDOZA

Arid and continental climate, the temperatures present an important annual oscillation and the rainfalls are scanty. The summer is hot and humid and the average temperatures are over the 25 °C. The winter is cold and dry, with average temperatures below the 8 °C, night occasional frosts and scanty rainfalls ( 200 mm per year).  

 

CLIMATE OF ACONCAGUA

The climate changes between moments of sun and wind absences, with strong blasts and snowy rainfalls. This ambiguity in the climatic factors, has diverse reasons. The humid currents from the Pacific Ocean, located in the eastern part, climb on having hit with the mass of mountains, getting down the temperature and dismissing the dampness in character of snow in the heights. Consecutivly these already dry concentrations of air, fall down on the oriental sides of the mountain chain warming up progressively.

In occasions they blow of powerful winds of the west, which affect the high part of the mountain from 5.000 meters and which in summer epochs the night temperatures (still with good time) are in the habit of being about them- 20ºC. On 6.500 meters they descend to- 31ºC.

With the presence of airs from the south or evil time, in the camps base there can be registered temperatures of- 20ºC and- 27ºC in summit.  

More information: http://www.aconcagua.com.ar/clima_aconcagua.asp

 

TELEPHONE AND HOUR

Direct international number of Argentina: 54

Direct national Number of Mendoza: 0261 (if you call from the exterior the zero is suppressed. Example 54-261)

International Service for operator: 000

Reverse-charge call and long national distance for operator: 19

Service of information: 110

Access to the direct national number: 0

Access to the direct international number: 00

More information visit :   http://www.como-llamar.com.mx/phone/Argentina/index.htm

Hour : visit: http://horlogeparlante.com/spanish/argentina_mendoza_884.php

 

CURRENCY

The currency Argentina is the Argentine peso - $ (peso)

The bills are of 2; 5; 10; 20; 50 and 100 $ (pesos)

The coins are of 0.25; 0.10; 0.50 and 1 $ (pesos)

More information: http://www.easybuenosairescity.com/moneda.htm

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE OFFICES

It is possible to buy and sell foreign currency, traveler's checks and others. Schedules of attention. From Monday until Saturday of 9 am until 5 a.m. pm

More information: http://www.mendozaunlugar.com.ar/casas_cambio_mendoza.html

 

BANKS

The Banks in the province of Mendoza attend only from Monday to Friday from 08:00 am to 01:00 pm., but it is possible to accede to the cash dispensers during 24hs.every days

To see Banks that operate in the city of Mendoza, visit:

http://www.paginasamarillas.com.ar/termSuggest.do?&termId=7931&term=Bancos&marketId=36618&marketDesc=Mendoza%2C+Mendoza

 

ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The current in Argentina is 220 volts, 50 cycles of alternating current. The sockets have 2 cylindrical orifices or 2 flat orifices with putting to land. It suits to travel with a transformer for these sockets to use without problems your electrical appliances.

More information: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energ%C3%ADa_el%C3%A9ctrica_en_Argentina

 

LANGUAGE

The language of the República Argentina is the SPANISH..

If   you want to know on the history of the aboriginal Argentine languages visit:

http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=235

 

EMBASSIES OF ARGENTINE IN THE WORLD / EMBASSIES OF THE WORLD IN ARGENTINE

http://www.sitiosargentina.com.ar/embajadas%20argentina.htm

 

CONSULATES OF THE WORLD IN MENDOZA

http://www.intertournet.com.ar/mendoza/consuladosmza.htm

 

PASSPORT

You will have to present an in force passport, with or without visa, according to the cases. The maximum term of permanency is ninety (90) days, which one will be able to extend for the only time appearing in any of the delegations of the National Direction of Migrations, before it expires the originally granted term. On having come to the Argentina no certificate of vaccination is demanded, except against the cholera and the yellow fever, from passengers proceeding from countries in which these diseases are endemic.

 

VISA OF TOURISM

They do not need visa for minor demurrages(stays) to 90 days, the citizens of :

The European Union, of the United States and of the following Latin-American countries: Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Venezuela.

Requirements to manage the visa:

·           Valid passport or another document of trip recognized by the Republic Argentina.

·           Form of request (provided by the consulate).

·           1 photography 4 x 4.

·           Passage(Ticket) of going and return.

·           Payment of the consular duty.

·           To prove(try) economic means for the demurrage(stay).    

More information:

http://www.mrecic.gov.ar/portal/temas_consulares/visas.html .

http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/paginas.dhtml?pagina=251

http://www.inmigracionyvisas.com/a740_tramites_argentina.html