Tupungato Mountain Expedition

Once the whole group has arrived at Santiago’s airport, the chief guide will meet all of you there and take you to the hostel in order to have a talk answering doubts and checking your mountain equipment.

• Max altitude: 500m
• Lodging: Hostel
• Meals: No
• Transport: 4WD or mini van
• Scheme: Reception at the airport, head to the hostel, equipment and itinerary checking.

We will pick you up from Your hotel early in the morning and we will head to the Alfalfal area, once there we are going to prepare the mules with the most of the weight and we will start the approximation to the first camp Aguas Blancas, this trek would take us 6 hours.

• Max altitude: 2630m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization.

Today take the camp and prepare all the equipment for further progress to the base camp , beautiful views of big mountains accompany us today to reach the 3700 camp where we will prepare the second approach

• Max altitude: 3700m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization.

In this camp we will leave some provisions for the return of the summit of Tupungato again set down the camp and heading to camp close to the 4100 base camp.

• Max altitude: 4100m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization.

This day we porter equipment from base camp to Camp 1, gas, food and technical equipment.

• Max altitude: 4700m and back to 4100m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, cooking, acclimatization.

As we finish portering and acclimatization, is definitely time to set up camp 1 with the entire summit equipment, are necessary about 4-5 hours of approach to reach this camp

• Max altitude: 4700m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization.

This day we will select the equipment that will take to camp 2 for not going with a lot of weight in our backpacks and the rest remain in the C1 waiting for our return.

• Max altitude: 5700m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization.

Well acclimatized we will have this day to attempt the summit of Tupungato , snow and ice pass will be needed to overcome in order to reach and conquer the summit.

• Max altitude: 6570m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking, acclimatization, climb Tupungato.

After the Summit we will have to organize all the equipment to return to Santiago, will be very important tol et all the camp clean just like was the before we arrive.

• Max altitude: 4100m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking.

Here we will use the material and provisions we leave on day 4 approach, food and fuel to spend one last night comforting and relaxing

• Max altitude: 4100m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch, dinner.
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take up, cooking

We slowly walk without pressure to reach our transportation

• Max altitude: 3800m
• Lodging: Hotel
• Meals: Breakfast, Box-lunch.
• Transport: 4WD o mini van
• Scheme: Trekking, Camp take down, drive to hotel.

The whole group will be driven to the airport, (optional).

• Max altitude: 500 m
• Lodging: No
• Meals: *Breakfast
• Transport: 4WD or minivan
• Scheme: Airport transfer (optional)