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Licancabur & Lascar expedition

Climb in San Pedro de Atacama

Location:
San Pedro, Chile

Height:
5916M

Length:
7 days

Trip Grade:

Overview Licancabur & Lascar expedition

Licancabur & Lascar expedition. These volcanoes watch on the San Pedro de Atacama village at the driest desert in the world. This is a 6.000m height circuit (aprox.) which is made after a long hard summit day. The Licancabur possesses one of the highest lagoons in the world (5.916m). And the Lascar volcano is highly active year-round.
Expedition’s schema

Length: 7 days
Altitude: Licancabur 5916m / 19409ft – Lascar 5592m / 18342ft
Location: San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
Slope: 1320 from mountain refuge
Season: All Year round
Difficulty: This is not a technical track, but it is physically demanding.
First ascent: 1884 by Severo Titichoca, Chile
Expedition Team size: max. 9 climbers + mountain guides

Brief Itinerary

Day 1: Calama Airport / San Pedro de Atacama / Valle de la Luna / IN
Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama / Geysers del Tatio / Atacama Salt Flat / Laguna Lejía
Day 3: Laguna Lejía / Altiplanic Lagoons / Laguna Lejía
Day 4: Laguna Lejía / Climb Lascar / San Pedro de Atacama
Day 5: San Pedro de Atacama / Bolivia / Avaroa Park
Day 6: Refuge / Climb Licancabur / San Pedro de Atacama
Day 7: San Pedro de Atacama / Calama Airport / OUT

Dates and Prices

Price are based on 2 climbers
Private Service: You choose the best convenience date for you and your group. Price depending on number of people booked.

Full Itinerary per day for Licancabur & Lascar expedition

Day 1: Calama Airport / Hotel / Tour Valle de la Luna (IN)

Once you arrive to Calama, our people will meet you at the airport, and then they’ll take you to a brief reunion with the expedition guide in charge. This is necessary to solve any doubts and to check if your mountain equipment is appropriate and make a visit to Valle de la Luna (Moon-Valley) on the evening.

Max altitude: 2600 masl
Lodging: Hotel
Meals: No
Transport: 4WD or Mini Van
Scheme: Reception at the airport, head to the hotel, equipment checking, itinerary checking, visit to Valle de la
Luna and then you’re all free to do as you see fitted.

Day 2: San Pedro de Atacama / Geysers del Tatio / Atacama Salt Flat / Laguna Lejía

We’ll visit the Geysers del Tatio which will be of use for our acclimatization process, since these are at 4.200masl, being the highest geothermic fields in the world. We’ll be back to San Pedro de Atacama for lunch, and then head south to the Atacama Salt Flat. Afterwards we’ll set up our first base camp at Lejía lagoon where we’re going to see our first challenge, the Lascar volcano (5.592masl).

Max altitude: 4200masl
Lodging: Mountain tent
Meals: *Breakfast, diner.
Transport: 4WD or Mini Van
Scheme: Tour Gayser del Tatio, visit Atacama Salt Flat, acclimatization.

Day 3: Laguna Lejía / Altiplanic Lagoons / Laguna Lejía

Day 4: Laguna Lejía / Lascar Summit / San Pedro de Atacama

We’ll be already acclimatized and able to conquer our first summit. We’ll leave early morning heading this summit; once there, we’ll be able to look at our second goal, the Licancabur volcano. After we’ve reached our first goal, we’ll head back to our base camp and take it down and go back to San Pedro de Atacama to spend the night.

Max altitude: 5592 masl
Lodging: Hotel
Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch.
Transport: 4WD or Mini Van
Scheme: Climb Lascar Volcano, camp set-down, cooking, acclimatization.

Day 5: San Pedro de Atacama / Boliva / Avaroa Park

Day 6: Refuge / Licancabur Summit / San Pedro de Atacama

We leave early morning to reach the summit. After a 7 to 8 hours hike we’re going to conquer the Licancabur summit and to gaze at the altiplanic landscape and also its lagoon right at the very top of it. Finally we’ll prepare to descent and come back to San Pedro de Atacama to spend our last night at the Chilean north area.

Max altitude: 5916 masl
Lodging: Hotel
Meals: *Breakfast, box-lunch
Transport: 4WD or Mini Van
Scheme: Climb Licancabur, back to San Pedro de Atacama

Day 7: San Pedro / Calama Airport / End of our services (OUT)

More Info

Additional information:

1 guide every 4 climbers
Satellite phone (fees by minute usage / U$ 6 p/m )
Extra guide for climb Licancabur
2 climbers per hotel room
Hotel night includes *Breakfast (see itinerary)
Weather can get as low as -25ºC (-13ºF) in the area
Payment to Bolivia and Avaroa national park is around USD 100

High Mountain Expedition is NOT responsible for:

Personal services (laundry, snacks, beverages, tips, etc.)
Personal mountain equipment
Expenses in case of rescue or early departure from the expedition.
Delays caused by your flight or any transportation issue which you are responsible for.
Weather changes which may affect the expedition.

Includes

Our mountain expeditions includes the following services:

Mountain guide (Spanish / English )
Private transportation to climbing areas (4WD or Mini Van)
3 hotel nights
1 refuge night
Mountain tents (one each two climbers)
Dinner tent with table and chairs, base camp only and minimum of 3 climbers
Cooking kit
foam mattress
All meals within the expedition (Breakfast, box lunch, diner)
Professional first aids kit
Heart rate monitor and oximeter
VHF Radio
Satellite radio
All group equipment; rope, ice-screw, compass, stove, GPS, etc.

Our services don’t include

Personal mountain equipment
Meals not discrived in itinerary, please check
Traveling and rescue insurances. We strongly recommend you to get them
Any other service which wasn’t mentioned above. (restaurant meals, beverages, tips, laundry, etc.)
International and national flights and boarding fees
Fees to enter to Bolivia and Avaroa park