Ojos del Salado 14 Days

We’ll meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel where you’ll have a talk with our guide in order to crystal clear any doubt clouding your mind and to check your equipment is proper and fitted for the purposes.

• Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft
• Lodging: Hotel
• Meals: No
• Transport: Yes
• Scheme: Reception at the airport, head to the hotel, equipment checking, itinerary checking, and then you’re all free to do as you see fitted.

After checking out and a morning rest, we’ll load up our vehicles and head to the first high-altitude camp at Don Juan. This place is perfect to start our expedition because it has the ideal altitude for starting the acclimatization process.

• Max altitude: 2500 m / 8202 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast Hotel, dinner
• Transport: Yes
• Scheme: Drive, camp set-up, acclimatization.

On this day we’ll set up the second camp around the 3700 meters in order to keep on with our acclimatization process, which is crucial to our objective.

• Max altitude: 3780 m / 12401 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: Yes
• Scheme: Camp take-down and up, cooking, acclimatization.

From the lagoon, we will undertake our first ascent of Siete Hermanas Peak via a trail of approximately 15 km round trip. The ascent is expected to take around 6 hours, with an additional 3 hours for the descent. Afterwards, we will return to our camp at Santa Rosa.

• Max altitude: 4920 m and back to 3780 m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: Yes
• Scheme: Cooking, acclimatization climb.

On this day we’ll finish the first stage of our expedition. We’ll head toward Laguna Verde where we’ll set-up the base-camp, rest for the remaining day and get ready for the days to come.

• Max altitude: 4350 m / 14272 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme: Transport the equipment (4WD), cooking and acclimatization.

On this day we’ll put our bodies to the test. We’ll see how your body is enduring the lack of oxygen in this area. We’ll go up a bit higher than 5350 meters and then go back to sleep at the Laguna Verde.

• Max altitude: 5350m / 18360 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme:Cooking, acclimatization climb Mulas Muertas.

In order to go forward into our expedition, we will ascend at 6000 m and so check how our
body reacts when facing that kind of altitude. We can either choose between Mt. San Francisco
or Barrancas Blancas, both are above the 6000 masl.

• Max altitude: 6000 m / 19685 ft approx
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme:Acclimatization, climb San Francisco o Barrancas Blancas, cooking.

Today we’ll have another day of rest at base camp. We recommend taking advantage of the hot
springs to relax and regain strength for the next day.

• Max altitude: 4350m / 14270 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Cooking, rest at the base camp.

After the rest day, we will dismantle the camp at Laguna Verde and drive by 4WD vehicle to Atacama Camp, from where we will continue the remainder of the expedition.

• Max altitude: 5350m
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: No
• Scheme: Food preparation, camp dismantling and set-up at high altitude, 4WD drive to Atacama Camp.

We will drive to the Tejos refuge (depending on the conditions) and from there, we will take an acclimatization hike along the Ojos del Salado path, reaching approximately 6,300 m.

• Max altitude: 6300 m / 20670 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme: Driving and acclimatization hike.

Reserved day in case of bad weather for a summit attempt or a free day to extend acclimatization. Today we also have the opportunity to review rope and knot techniques.

We will set out early in the morning to reach the Ojos del Salado summit (6,893masl). On this
day we will see how all of our hard work flourishes. All the previous acclimatization process is
to endure this SO challenging summit. No doubt about it, this is the hardest day in our
expedition. We will be driving to Tejos Refuge, ascending 1,000 meters, crossing a glacier, rock
climbing, reaching the summit and descending to Atacama camp, all in the same day.
Estimated time for the ascent is between 9 and 12 hours.

• Max altitude: 6893 m / 22615 ft
• Lodging: Mountain tent
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch, dinner
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme:Driving, climb Ojos del Salado, back to base camp.

On the last day of this high mountain adventure, calmly we will take-down our camp and head
back to Copiapó, leaving behind us this giant, the highest summit in Chile and the tallest
volcano in the world, to relax our last day at the beach.

• Max altitude: 4350 m / 14270 ft
• Lodging: Hotel
• Meals: Breakfast, box-lunch
• Transport: 4WD
• Scheme:Camp take-down, drive to Copiapo.

The whole group will be driven to the airport.

• Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft
• Lodging: No
• Meals: Breakfast
• Transport: 4WD or minivan
• Scheme: Airport transfer (optional)