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| CLIENTS | PRICE US$ |
| 2 | 3.400 |
| 3 | 3.300 |
| 4 | 3.300 |
| 5+ | 3.200 |
| Day 1 | Arrival
to
Mendoza. Arrival to Mendoza airport. Private transfer from airport to our Hotel. Check personal equipment. Dinner at night and discuss the Aconcagua climbing program.    |
| Day 2 | Mendoza
- Penitentes. Get the climbing permits during the morning. Transfer to Penitentes, place near "Puente del Inca" (Inca Bridge). Lodging in Hotel, Penitentes. Dinner.  |
| Day 3 | Entrance
Park – Confluencia (Confluence). After loading the mules, we will begin our approach to base camp in Plaza de Mulas, doing our first stop at camp "Confluence" (3,368m). Dinner into dinner tent.      |
| Day 4 | Confluencia
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South
Face
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Confluencia. Breakfast. Today our main objective is the acclimatization process. Hike until the imposing Aconcagua south face "Plaza Francia", 7 hour round trip. Back to Confluencia an dinner into dinner tent.  |
| Day 5 | Confluencia
- Plaza de Mulas. Breakfast. This it is a long trek through the upper section of the Horcones valley, until "Plaza de Mulas" base camp located to 4,200 meters above the sea level. Dinner into dinner tent.  |
| Day 6 | Acclimatization
day. We'll make smooth trek near to our base camp, visit the Horcones Glacier. Dinner into dinner tent.  |
| Day 7 | Carry load
to camp Canada. Breakfast. Today we will ascent until camp "Canada" (4,877 meters), carrying part of our equipment, food and fuel. Back to the base camp. Dinner into dinner tent.  |
| Day 8 | Plaza de
Mulas - Camp Canada. After breakfast we will climb until the Camp "Canada", that can be reached approximately in 4 to 5 hours. Camp set up and high altitude dinner.  |
| Day 9 | Camp Canada
- Nido de Cóndores. Early we will initiate our trek by a smooth slope towards to "Nido de Cóndores" camp at 5,365m. Camp set up and high altitude dinner.  |
| Day 10 | Carry load
to camp Berlin. Carry part of our equipment and food to "Berlin" camp. Back to "Nido de Cóndores" camp. High altitude dinner.  |
| Day 11 | Nido de
Cóndores - Camp Berlin (5,950m.) Early we will initiate our hike towards our last camp. There we'll rest and prepare our equipment, water and food for the summit day. Camp set up and high altitude dinner.  |
| Day 12 | Berlin
- summit - Berlin. Leaving early, we will initiate our ascent via normal route. The “Paso del Viento” is our first psychological difficulty due the long traverse. Soon, the path continues toward the Canaleta, the most hard section to climb due the difficult loose rock section and for the high altitude. Once surpassed already we can count with the summit photo and a spectacular view of the South face of the Aconcagua.   |
| Day 13 | Berlin
- Plaza de Mulas. Down to Plaza de Mulas base camp. Dinner into a dinner tent. |
| Day 14 | Plaza de
Mulas - Puente del Inca. Long trek to Puente del Inca. Hotel in Puente del Inca. Our gear will be transferred by mules. Dinner. |
| Day 15 | Puente
del Inca - Mendoza. On the way to Mendoza we can stop in a beauty restaurant beside the Mendoza river, to relax and fun in a rafting trip after our expedition in Aconcagua. Late afternoon arrive to our Hotel in Mendoza. |
| Days 16-17 | Extra days. It is necessary to indicate that the expedition can take one, two or even three extra days waiting for better climatic conditions or if some client needs to reach a better acclimatization. |
| Day 18 | Mendoza
- Flight back. Transfer to airport. |
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