Tour Andes Crossing Trek From Argentina To Chile

Meals

All meals included

Insurance

It is mandatory for this tour to travel with your own travel insurance.

Accommodation

INCLUDED SERVICES Transfer Mendoza City to the place where we start the trekking. Professional mountain guide and muleteers. Transport of the equipment on mules. Up to 10 Kg. per person. All meals and drinks during the expedition. Complete camping equipment. Dining tent. 03 nights of accommodation in tents (igloo shape, for 2 or 3 people). First Aid equipment. Satellite phone (in case of emergency). Transfer from the end point of the expedition to a complex of cabins in “Cajon del Maipo” (Chile). This day you are getting at Cajon del Maipo after 8 pm. 01 night of accommodation in a complex of cabins in “Cajon del Maipo” (Chile) with dinner. We think that this night it is necessary because sometimes we have delays in the customs offices in San Gabriel Chile, and can be too late for getting to Santiago. Transfer “Cajón del Maipo” / Santiago de Chile. English speaking guide.

Transport

Included except From Mendoza to Santiago de Chile

Guide

Professional bilingual guide

Others

• Professional Mountain Guides (EPGAMPT, UIAGM, UMPLA) with WFR international certification of first aid in the mountains. • Transfer Airport – San AlfonsoTransfer San Alfonso – Termas del Plomo • Lodge in cabins at San Alfonso • Transfer Scaravelli Refuge – Portinari Refuge. • Transfer Refugio Portinari – Mendoza in 4×4 VW AMAROK • All meals and drinks, during the mountain stay. Breakfasts, lunch, snacks and dinners provided. • Marmot Lair dome tent or The North Face dome tent with tables, chairs and complete tableware, solar panel and lighting. • High mountain tents – Marmot Thor and The North Face V25 (the best tents on the market) each with solar panel and phone charger. • Equipment loading by mules (up to 12 kg per person) • A Horse for emergencies. • Mules service for general equipment and provisions. • Satellite phone and Garmin in reach device for contingencies • VHF radios and First aid kit

Not included:

Others

• Personal equipment (clothing, sleeping bag, mattress). • Extra expenses, drinks, lunch or welcome dinner. • Any cost derived from the abandonment of the program ahead of time. • International travel insurance (you must hire it together with your flight)

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Day 1 Day 1-6: Andes Crossing Trek Mendoza - Chile
12:00 am - 11:59 pm

Day 1-6: Andes Crossing Trek Mendoza - Chile

Previous day

You have to arrive in Mendoza a day before to departure date. It’s necessary to check

equipment.

Day 01 MENDOZA / MANZANO HISTORICO 1700M / REFUGIO SCARAVELLI / 3260M

In the morning we will drive a private vehicle towards the “Manzano Histórico” (2

hs), located in the “Valle de Uco” (Uco Valley). Uco Valley is a viticulture region

southwest of Mendoza City in Argentina. It is widely considered one of the top wine

regions in Mendoza, and all of Argentina. We arrive then at the Refugio Portinari

(National Gendarmerie). Here we perform customs clearance and registration with the

authorities of the National Gendarmerie. After that, we start the trekking day until “Las

Scaravelly refuge “. Night in a tent.

TRANSPORT 3.30 hs from Mendoza 750 m / Manzano Histórico 1710 m / Portinari 2520 m.

Trekking start at Portinari 2520 m /Scaravelli 3200 m.

Approx 4 hrs / 8 km.

Waypoint:

Portinari 2520 m.

Scaravelli 3200 m.

Day 02 FROM REFUGE SCARAVELLI / TUNUYAN VALLEY (Real de la Cruz camp)

Breakfast and enlistment of the luggage. This day we are going to climb to the “Portillo

Argentino”, rising to 4380 m. After we have 8 / 9 trekking hours (mostly in a downhill trail) until the Real de la Cruz. Once in the camp, we enjoy a dinner that will surely be energizing adorned by the

experiences of this day for adventure. Night in a tent in the area around the military refuge.

TREK Portillo Base 4000 m / Refugio Real de la Cruz 2870 m.

Approx 8-9 hrs / 16 km.

Waypoint

Confluencia, Valle de las Yaretas 3545 m.

Portillo Base 4000 m.

Portillo Argentino 4380 m.

Valle de la Mansa, cruce del arroyo de la Olla 3260 m.

Mirador “La Banderita” 2900 m.

Alto Valle del Río Tunuyán, Real de la Cruz Refuge 2870 m.

Day 03 TUNUYAN VALLEY – Laguna de los Patos Trek

The third day will be destined to rest. It may choose to remain in the vicinity of the camp or a trek of to Laguna de los Patos.Dinner and overnight in tents.

Day 04 REAL DE LA CRUZ / EL CALETÓN

After breakfast, we prepare the luggage for the mules and embarking the Tunuyán

River. For crossing the river, we will need the help of our strong horses guided by the

skillful muleteers.

The trek continues through the viewpoint of “Mount Tupungato 6800 meters” and

then following upriver the beautiful “Palomares” stream, until the last campsite in

Argentinean territory: “The Caleton” or “Real de la Oveja” (depends on the decision of the mountain guide).

Rest, night in tents.

TREK: Approx 5-7 hrs / 13 km.

Waypoint

Real de la Cruz Shelter 2870 m.

Cross Tunuyán river 2870 m.

Valle de Palomares 3000 m.

Camp El Caleton 3027 m.

Real del Vallecito 3100 m.

Paso Hondo or Real de la Oveja 3400 m.

Day 05 EL CALETÓN / INTERNATIONAL BORDER / PARQUE DEL YESO

Departure towards the Argentinean/Chilean Border.

Another big challenge lies ahead on the fifth day.

Departure to Step Piuquenes to 4030 m, boundary between Argentina and Chile.

At noon we will enjoy a unique lunch at the border marker. In the border, we have to

change the mules who carry loads (they are prohibited cross the border). New Chilean

mules and Chilean muleteer guides will lead us going down to the river “El Plomo” in

Chilean territory, the final leg of the expedition.

After crossing the river, private vehicles are waiting for us.

Transfer by minibus to the Cajon del Maipo, coasting the “Yeso dam”, to San Gabriel

Village where are the customs formalities where we complete customs paperwork at the

Police office.

After 11 km from the customs office, we will get to the accommodation in a beautiful

cabins and farewell dinner in a local restaurant.

TREK Approx 7-9 hrs / 14-16 km.

Waypoint

Piuquenes pass 4030 m.

Crossing the river Yeso. End in Parque del Yeso or Termas del Plomo 3000 m.

BY CAR: Yeso / San Gabriel Cajon del Maipo 1260 m.

ON THE FOLLOWING DAY THE TRANSPORT TO SANTIAGO IS INCLUDED

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