Aconcagua Plaza de Mulas & Mt. Bonete Trek

Day 01 Mendoza – Los Penitentes. Pick up at your hotel in Mendoza or airport. We’ll drive for 3 hours to Los Penitentes (2,580 meters). We’ll spend the night at the lodge.

Day 02 Confluencia After breakfast, we will visit the Horcones Valley (2,950 meters) and start the approach to Confluencia (3,390 meters), our first camp. This will take us 3 hours.

Day 03 Aconcagua’s South Face We’ll take a 6-hour hike to admire the South Face of the Aconcagua and return to the Confluencia camp.

Day 04 Plaza de Mulas We’ll reach the Plaza de Mulas camp (4,350 meters) after a challenging hike (7 o 9 hours).

Day 05 Plaza de Mulas Rest day in Plaza de Mulas.

Day 06 Cerro Bonete We’ll climb the Cerro Bonete (5,004 meters) lookout of the West Face of the Aconcagua and Cerro Cuerno glaciers

Day 07 Last day Descent to Horcones Valley. We’ll drive to Mendoza City, where this program ends.

Optional If you want, you can arrange a helicopter flight to return to Horcones!

Upper body

• 2 Top underwear, polypropylene or thermal capeline
• 1 Long sleeve shirts
• 1 Fleece jacket
• 1 Windproof Gore-Tex jacket, it must have a hood
• 1 Down jacket, it´s better with a Hood

Hands

• 1 Pairs of liner gloves
• 1 Pair of fleece or wool gloves

Head

• 1 Hat or cap for the sun protection
• 1 Fleece hat

Lower body

• Bottom underwear
• 1 Trekking pant

Footwear

• 1 Pair of good trekking boots | we recommend with Gore-Tex

Feet

• 1 Pairs of lightweight socks
• 2 Pairs of heavy-weight socks

Eyes

• 1 Pair of glacier glasses 100% UV protection

Others

• 1 Headlamp
• 1 Sleeping bag comfortable at -20ºC
• 1 Pair of hiking poles
• 1 Water bottles

Backpack

• Backpack [35-45 L]

Personal

• Extra batteries
• Personal first-aid kit
• Sunscreen and lip protection [SPF 40]
• Personal hygiene kit

INCLUDED SERVICES 

• Roundtrip transfer from your hotel in the town of Mendoza
• Professional bilingual guides
• Radio communications
• All meals | Except in Mendoza
• Luggage transfer during the trip
• Overnight in a geodesic dome and The North Face V25 tents

Optional services: Hotel in Mendoza, pick up at the airport or bus station, helicopter charter (extra cost for up to two persons: USD 1,300). Not included in the price: Trekking pass to the Park, lodging in Mendoza, drinks in Mendoza and Penitentes, extra expenses, personal equipment.

WHAT´S NOT INCLUDED

• Aconcagua entrance fee
• Personal gear
• Phone communications and items of a personal nature
• Insurance liability
• Ground or air evacuations
• Hospitalisation or medication of any kind
• Any other service not mentioned on this condition sheet