Trek Aconcagua - Plaza Francia (TPF)

We welcome you at the airport of Mendoza City and transfer you to your lodgment. You will have the rest of the day to discover the area.

• Lodging: Hotel double or single room / Meals we provide: none

Early morning, we will travel along the International Route Nº7, through the Central Andes, to arrive at Los Horcones. We will get our permits at the park ranger office, and then we will take the trail that leads us to Los Horcones Lagoon. Once we will reach the suspension bridge over Los Horcones River, begins what we call “Quebrada del Durazno”, where you will have lunch. After lunch, we will walk for about 2 or 3 hours up to arrive at the Confluencia Camp. Our collaborators will be waiting for us with a comforting afternoon snack. Then we will have a little walk around the place until we have dinner.
Walking time: 4hs. – Gained altitude 450m

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

After the breakfast, we leave to Plaza Francia. The trail leads us along the Horcones River and later on along the Glacier that feeds the river.
Spectacular landscapes introduce us the great amphitheatre of the South Wall: 3000 vertical meters of rock, snow and hanging glaciers.
We will have lunch at a natural viewpoint, and after the break, we will return to Confluencia.
Ours assistants will prepare an afternoon snack and we will have time to enjoy the area until dinner.
Walking time: 8hs. – Gained altitude 900m

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

We will have this day as a resting day to continue with the acclimatising process, because we will be gaining altitude as we progress to Plaza de Mulas, on the foot of the North wall of the Mt.

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Today we will trek to Plaza de Mulas, this is a long day, depending on the Group, we will walk between 8 and 9 hours approximately.
We will have lunch during the crossing. By the time we arrive at Plaza de Mulas (more than 4000 metres osl) we will be welcomed by the manager of the campsite which will offer us the afternoon snack that help us to recover some of the lost energy.
Once we are recovered, we will set up the tents and relax until dinner.
Gained altitude 800 meters-

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

After breakfast we will walk across the proximities of the campsite, the Horcones Glacier and the Plaza de Mulas Hotel-Refuge.
Afterwards, we will return to Confluencia, where we spend our last night at the Park.

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

Early morning, we will prepare out stuff and have breakfast; then we will come back to Mendoza, by walking down the valley towards Los Horcones.
Walking time:3 hs.

• Lodging: Semi Full Camp / Meals we provide: breakfast, box lunch and dinner

After the breakfast, transfer to the airport where this trip finishes.
Meals we provide: breakfast