Nevado Qampa To Aconcagua - 13 Days

Landing in Lima you’ll transfer directly by domestic flight to Cusco. Accommodation: Cusco, 3* Hotel

Early in the morning, you'll leave Cusco to begin this Peru adventure. Leaving in private transport you'll journey for around 3 hrs to the start point of this trek & climb section. In Pacchanta, we'll team up with the muleteers and cook of the expedition, after lunch starting the hike of around 4 hrs to the base camp, with impressive views of the main snowcapped Cusco region such as: Ausangate (6384 masl), Cayangate (6110 masl) and others, always accompanied by llamas and alpacas. Already in the base camp the personal high mountain equipment (harnesses, crampons, ice axes, helmets, leggings, gloves) will be delivered, our high-mountain guide will teach you the correct way of using the equipment, how to act on a glacier and have them ready for promotion. Accommodation: Camping Base Camp Maximum Altitude: 5,250 masl / 17224 fasl Approximate Walking Time: 4hrs Meals included: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner

Leaving at 3am you’ll have a light breakfast, it is necessary to attack a mountain at dawn. You’ll leave the base camp and in 2 hours of ascent by moraine arriving at the glacier, where we prepare ourselves with the mountain equipment to enter the glacier. Within about 3 hours on the glacier you’ll reach the summit of the Qampa mountain which is 5,500 meters above sea level. Taking half an hour on the summit to rest and enjoy the high Andean landscapes, surrounded by much of the snowy mountains of the Cordillera Vilcanota. The descent to the base camp will take a further 3 hrs, where lunch will be taken and you’ll have the whole afternoon free to relax and reflect on an epic climb. Accommodation: Camping Base Camp Maximum Altitude: 5,500 masl / 18044 fasl Approximate Walking Time: 8 hrs Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner