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Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl
Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl
Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl
Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl
Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl

Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl

By Peru Expeditions Tours
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$15,526 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 14d
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview

The Ojos del Salado volcano holds the title of the highest summit in Chile, the second-highest in the Americas, and the tallest active volcano in the world. It’s a bucket-list challenge for mountaineers worldwide. With an altitude just 60 metres shy of Mt. Aconcagua, Ojos del Salado offers an extraordinary climbing experience.

Located on the border between Chile and Argentina, the volcano sits within Chile’s Atacama region, renowned for its mining activity and stark desert landscapes. This natural wonder lies in the Nevado de Tres Cruces National Park, where visitors can also marvel at the Negro Francisco Lake and the Maricunga salt flat, habitats for three species of flamingos.

The adventure begins in the nearby city of Copiapó, the main hub for logistics, supplies, and preparation before ascending this majestic peak. Whether you're drawn by its status as the highest active volcano or the breathtaking beauty of its surroundings, Ojos del Salado promises an unforgettable experience.

Activity location

  • Copiapo
    • Copiapo, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Copiapó
    • Copiapó, Atacama, Chile

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Ojos del Salado Volcano Highest Volcano in the World at 6893 masl
  • Activity duration is 14 days14d
    14d
  • English
Starting time: 12:00 pm
Price details
AU$15,525.98 x 1 AdultAU$15,525.98
Total
Price is AU$15,525.98
Until Fri, 2 May

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedAll group equipment; rope, high altitude tent, stove, GPS, etc.
  • What's includedWhat's includedPayment in Laguna Santa Rosa for camping
  • What's includedWhat's includedToilets at the base camp
  • What's includedWhat's includedSatellite internet at the base camp
  • What's includedWhat's included✔ Mat ✔ Heart rate monitor and oximeter ✔ VHF Radio
  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport to climbing areas (4x4)
  • What's includedWhat's includedMountain tents (each one is for 2 persons)
  • What's includedWhat's includedProfessional first aids kit
  • What's includedWhat's includedCooking kit
  • What's includedWhat's includedTransfer airport – hotel and hotel – airport
  • What's includedWhat's includedMountain guide (Spanish / English )
  • What's includedWhat's includedDinner tent (with table and chairs)
  • What's includedWhat's includedAll meals within the expedition (Breakfast, box lunch, diner)
  • What's includedWhat's included2 hotel nights in (Copiapó)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal mountain equipment
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedTravelling and rescue insurances. We strongly recommend you to get them.
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded✔ Any other service which wasn’t mentioned above. (restaurant meals in Copiapo, drinks , tips)
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedInternational and national flights and boarding fees.

Know before you book

  • Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
  • Not recommended for pregnant travellers
  • Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
  • We recommend booking 2 or 3 months in advance to organise logistics

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Copiapó airport / Hotel / Our service begins (IN)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: Not included
  • Accommodation: Hotel Copiapo
Copiapo
  • 3h
We’ll meet you at the airport and take you to your hotel where you’ll have a talk with our guide in order to crystal clear any doubt clouding your mind and to check your equipment is proper and fitted for the purposes. ✔ Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: Reception at the airport, head to the hotel, equipment checking, itinerary checking, and then you’re all free to do as you see fitted.
Day 2: Copiapó / Local comunity camp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Copiapo
  • 6h
We set out towards Valle Chico to set up our first camp. This place is perfect to start our expedition because it has the ideal altitude for starting the acclimatisation process. ✔ Max altitude: 3040 m / 9970 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: Camp set-up, cooking, acclimatisation.
Day 3: Valle Chico / Laguna Santa Rosa / Trekking
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent or refuge
Laguna de Santa Rosa
  • 8h
  • Admission ticket included
On this day we’ll set up the second camp around 3700 metres in order to keep on with our acclimatisation process, which is crucial to our objective. We’ll do a light trekking to keep with our acclimatisation process in order to get our bodies accustomed to this high altitude desert environment. This trekking is to be done around the Laguna Santa Rosa lakeside. ✔ Max altitude: 3700 m / 12140 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: Camp take-down and up, cooking, acclimatisation.
Day 4: Climb mt 7 Hermanas (4700m)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent or refuge
Laguna de Santa Rosa
  • 8h
  • Admission ticket included
On this day we will perform our first ascension to the 7 Hermanas hill. Altitude: 4700masl. ✔ Max altitude: 4700 m / 15748 ft and back to 3700 m / 12140 ft ✔ Transport: No ✔ Scheme: Cooking, acclimatisation climb.
Day 5: Laguna Santa Rosa / Laguna Verde
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Laguna Verde
  • 6h
On this day we’ll finish the first stage of our expedition. We’ll head towards Laguna Verde where we’ll set-up the base-camp, rest for the remaining day and get ready for the days to come. ✔ Max altitude: 4340 m / 14240 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: Transport the equipment (4x4), cooking and acclimatisation.
Day 6: Laguna Verde / climb Mulas Muertas (5350m)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Laguna Verde
  • 8h
On this day we’ll put our bodies to the test. We'll see how your body is enduring the lack of oxygen in this area. We'll go up a bit higher than 5,350 metres and then go back to sleep at the Laguna Verde. ✔ Max altitude: 5350m / 18360 ft ✔ Transport: No ✔ Scheme: climb Mulas Muertas, cooking and acclimatisation.
Day 7: Laguna Verde / San Francisco or Barrancas Blancas (6100m)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Laguna Verde
  • 9h
In order to go forward into our expedition, we will ascend a 6000 and so check how our body reacts when facing that kind of altitude. We can either choose between Mt. San Francisco and Barrancas Blancas, at the frontier with Argentina. Both are above the 6000 masl. ✔ Max altitude: 6100m / 20000 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: acclimatisation climb San Francisco, cooking.
Day 8: Laguna Verde / Atacama Camp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Laguna Verde
  • 6m
This is the last day we’ll be able to use the 4x4 vehicle. We’ll transport the equipment to Atacama Camp and from there we’ll have to work harder. ✔ Max altitude: 5260 m / 17260 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 ✔ Scheme: Transport the equipment (4x4), cooking and acclimatisation.
Day 9: Atacama Camp/ Refuge Tejos / Atacama Camp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Volcan Ojos del Salado
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Each one of us has to carry his/her personal equipment plus a piece of the common equipment towards Refuge Tejos in order to prepare our last camp (high camp) and it clearly helps with the acclimatisation process. Once we get to the shelter we’ll get some rest, leave our equipment there and head back to Atacama Camp to sleep. ✔ Max altitude: 5837 m / 19150 ft ✔ Transport: No ✔ Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking, acclimatisation.
Day 10: Atacama Camp / Refuge Tejos
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Refuge or mountain tent
Volcan Ojos del Salado
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
We’ll carry the remaining equipment towards Refugio Tejos. This time we’ll spend the night there. Since we’ve already carried most of the equipment the day before, we’ll be saving a lot of necessary energy for our next day, which is without doubt the most important day of our expedition. ✔ Max altitude: 5837 m / 19150 ft ✔ Transport: No ✔ Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking, acclimatisation.
Day 11: Refuge Tejos / climb Ojos del Salado / Atacama Camp
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Volcan Ojos del Salado
  • 17h
  • Admission ticket included
We’ll set out early in the morning to reach the Ojos Del Salado summit (6,893masl). On this day we’ll see how all of our hard work flourishes. All the previous acclimatisation process is to endure this SO challenging summit. No doubt about it, this is the hardest day in our expedition. We’ll be ascending 1,000 metres, crossing a glacier, rock climbing, reaching the summit, descending, and carrying the equipment back to Atacama Camp all in the same day. ✔ Max altitude: 6893 m / 22615 ft ✔ Transport: No ✔ Scheme: Carry the equipment, cooking and equipment checking.
Day 12: Extra Summit Day
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast, lunch, snacks
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Mountain tent
Volcan Ojos del Salado
  • 6h
  • Admission ticket included
Extra Day in Case of Bad Weather for Climbing Ojos del Salado Volcano – Extra Day Included in Our Travel Programme.
Day 13: Atacama Camp / Copiapó Hotel
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: ✔ Lodging: Hotel
Copiapo
  • 7h
This is the last day we’ll spend in the Parque Nevado de Tres Cruces area. Calmly we’ll take-down our camp and head back to Copiapó, leaving behind us this giant, the highest summit in Chile and the tallest volcano in the world ✔ Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft ✔ Transport:4x4 ✔ Scheme: Camp take – down, transfer
Day 14: Hotel / Copiapó Airport / End of our services (OUT)
  • 1 stop
  • Meals: breakfast
  • Accommodation: Not included
Copiapo
  • 3h
The whole group will be driven to the airport. ✔ Max altitude: 390 m / 1280 ft ✔ Transport: 4x4 or minivan ✔ Scheme: Airport transfer (optional) The itinerary described above is a guideline. Be aware that some changes might be done during the expedition due to weather issues. If the expedition is compromised due to a weather condition like snow storms with intense cold, or to an acclimatisation difficulty from one of the members of the expedition, the chief-guide has the obligation to modify or even abort the whole expedition programme if needed. The above is for you to be aware that if something goes wrong you need to understand and (fully) cooperate with the guide, since any wrong or “too-late” decision might be fatal.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESCopiapo
    • Copiapo, Chile

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLECopiapó
    • Copiapó, Atacama, Chile

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