PLAZA ARGENTINA

After you have rested from your flight, we wait for you at INKA EXPEDICIONES office to finalize the arrangements and give you the needed paperwork to go to the permit office and purchase your permit to enter to Park Aconcagua and your bus ticket to Penitentes.
Accommodation: Not included – Meals: Not included- Transportation: Not included

When you get to Penitentes, an Inka representative will be waiting for you. We organize the loads that will be transported by mules and spend the night in a mountain hut. 
Accommodation: Mountain Hut –Meals: Dinner

Departure from Penitentes. Transport to Punta de Vacas. Arrive to the Aconcagua Provincial Park, to the control post (Ranger Station). Then, we head off to Pampa de Leñas by walking 4 or 5 hours, starting the 3 days approaching trekking to the base camp.
Transportation: Penitentes – Punta de Vacas – Trekking duration: 4 – 5 hs. – Accommodation: Double tents –Meals: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

On this day, we advance towards an intermediate camp, passing through the Quebrada de Vacas, for 6 to 7 hours. This is where we will be able to see the first sight of the Western Face of the Aconcagua. We spend our last approaching night, before reaching Base Camp.
Trekking duration: 6 to 7 hours – Accommodation: Double tents –  Meals: Breakfast – Lunch –Dinner.

We start trekking for 5 to 6 hours, ascending the Relincho steep slope, which takes us to Inferior Plaza Argentina. This is where we will be able to see the last native vegetation before climbing towards the glaciers, where Plaza Argentina is placed. 
Trekking duration: 5 to 6 hours. – Accommodation: Double tents / Dormitory Dome – Meals: Breakfast   – Lunch –  Dinner.

This day is a rest day and a good occasion to explore the local terrain. We will walk on Plaza Argentina surroundings, always with an incredible view of Aconcagua´s East Face. Plaza Argentina is where hundred of expedition begins the expedition to the summit, so you can talk and share experiences with people of all around the world.
Accommodation: Double tents / Dormitory Dome Meals: Breakfast  – Lunch – Dinner.

We will descend to Punta de Vacas. We’ll get to Punta de Vacas, do the check out at the Ranger Station. Our private van will be waiting for us to transport us back to Penitentes. End of our services.
Accommodation: Not included – Meals: Breakfast (Not included: Lunch – Dinner). Transportation: Transfer Punta de Vacas / Penitentes – (Not included: Mendoza – Penitentes)