3 DAYS CLIMBING AMPATO - A03CL-CO

Tour Highlights

 

Day 1

 

We start in the city of Arequipa

in the morning, then we take the road to the Colca Canyon in our 4wd transport to hacienda Sallalli in the way we croos the national reserve for vicuñas. After 4 hours we will arrive at the base camp (4750m), set the camp and sleep (campamento base).

 

Day 2

 

After breakfast we have to pack the camp and we start the climbing. We will camp overnight at 5450m, this day we have more time to take pictures and slow climbing, because the altitude. This day we will climb on the southern east face of Ampato. Approximate at 14.00h. We will set our second camp (campamento 1). We will camp overnight at 5450m.

 

Day 3

 

After early breakfast at 03:00, using all our climbing tecnique and equipment like crampons or Ice axe, we start the last climb to the top that takes aprox. 5 hours. At the top we can see all the volcanic shane(cordillera volcanica), here we visit the archaeological site where the maiden of Ampato was found in 1995 by an American tourist and his peruvian guide. We return then to the camp 1 take the equipment and decend to the base camp (campamento base).

 

Day 4

 

The next day we decend to our 4wd transport and we return to Arequipa, during the morning, we can combine the visit to the nearest Colca Canyon (optional).

 

Optional 3 days

 

This tour can also be done over three days, depending on a personal level of acclimatization.

The second day we leave early in the morning, ascending to the summit in about 5 hours, were we spend some 20-30 minutes. Then we return to the camp to pack up the equipment and continue down to be picked up by our transport (in total the descent takes about 6 hours). At 21.00h we come back to Arequipa.

 

 

This clinbing includes:

 

Professional mountain English speaking guides

4wd vehicle

Any equipment that you required like tent, matress, ice axe, crampons, gloves,etc (out of personal equipment)*

Cooking equipment

All the meal at the mountain is included

This price doesnt include:

 

Porter

Snacks and walking food (chocolates, candies, cookies. etc)

Water botles

Meals in restaurant in the way by car

Boots*

Sleeping bag*