ACONCAGUA BASE CAMP
The camps gather the logistics necessary for succeeding in the mountain and the services for you to enjoy your experience in the mountain as never before!
Mountain: Aconcagua Mount.
Address: Mendoza, Argentina.
Altitude: 6962m.
ACONCAGUA BASE CAMPS
The base camp service is a key part of all expeditions. A combination of nutrition, rest, acclimatation, hydratation and relax; is fundamental to be successful on the mountain, and with our prepared staff we ensure you get all you need!
As our way of working is personalized expeditions, in the camps we follow the same idea. If you need a particular service or special needs, you can let us know before your expedition starts and we can arrange it for you.
BASE CAMPS SERVICE AT CONFLUENCIA, PLAZA DE MULAS,PLAZA ARGENTINA:
Our cooker prepare the food every day. This meals are carefully made by professional with balanced diets. The base camp services are provided by ourselves It’s offered at a dining-tent. It includes all types of food and menues, even vegetarian or celiac options.
PLAZA DE MULAS (4.200 MTS)
In all base camps, you will not only share with your team, you will be with climbers from all over the world, allowing you to have a real culture exchange.
CONFLUENCIA (3.200 MTS)
This Mount Aconcagua base camp is a 3-hour walk from the Lake Horcones trailhead. It is the second office for park rangers and medical services in the area. Additionally, it is advisable to spend one night in Confluencia before heading to Plaza de Mulas, ensuring proper acclimatization.
The camp provides drinking water and is the most visited in the Quebrada due to its location and the services it offers. The name Confluencia comes from the junction of the Horcones Inferior and Horcones Superior rivers.
Trekking Times:
Puente del Inca – Confluencia: 3 to 4 hours.
PLAZA ARGENTINA (4.300 MTS)
The Plaza Argentina base camp of Mount Aconcagua is located approximately 60 kilometers from Punta de Vacas (2,600 meters). This base camp is accessed via the Quebrada del Río Vacas and the Relinchos stream. From this point, climbers ascend towards the west-northwest direction of the mountain.
Plaza Argentina has permanent park ranger control, medical services, and a heliport. During the approach to Plaza Argentina, trekkers pass through the camps of Refugio Leñas (3,100 meters), continue to Casa de Piedra (3,800 meters) the next day, and finally reach Plaza Argentina on the following day.
Trekking Times:
Punta de Vacas – Refugio Leñas: 3 to 6 hours.
Refugio Leñas – Refugio Casa de Piedra: 5 to 8 hours.
Refugio Casa de Piedra – Plaza Argentina: 5 to 8 hours.
BASE CAMPS SERVICES PROVIDED BY US
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation by dormitory tents and single tents in Base Camps.
FOOD SERVICE AT MOUNT ACONCAGUA BASE CAMP
Well prepared meals made by our professional chefs (adapting menus to special diets if needed), given in our dome tents dining room.At the Mount Aconcagua base camp in Plaza de Mulas (Normal Route) Mount Aconcagua base camp the Plaza Argentina (Polish Glacier Route) at the Mount Aconcagua base camp Confluencia. This service is given in mass tents with a capacity for 12-15 people, it works as a restaurant. It normally works with a fixed menu, the lunches and the dinners have as a first plate soup and the main dish varies (some might be vegetables, cheese and ham, pastas, chicken with potatoes, steak with mashed potatoes, many of these meals are accompanied with fresh salads). The Base Camp has tents, chairs, tables and electrical lighting.
VEGETARIAN OR CELIAC
If you are vegetarian or celiac, or if you need a special diet, please let us know
LUNCH BOX
We prepare Lunch Box for ascending days
BATHROOMS IN THE CAMPS
Use of the Bathroom in the camps.
THE PERMANENT STAFF AT MOUNT ACONCAGUA BASE CAMP
They are at Plaza de Mulas and Plaza Argentina offering different services in which we can name: the coordination of the expeditions, receiving, sending and taking care of the equipment that is transported by the mules. Expert team of staff, bilingual, ready to attend to your needs
RADIO LINK SERVICE
We have permanent communication with Mendoza and Penitentes with HF radios and with height camps by VHF (Handy). If you have these radios, the frequencies that are used here are between 142 Mhz and 150 Mhz. The park rangers frequency is 142800 Mhz
GAMOW BAG AND OXYGEN TUBE
It is an emergency service used in cases of accute mountain sickness, pulmonary edema and cerebral edema.
STORAGE
Storage and care of equipment in Mendoza, Penitentes and Base Camp.