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Dear Friends, Past & Coming Expedition Members!

We are very proud to have helped hundreds of mountaineers from around the world achieve their dream, reaching the summit of Mt. Aconcagua 6,962mt/22,835ft in Argentina, our specialty, -one of the famed Seven Summits-and Mt. Ojos del Salado in Chile’s Atacama Desert, the highest active volcano in the world.

For next climbing season (2012 & 2013), Aconcagua Express Expeditions in addition to his Aconcagua fix open departures schedule, will offer private 6 members expeditions departures that has the advantage to increase your summit success chances by interacting with your Lead Guide from the time you book your trip to Aconcagua, who will assist you to answer all questions, details & concerns, helping you to prepare yourself in a efficient and profitable way so you arrive to Mendoza with all aspects from A to Z clear, so you can concentrate in climbing safely to the summit. In addition, this private expeditions will offer single hotel rooms in the city of Mendoza and single tents during the trekking days – base camp included.

Most of our expeditions are leaded by international UIAGM Mountain Guides and Professional Guides with deep knowledge of the peak we offer, coming from all over the world to secure expertise, safety & success in all summits we offer in the Andes.

We are happy to count today with an impeccable and successful record in the high Andes and we work to keep this status planning super carefully our treks and expeditions from the acclimatization, progress, food, tents, safety tools, etc…. Our goal is very simple; to keep helping climbers and trekkers achieve their mountain dreams with safety & success with a clear life experience!

Most of our expeditions and treks are demanding and rewarding with great comfort during the city days and full control from A to Z.

Aconcagua Express Expeditions has also add the Patagonia treks including the beautiful Torres Del Paine and Los Glaciers Nationals Parks 16 days fabulous trek, in the north we add San Pedro de Atacama 6 days treks, and in the Pacific ocean the Easter Island 5 days walk, this been a wonderfull way to end any of our mountain excursions.

We look forward seeing your and sharing any of our life time expeditions & treks experience.

Sincerely,

Joaquin Oyarzun B.
Director


Why Climb with Aconcagua Express Expeditions

1. Success Rates

Our summit success rate is unparalleled.

2. Best acclimatization program

We offer programs that allow the best chance of acclimatization, with many days of rest on lower camp, drinking a lot and eating very well. Our acclimatization process consist of climbing to the higher camp to carry gears and come back to sleep on the lower camp. Moreover we have 3 days to attempt the summit, so we have plenty of time to wait for the best physical and weather conditions.

3. Best Professional Mountain Guides

All our guides are professional certified mountain guide. Mostly local guides that have climbs many time the Aconcagua through the different routes every year.

4. Perfect Clients To Guides Ratio

We use a guide for 3 clients only on the Ameghino Upper Guanacos, Polish and Traverse, Polish Glaciar route and a guide for 4 clients on the Normal route.

5. Porters

We offer porters for tents, for all the expeditions to the Aconcagua (service included in our price !). We have our own porter team. We use mules to carry all gears to base camp and then porters for tents to high camps.

6. Only 12 clients maximum

For experience we know that the maximum of climbers per expedition shouldn’t be more than 12.

7. Best High Altitude Mountain Equipment

We use best mountain equipment such as a Mountain Hardware & North Face Tents

8. Best Safety Support

Our guides are equipped with oximeter to measure the saturation of oxygen of each client allowing daily control and safety in the route to the summit. Hyperbaric chamber

9. Permanent communication

Satellite phone: All our expeditions carry a satellite phone for safety and clients communication needs.
Radio Communication: Both base camp are equipped of VHF 2 mt & BLU HF radio communication equipment.

10. Twenty Four (24) Years Aconcagua’s most Professional & Impeccable Safety Record

Aconcagua Express Expeditions can claim that had ZERO accident in 22 years operation, none injury, nor death.

11. News

Your family & friends can follow your progression on the mountain directly from our web page.

12. Client’s References

Who can speak better about a company than their own clients ? We publish on our website all the commentaries that the clients send us after an expedition. Some allow us to give their e mail address and you feel free to contact them to know better about us.

13. Environment friendly

Leave no trace, etc… Gamow Bag

14. The Most Valuable Price

You can compare between the companies and you will realize that we offer the fairest rates when you analyze our offer which include the most key aspect for a successful Aconcagua climb (18 to 20 days depending the program) including Porters for common gear!.

15. Five-star hotels

We use in Mendoza only five-stars hotels, the NH Hotel or Hyatt. In Penitentes we use the best hotel in town Hotel Ayelen.

16. Complete Registration Package

When you get registered for an expedition we send you a complete registration package, including a Topographic Map, The Aconcagua, “Summit of America” book by Mauricio Fernandez, travel information, equipment long list, training program, how to pack your luggage, etc…

17. Safe Gear Storage

We use a local in Penitentes and tents on both Base Camps to storage clients’ gears. They are safe and allow you to not carry unnecessary gear on the mountain.

18. Nutritious food

Fresh food on base camp / good high camp diet

19. Transportation

Best ground transportation vehicle, including airport pick up, private transport.

Climber Experiences

Volevo ringraziarti di tutto per quello che hai fatto tu e i tuoi collabori durante la nostra permanenza in Argentina. Hai dei collaboratori molto bravi anche a Plaza Argentina siamo stati trattati benissimo specialmente da Carolina che con la sua bravura e disponibilità ci ha coccolati per tutta la nostra permanenza. Io penso che, non so ancora quando, ma ritorneremo in Argentina e stai sicuro che torneremo ancora con i servizi dell’Aconcagua Express. Ciao saluta e ringrazia tutti i tuoi collaboratori, un saluto particolare a Carolina.

Renzo Dalla Bona Italian Team
Italy

Le voyage était parfait, avec l’immense satisfaction d’avoir été en haut de l’aconcagua !
Excellent guides, very professional and very dedicated to the success of the expedition. Very good logistics (transfers, mules); Pre-Read materials (Aconcagua book, map…) were very good; Excellent hotel in Mendoza (Hyatt!)

I would definitely recommend KL Expeditions / Aconcagua Express Expeditions.

Pascal Tiercelin
France

Hey Joaquin
We have used Aconcagua Express services every year we have guided Aconcagua and we have been 100% satisfied. Aconcagua Express is exceedingly professional, on time, and a good value. We would not choose another service for our expeditions.
Cheers,

Colby Combs Director Alaska Mountaineering School
Alaska

Mecha (Gabriel Rocamora) was a great lead guide, I can’t recommend him highly enough !

Edouard Derom
USA

The memories I have of our trekking on Aconcagua is one of my fondest. It was a most fantastic experience…. one which I will treasure for the rest of my life. Thank you and your team members for making it possible. I very much enjoyed the personal one-on-one relationships we developed with you and your team. Your professionalism and desire to please the customer is very evident and commendable.

Thomas Kremlin
Austria

Over the last couple years I had the opportunity to lead many individual and groups to Aconcagua, Patagonia, central Cordillera and Lake District of Chile. I could not have provided the exceptional service my clients have grown accustom to without the help of KL Adventure & Aconcagua Express. Joaquin Oyarzun and his team were perfectly dedicated to the comfort, safety and enjoyment of my clients. It is this type of dedication to service that I search out when I lead trips. It is what guarantees a successful trip. Nature will deliver what it will. Outstanding infrastructure provides the comforts and support that keeps clients coming back.

Jean Pavillard
UIAGM / IFMGA Internationally Certified Mountain Guide World Wide Adventures
Switzerland

Hallo Joaquin
Ich möchte mich auf diesem Weg für Dein perfektes Service bei unserer Aconcagua Expedition bedanken. Es war von Anfang an eine Freude mit Dir zusammen zu arbeiten. Die Transfers, sowie die Reservierung und Bezahlung der Permits haben wunderbar geklappt, auch die Hotels waren einfach klasse.

Es gilt besonders hervor zu heben die Flexibilität von Aconcagua Express bei Terminänderungen und die Freundlichkeit der Mitarbeiter. Ich werde Dich und Deine Firma auf alle Fälle bei den Alpinschulen in Österreich, Italien und Deutschland weiterempfehlen.

Christine und Werner
Austria

Hallo Joaquin,
Nun bin ich schon einen Monat zurück in Deutschland und denke immernoch jeden Tag an die tolle Bergtour zum Aconcagua. Du glaubst nicht wie glücklich ich bin, daß ich das geschaft habe. Dies habe ich im besonderen Dir und Deinem Unternehmen Aconcagua Express zu verdanken. Mit Tom Torkelson hatten wir einen super Bergführer der zum einen eine sehr schöne Route zum Gipfel geführt hat, Vacas Route, die zum anderen auch eine optimale Aklimatisation ermöglicht hat. Die gesamte Organisation war vom Anfang bis zum Ende sehr gut. Es gibt wirklich nichts was ich meine, was besser gemacht werden könnte. Wenn Du neue Kunden aus Deutschland oder Europa hast, die Fragen zur Aconcaguabesteigung haben, kannst Du Ihnen gerne meine email-Adresse geben, damit Sie Kontakt mit mir aufnehmen können.
Vielen vielen Dank!!

Johannes Niedeggen
Deutschland

Gabriel and Mariana are great very sensitive, customer minded and fun to be with. And very well prepared and responsible.

Frans Cromme
Netherlands

Lieber Joaquin,
Da ich annehme, dass ich Dich nicht mehr vor meiner Abreise sehen werde wollte ich mich auf diesem Weg nochmals bei Dir bedanken. Es hat alles so gut geklappt! Und auch Deine Unterstuetzung bei dem zweiten Teil meiner Reise nach Patagonien war fuer mich eine grosse Hilfe!!

Das Satelittentelefon habe ich eingepackt und werde es Ralf bringen. Ich wuerde mich freuen von Dir zu hoeren. Fuer Deine Arbeit und Deine Bergtouren wuensche ich Dir weiterhin viel Glueck.
Herzliche Gruesse

Beate Boltz
Germany

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