Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Many of the adventure-travel agencies in and around Mendoza arrange excursions into
the high mountains. It is also possible to arrange trips with some overseas-based operat-
ors.
Several guides from the
Asociación Argentina de Guías de Montaña
All guides and organized trips are best set up online or by telephone
at least
a month
in advance. Everything - guides, mules, hotels etc - must be booked far in advance dur-
ing peak climbing months.
See following for a list of some of the area's most established and experienced operat-
ors.
Daniel Alessio Expediciones
HIKING
(
www.alessio.com.ar
)
Located in Mendoza; contact online.
Fernando Grajale
HIKING
(
www.grajales.net
)
Contact online.
Inka Expediciones
HIKING
( 0261-425-0871;
www.inka.com.ar
;
Juan B Justo 345, Mendoza)
Fixed and tailor-made ex-
peditions.
Rudy Parra's Aconcagua Trek
HIKING
(
0261-15-466-5825;
www.rudyparra.com
; Barcala 484)
Contact online
Getting There & Away
The two park entrances - Punta de Vacas and Laguna Los Horcones - are directly off
RN7 and are well signed. The Los Horcones turnoff is only 4km past Puente del Inca. If
you're part of an organized tour, transport will be provided. To get here by bus, take an
early morning Expreso Uspallata bus from Mendoza. Buses bound for Chile will stop at
Puente del Inca, but often fill up with passengers who are going all the way through.
From Los Horcones, you can either walk back along the RN7 to Puente del Inca or,
otherwise, time your buses and catch a Mendoza-bound bus back down.
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