OVERNIGHT NEVADO DE TRES CRUCES
SNOWY OVERNIGHT TRES CRUCES AND SALAR DE PEDERNALES
Season: September - April
Price per person: From $240,000 CLP per person based on 4 people. Departure from Copiapó.
Start time: 07:30
Duration: 2 days / 1 night. 1 hour walk (round trip) to approach the Turquesa Lagoon.
Places: Salar de Maricunga, Salar de Pedernales, Copiapó Volcano (view from the Route), Laguna Santa Rosa, Ojos del Salado Volcano (view from the Route), Río Lamas Waterfall, Laguna Verde.
Includes:Pickup at the hotel, emergency kit (oxygen), shared transportation, guide, hydration and full meals (Breakfast, Box Lunch, Dinner).
What to bring: Warm clothing, comfortable shoes, hat, swimsuit, towel, sleeping bag, sunglasses and sunscreen.
Restrictions:
Not allowed for pregnant women.
Minimum required age of 11 years.
No pets allowed.
OVERNIGHT NEVADO DE TRES CRUCES FULL
Season: OPEN until May.
Price per person: From $ 240,000 CLP based on 4 people and in a common shelter. Private shelter has additional value.
Duration: 2 days / 1 night.
Departure time: 7:30 am.
Places: Laguna Santa Rosa, Copiapó Volcano, Laguna del Negro Francisco, Rio Lamas Waterfall, Nevado Tres Cruces, Vocán Ojos del Salado, Laguna Verde and Salar de Maricunga.
Includes: tickets to the park, pickup at the hotel, emergency kit (oxygen), transportation, guide, hydration, accommodation and complete meals.
What to bring: warm clothes, comfortable shoes, hat, swimsuit, towel, sleeping bag, sunglasses and sunscreen.
Restrictions:
Not allowed for pregnant women.
Minimum age required of 11 years.
No pets allowed.
OVERNIGHT NEVADO DE TRES CRUCES LIGHT
Season: OPEN until May.
Price per person: From $ 200,000 CLP based on 4 people and in a common shelter. Private shelter has additional value.
Duration: 2 days / 1 night.
Departure time: 8:30 pm.
Places: Laguna Santa Rosa, Rio Lamas Waterfall, Nevado Tres Cruces, Ojos del Salado Volcano, Laguna Verde and Salar de Maricunga.
Includes: tickets to the park, pickup at the hotel, emergency kit (oxygen), transportation, guide, hydration, accommodation and complete meals.
What to bring: warm clothes, comfortable shoes, hat, swimsuit, towel, sleeping bag, sunglasses and sunscreen.
Restrictions:
Not allowed for pregnant women.
Minimum age required of 11 years.
No pets allowed.
OVERNIGHT NEVADO TRES CRUCES JUNCAL
Season: OPEN until May.
Price per person: From $ 240,000 CLP based on 4 people and in a common shelter. Private shelter has additional value.
Duration: 2 days / 1 night.
Departure time: 7:30 am.
Places: Laguna Santa Rosa, Rio Lamas Waterfall, Nevado Tres Cruces, Vocán Ojos del Salado, Laguna Verde, Salar de Maricunga and Waterfall and Termas del Río Juncal.
Includes: tickets to the park, pickup at the hotel, emergency kit (oxygen), transportation, guide, hydration, accommodation and complete meals.
What to bring: warm clothes, comfortable shoes, hat, swimsuit, towel, sleeping bag, sunglasses and sunscreen.
Restrictions:
Not allowed for pregnant women.
Minimum age required of 11 years.
No pets allowed.
MAIN ATTRACTIVES
OJOS DEL SALADO VOLCANO
The Nevado Ojos del Salado is a stratovolcano belonging to the Andes mountain range, which is located on the border between Argentina and Chile, of which it is its highest point. At 6,891.3 meters above sea level, it is the highest volcano in the world and the second highest in the southern and western hemispheres, being only surpassed by Mount Aconcagua (6960.8 meters).
The ascent to the volcano is simple except for the final section, of great difficulty, where the use of ropes and other accessories is mandatory. The first ascent was carried out by the Polish expedition of Jan Alfred Szczepański and Justyn Wojsznis in February 1937.
GREEN LAGOON
Laguna Verde is located in the Atacama Region and is actually a hypersalted mountain lake. It is close to the San Francisco international pass.
The level of its waters is 4,350 meters above sea level.
This lake is apparently devoid of life due to the extreme salinity of its waters, which are characterized by having a beautiful turquoise green color.
NEVADO DE TRES CRUCES
The Nevado Tres Cruces is a massif of volcanic origin that is off, located in the Andes mountain range on the border between the Province of Catamarca (Argentina) and the Region of Atacama (Chile). Its extension is between eight and twelve kilometers in the latitudinal sense and has three main summits, ordered from south to north:
South Summit (6748 masl)
Central Summit (6629 masl)
North Summit (6206 masl)
It closes the great volcanic avenue that borders the San Francisco pass to the south, an avenue that is formed by the following volcanoes, arranged in an east-west direction: San Francisco, Incahuasi, El Fraile, El Muerto, Ojos del Salado, Cerro Solo and Tres Cruces, not counting minor elevations.
It is the seventh summit of the Andes in order of altitude and one of the highest volcanoes in the world; it was first climbed by the second Polish expedition in 1937.
LAGOON SANTA ROSA
The Santa Rosa lagoon is known for its large population of flamingos. In addition to flamingos, you can see guanacos, foxes, vicuñas and a large number of birds in this sector.
The height of the Laguna Santa Rosa is located 3762 meters above sea level. On the south side of the lagoon, on top of an adjoining hill there is a small viewpoint with information on the hills of the sector. The place can be accessed only in 4x4 vehicles, or simply on foot. On the west bank there is also a small CONAF refuge and on top of a hill you can visit a viewpoint with information on the hills in the sector.
LAGOON DEL NEGRO FRANCISCO
La Laguna stands out for a unique landscape. Enclosed by mountains between 5000 meters to 6000 meters high, with a huge amount of animals such as Guanacos, Vicuñas, Flamingos among others.
La Laguna is a result of the special morphological situation of the sector.
It is a closed basin - with no outlet to the ocean. The water that comes from the Astaburuaga, El Desagüe etc. it can only reach the lagoon.
Further north (Maricunga, Pedernales) the salt flats are formed in this way, but here the precipitation rate is very high, which means a sufficient amount of water so that the salt does not crystallize.
VOLCANO COPIAPÓ
The Copiapó Volcano is 6080 meters above sea level, it is an imposing massif that was used as a shrine by the Inca culture, standing as one of the sacred mountains within the Inca culture.
The archaeological finds have allowed Copiapó to acquire a certain fame within the local mountaineers due to its direct access since vestiges of the Inca culture have been found at its summit and surroundings, such as a tiled ceremonial platform, as well as silver statuettes with shapes. feathers and accessories made of feathers.
JUNCAL RIVER WATERFALL AND HOT SPRINGS
Waterfall that freezes completely in winter, located at 3,900 meters is a spectacular place both in winter and summer.
Exquisite hot springs located at 4,100 meters to which there is only access in summer.