Summit
Length
8 nights
Highest point
5,604 m
Season
October to April
Group
Private · 2 to 4 guests
Price
From US $16,200
01 — The journey
Private · 2 to 4 guests
Eight nights that end on the summit of Cerro Toco, 5,604 metres, after five days of careful acclimatisation. No technical climbing.
A walking summit for fit hikers who have never been this high. The plan follows the classic rule: climb high, sleep low, and add altitude slowly. The final climb starts from a road at about 5,200 metres and takes three to four hours up the loose volcanic slope, with a mountain guide and oxygen on the rope.
03 — Day by day
What each day holds
San Pedro de Atacama
Arrive, gear check and a walk to the river.
24 °C
Valle de la Luna
A three-hour ridge walk to test legs and lungs.
18 °C
Lagunas Miscanti & Miñiques
A slow walk above 4,000 m. Pulse and oxygen checked every hour.
6 °C
Laguna Cejar
Rest day, low and warm.
26 °C
El Tatio geysers
Dawn at the geysers, then a hike to 4,600 m on the slopes above.
−9 °C
Cerro Toco summit
The summit day. Up by 11, back at the lodge for a late lunch.
−8 °C
Puritama hot springs
Hot water and nothing to do.
16 °C
Laguna Chaxa
Flamingos and a farewell dinner.
22 °C
San Pedro de Atacama
Breakfast, then Calama.
22 °C
04 — Where you sleep
Our home lodge: adobe suites around a pool on the edge of the oasis, 2,407 metres up.
24 adobe suites
22°54′S 68°12′W
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05 — What’s included
Included
— Eight nights at Casa Sal Alta, all meals
— An IFMGA-trained mountain guide and a private guide
— Oxygen, pulse oximeters and a daily acclimatisation log
— Technical kit: poles, gaiters and down jackets
— Airport transfers
— Park and community fees
Not included
— Flights
— Travel insurance with cover to 6,000 m
Per person, sharing
Private guide and vehicle, all meals, oxygen in every vehicle. A 30% deposit holds your dates; free changes until 60 days before.
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06 — Set departures
Join a set date, or choose your own
Private dates are available on every day of the season. The set departures above share nothing but the calendar: you still travel with your own guide.
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