Neuquén
Reception and transfer from Neuquén Airport to the hotel. Dinner with the entire group and mountain guides. Short welcome meeting by the tour leader and equipment check.

Puesto Covunco
Drive with exclusive van from Neuquen to Puesto Covunco. We start to hike toward the Covunco stream valley. We trek through rocky terrain. We cross the river through big rocks keeping on the river left bank. Slowly we ascend with no abrupt slopes, where the valley turns left.

The landscape gets desert and our mountain, the Domuyo volcano, begins to show. Every once in a while we cross smaller creeks that allow us to take a breath and drink some fresh water.

At the end of the valley there is a series of small lagoons, the last lagoon has a beautiful, very intense turquoise color, at that spot we set our base camp at 3100 meters height above sea level. Dinner and lodging in high mountain tents.

Camp 2
After a hearty breakfast we set our backpacks and begin our ascent through rocky terrain, in some parts with loose pebble rocks, up to Camp 2 at 3800 meters height above sea level. We start to feel the height influence and there it may be windy.

It is very important to have a proper hydration to improve our acclimatization process to the height. We have an early dinner, we go early to sleep so we are well fit to try the summit the following day. Lodging in high mountain tent.

Cross at the top - Domuyo
This day we try to ascent to the summit. Depending on weather conditions, we start an easy ascent trekking through some snow and or ice patches. The slope gets steeper somewhere in the middle of this section. While we approach the summit we will see the Cross at the top, from there it is just a few more steps to reach the "roof of northern Patagonia".

From here we get a wide panoramic view. We have lunch at the summit and then we descent to camp 1, we descent slowly and pack the tents to get then in the afternoon to base camp. There we get a great meal and stay for the night to rest and get fit again for the following day. Lodging in tents.

Puesto Covunco - Hot Springs
Early in the morning we set up all our equipment and go back to Puesto Covunco. From there we drive for several kilometers and stop at a hot springs site for a relaxing bath in this magical setting. Then we drive to Neuquen, arriving at night to the Hotel.

Neuquén - San Martin de los Andes
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer from Neuquén to San Martin de los Andes (450 km).

San Martin de los Andes
Breakfast at the hotel. Free day.

Paso Tromen
Shuttle private service to Paso Tromen with magnificent views of the Lanin Volcano. Mountaineering equipment check and mountain hut designation by the park rangers (no WC or bathroom services). Camping at camp site.

Espina del Pescado (Fish bone)
Early in the morning we start ascending, the first part of the trail goes through Lenga forest, crossing volcanic terrain and then reaching a rocky ridge called "Espina de pescado" (fish bone) which later on divides into rocky trails until we reach the mountain hut.

In the afternoon we take a short hike in the mountain hut nearby area to try and practice with the mountaineering technical equipment which we will use the following day for the mountain ascent.

Lanín
Early in the morning (3-4 a.m.) we take an abundant breakfast and then set off for the summit ascent. This day it is the most physical demanding of our mountaineering expedition.

We climb over different types of snow and rocky terrain. We will take just a small backpack with water, some food and clothing. We have lunch at the summit and then we descent to the mountain hut. We stay for the night at the mountain hut or at camp site according to availability.

Paso Tromen - San Martin de los Andes
In the morning we descent to Tromen pass and we take private shuttle service back to San Martín de Los Andes.

San Martin de los Andes
Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to San Martin de los Andes Airport. . The end of the services.

If on day 3 the weather conditions are not good enough for the ascent, we wait at the mountain hut until day 4. If we ascent on day 4, when we return we just pass along the mountain hut and descent directly to Tromen pass then shuttle service to San Martín de los Andes, Argentina.

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