Expedition to the Uruguayan airplane

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Adventure in the heart of the Andes

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History, nature and wine

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The Snow Society

Start your adventure in Mendoza with an exclusive meeting at the Foster Lorca Winery, enjoying a sunset lunch and listening to the experiences of one of the survivors of the famous survival story. This inspiring story will mark the beginning of your journey.

In the heart of the Andes Mountains, you will enter an emblematic place in the world, guided by local baqueanos and professional guides. For two nights, you will be accommodated in a comfortable Base Camp. The expedition, mainly on horseback, requires no special physical preparation.

Along the way, you will hike majestic trails, cross streams and be enveloped by the natural beauty. When you arrive at the Uruguayan Airplane, you will visit the tomb, explore the remains of the plane, contemplate the memorial and read the messages left by visitors and survivors. This remote and unique place invites you to recollect and rethink your deepest values, offering an emotional and memorable experience, immortalized in the movie "The Snow Society".

Expedition Platinum Package

This unique experience in nature invites you to recognize and rethink your deepest values, leaving an indelible mark in your memory.

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DAY 1

Transfer at 5:00 pm to the Foster Lorca Winery, visit to the winery and meeting to introduce us to this exciting story, including an exclusive contact with one of the survivors, through his testimony.

At the end of the day, we will share a dinner.

Return to the hotel.

DAY 2

Pick up at 6 am for each one's lodging to travel from Mendoza to El Sosneado (300 km).

From there in special mountain vehicles we will go into the mountain range up to Puesto Araya (60 km).

From here we leave on moderate trekking or on horseback to Camp Barroso where we will arrive to stay around 6:00 p.m. in the framework of a wonderful landscape, surrounded by imposing and snowy mountains, with a unique, clear and starry sky, we are already at the entrance to the Valley of Tears.

DAY 3

At dawn we have breakfast and start the trekking or horseback riding to our awaited destination, the Avión de los Uruguayos.

Ascending to 3600 meters we will arrive to the place near the border between Chile and Argentina, where there are vestiges of the Fairchild 571 airplane, the tomb of those who remained there and the Memorial of the Miracle of the Andes. A unique place where you can breathe a special atmosphere, to live moments of meditation and reflection.

Return to Base Camp where a cordilleran goat barbecue awaits us with other wood-fired delicacies.

DAY 4

We have breakfast and then return to Puesto Araya by horseback or trekking. From there to El Sosneado in the vans.

Return by Route 40 to Mendoza, where we will arrive around 6:00 pm at the hotel where you will be staying.

Closing dinner in Mendoza.

Departure dates

Ask for special dates for exclusive groups

RESERVE

The fate of the MILAGRO

For more details about this fascinating expedition, you can read the article in La Nacion.

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Services include

TRANSFERS

  • From the airport to your accommodation in Mendoza.
  • From the hotel to the winery and back.
  • From Mendoza to El Sosneado.
  • From El Sosneado to Puesto Araya in 4×4 vehicles.
  • Return to Mendoza.

SERVICES

  • Valle Las Lágrimas Valley entrance permit.
  • Assistance and accompaniment by experienced baqueanos and professional guides.
  • Overnight stay in base camp, dining dome, bathrooms, mountain tents for 2 to 4 people.
  • Personal Accident and Liability Insurance.
  • Dinner with Chivitos Cordilleranos at Base Camp.
  • Full board in food.

TEAM

  • Cookware and personal utensils.
  • Support of mules for ascent and return. They carry the equipment.
  • Support of horses for river crossings.
  • Horses with saddles (for horseback riding).
  • Handies radio equipment.
  • First aid kit.

Expedition route

Crown Tours Mendoza