These summits keep ancestral secrets.

CHACHACOMANI EXPEDITION

Duration

18 DAYS

Minimum

4

Maximum

8

Season

MAY-SEPT

Difficulty

4

From

ON DEMAND
Together with its neighbor Ancohuma, the Nevado Illampu or Sorata (6,485 meters above sea level) it is one of the most representative massifs of the Eastern Cordillera and is considered by the Walkers a beautiful mountain for its pyramidal shape but the most difficult to climb of the Bolivian six thousand. It is the second highest in Bolivia after sakhama and ascending it can take up to five days, in parts with snowy slopes of 65 degrees. It was first promoted in 1928 by German mountaineers who gave the route its name. In the worldview of the original peoples the Illampu is one of the greatest gods, the Doer of the Waters, builder of the world and protector of life. In the center of the Cordillera Real between the Illampu-Ancohuma and the Condoriri is located the massif that form Chachacomani (6,074 meters above sea level) and its companion, the Chearoco. It is a little-known area of the Cordillera, surrounded as it is of many snow-capped peaks that hide the view of both mountains and make it difficult to access them. Covered in perpetual snow, the Chachacomani has a huge glacial plateau that needs to be surrounded to reach the summit. Although it was first ascended in 1947 it is still a mountain that is known very little, It is accessible from the Altiplano and the ascent does not present any major technical difficulties being carried out in four days. Those who have been at the summit ensure that the view is amazing and that Chachacomani is the ideal point to see the Cordillera Real from Huayna Potosí to the south to the Illampu to the north, Lake Titicaca and the green tropical valleys all in one glance.

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