It is very important to distinguish between a simple Internet address (virtual company) and a company that is legally authorized. Choosing carefully usually results in additional advantages:

Tourism companies are identified with a “Dirección Nacional de Servicios Turísticos de la Secretaria de Turismo de la Nación” (National Center of Touristic Services in the National Tourism Department) file number.

Our file number is 7639.

- In the link Agencias de Viaje (Travel Agencies), click on the Turismo Receptivo (Local Tourism) link.
- Click on "Agencias que operan Turismo Receptivo". (Agencies that are out fitters of the local tourism)
- In this web page you will find a list of all the Tourism Agencies, organized by provinces, allphabetically ordered. Check in Mendoza (between pages 12 to 16), there you will find us.

http://www.astanet.com/

We also have the sponsorship of prestigious institutions like: AAOVYT (Argentinean Associations of Trips and Tourism Out fitters) AMAVYT (Mendocinean Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies) AAVYT (Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies) REDUC (Agencies of Educative Tourism)

4. How long have you been in this business, and how many clients per year do you operate?

Aymará has been operating for the last 15 years, during this time we have developed into one of the leading companies specializing in expeditions to the Andes.

During the months of December, January and February, 2004/2005, we lead 30 commercial expeditions to the Aconcagua summit, and we offer supporting services during the expeditions, to 1.400 climbers.

Nowadays we are proud to be the only company in Argentina who's expeditions are supported by The North Face.

We strive to have our mountain material actualized, assuring the highest security and quality standards for the equipment. Generally, Mt. Aconcagua has good weather during summer season. However, bad weather experiences quickly remind us of our un-control over nature. For this reason, we insist in providing our expeditions with high quality dormitory tents in the camps. Our star attraction; The North Face Ve 25, is a model that has performed extremely well over the years.

We will be happy to give you our clients' references.

Our expeditions are guaranteed 100%. Expeditions go ahead once a date has been arranged regardless of whether we meet numbers or not. Unlike other companies that organize expeditions Aymará maintains that the risk of meeting numbers should be one for the company and not for the clients. If by chance we cannot get the passengers, the expedition goes on with no surcharge, respecting the original itinerary and all the included services in the program.

Aymará provides 1 guide for every 3 / 4 clients for each expedition. This insures that the whole group is completely assisted at all times and everywhere. If a member of the group needs to descend or goes slower than the rest of the group, he / she will always be accompanied by one of our guides.

Our team of guides has invaluable experience in both leading expeditions and work in the mountain. We develop our programs and logistics very carefully with the assistance of the guides. We insure you that our guides' main responsibility is your security on the mountain.
The guides are carefully selected and trained in accordance to the standard of quality required by our clients.

All of them guarantee their formal knowledge of working with groups through their extensive experience and specific professional training during the 2 and a half years career training, at the prestigious "Escuela Mendocina de Guías de Alta Montaña y Trekking" (EPGAMT - Provincial School of High Mountain and Trekking Guides) or the hard national exam of the "Asociación Argentina de Guías de Montaña" (AAGM - Argentinean Association of Mountain Guides).

Guiding an expedition to Mt. Aconcagua requires guides with experience in high mountain and high security.

We are sure that the key to reach the summit of Mt. Aconcagua is acclimatization. This takes some time. Because of the time required, we include a night in Puente del Inca, two nights in the Intermediate Camps (3.000 m) and five nights the Base Camps (4.30 m). This way our expedition gives you, and every member of the group (not only the stronger ones) the opportunity to reach the summit. However, if you feel that this is not enough for you, you may also take part in an extra expedition of 2 days at the Base Camp before the whole group arrives. With this, you should definitely make it!

We include 2 extra days in the itinerary in preparation for any bad weather conditions.

It is easy for us to modify itineraries due to bad weather as everything is owned by us.

Rearranging the services is not a problem, but a solution.

Common material included in an expedition is: dormitory tent, crockery, meals, oil, heaters, string and waste produced during the expedition.

In order to avoid our passengers extreme efforts, we include porters to carry the mentioned equipment in our expeditions.

Aymará has its own mountain porter team. Most companies avoid including this very important service in order to reduce their costs.

However, porters help the members of the team to be able to move lighter in the camps and that way, they can concentrate their energies for the summit day.

We have fixed communication points in the mountain. We communicate via VHF and BLU radio between the camps, Plaza de Mulas, Plaza Argentina, Confluencia, Puente del Inca and Mendoza. All of our guides have VHF radios and they are in constant contact from every point in the mountain with our base camps, Rescue groups and rangers. This way we can answer any eventuality almost immediately with a satellite phone. We have also incorporated a satellite phone in each one of the camps.

Our expeditions strictly carry out with the enviroment care. All groups must take down the waste they cause. If the itinerary allows it, we remove the faeces materials caused by the group also. For that, we use a toilet tent and a container where the passengers must put their own waste. Porters take care of taking it down and at the end of the expedition they give it to the municipal office for treatment.

Passion, experience and commitment identify our team.
Demands, needs and even reacting on whims are our challenge in order to give the best.
A personalized and specialized service will advise and inform you of all the related topics during your expedition. 

Meals in our expeditions are carefully organized by nutrition specialists, calculating the daily calories, carbohydrates, flavor and variety. In our camps, our chefs will surprise you. At altitude, our guides will be in charge of cooking.

We also prepare special menues for vegetarians or passengers with any food allergies or special requests.

In our airline reservations department, you can check in the big variety of international and national flights.

We can also help you in your extensions all around the Andes from Tierra del Fuego to Ecuador.

Yes, you can take-part in our expeditions and trekkings on your own, but both time and money costs would be substantially higher.

However, a program with all the services included gives you the possibility of accessing more and better services for the best price.

For example; one high mountain guide trained to guide you along the Normal Route of Aconcagua, currently charges U$D 2.100.-

Our Normal Route Program, with all its services included for 19 days, has a price of U$D 1.935.-

Paying U$D 165.- less, you have hotels, food, porters, tents, transfers, base camp, mules and more…

We can offer this, because the program has a start date, and a maximum of 14 people, thus the fee of the services is divided between all passengers. This way it makes it more realistic for those who wish to reach the top of the America's highest mountain.

We have much more to tell you about the expeditions information of which is available at our website.

Please, contact us at http://www.aymara.com.ar/contacto_en.asp/ tel: ++ 54 – 261 - 4202064 / or at our office in 1023, 9 de Julio street - Mendoza - Argentina