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Huayna Potosi Climb: 3-Day Journey to 6088m Summit with Spectacular Views
4.9
109 Ratings
La Paz
Embark on a thrilling 3-day journey to summit Huayna Potosi, the easiest 6088m peak. Perfect for beginners with good acclimatization, enjoy breathtaking views and learn basic mountaineering techniques.
Embark on a thrilling 3-day journey to summit Huayna Potosi, the easiest 6088m peak. Perfect for beginners with good acclimatization, enjoy breathtaking views and learn basic mountaineering techniques.
Duration:
3 days
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Jiwaki - Huayna Potosi is Bolivia’s most popular major peak in the Cordillera Real. Located at just 32 km from the city of La Paz, Huayna Potosi is known for its ease of access and imposing beauty as well as the fact that it is 88 meters over the magic 6000 meter figure. Huayna Potosi can be climbed by beginners with a competent guide and…
- Jiwaki - Huayna Potosi is Bolivia’s most popular major peak in the Cordillera Real. Located at just 32 km from the city of La Paz, Huayna Potosi is known for its ease of access and imposing beauty as well as the fact that it is 88 meters over the magic 6000 meter figure. Huayna Potosi can be climbed by beginners with a competent guide and technical equipment. Beginners yes, but fit beginners; it’s quite steep toward the end and it’s a tough climb, but well worth the effort!
What's Included
- Stay at Refugio
- Private transportation included
- Personalized guidance with a 1:2 guide to client ratio
- All meals provided during the tour
- Complete climbing gear provided: windbreaker jacket and pants, fleece jacket and pants, helmet, ice axe, harness, gloves, gaiters, balaclava, crampons, and snow boots
- Stay at Refugio
- Private transportation included
- Personalized guidance with a 1:2 guide to client ratio
- All meals provided during the tour
- Complete climbing gear provided: windbreaker jacket and pants, fleece jacket and pants, helmet, ice axe, harness, gloves, gaiters, balaclava, crampons, and snow boots
What's Not Included
- Snacks
- Sleeping bag (rated to – 5 º c)
- Headlamp
- Backpack (50 – 60 liter capacity)
- Trekking pants or leggings
- Fleece jacket
- Down jacket (optional)
- 3 pairs of socks (one thick)
- Snacks for summit attempt
- 50 BOB mountain entrance fee
- Sunglasses
- Sunblock
- 2 liters of water to start the trip
- Personal medication
-
Thin liner gloves
-…
- Snacks
- Sleeping bag (rated to – 5 º c)
- Headlamp
- Backpack (50 – 60 liter capacity)
- Trekking pants or leggings
- Fleece jacket
- Down jacket (optional)
- 3 pairs of socks (one thick)
- Snacks for summit attempt
- 50 BOB mountain entrance fee
- Sunglasses
- Sunblock
- 2 liters of water to start the trip
- Personal medication
- Thin liner gloves
- Beanie
- Toilet paper
- hiking shoes
- Personal items
- guide tips
Additional Information
Effortless 6088 Summit. Huayna Potosi literally presents no technical climbing challenges. Even novices can scale it given they acclimatize well. The panorama from the peak is breathtaking.
The 3-day tour package incorporates a first-day basics of mountaineering and ice climbing tutorial and practice session at Glacier 4900m and spending the night at…
Effortless 6088 Summit. Huayna Potosi literally presents no technical climbing challenges. Even novices can scale it given they acclimatize well. The panorama from the peak is breathtaking.
The 3-day tour package incorporates a first-day basics of mountaineering and ice climbing tutorial and practice session at Glacier 4900m and spending the night at the base camp for acclimatizing effectively.
The subsequent day involves ascending to the high camp followed by the climax of the tour - the summit attempt on the third day, ending with a return to La Paz City.
- No recomendado para viajeros con vértigo muy alto.
Location
Jiwaki
Sagarnaga
Jiwaki is on Sagarnaga street Nro 342 next to the hotel Alem in front of Italian Pitza.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(109 Ratings)
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Donghenam
Sep 10, 2024
Out of this world experience - I could not fault Jiwaki and their guides for this unforgettable life defining experience. Johnny was a great experienced leader and kept us informed with all we needed to know at each briefing; detailed and very professional.
Don't be fooled... It is physically challenging. Many say it is the most challenging experience in their lives. Spend time to acclimatise in La Paz. Eat well, sleep well, and with a bit of physical and mental fortitude, you'll make it to the top.
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Livelife1098
Aug 28, 2024
Potosí 3 day tour with Willy - Earlier this year in May me and a friend joined the 3 day Huayna Potosí tour.
The trip was absolutely excellent and our guides made us feel extremely safe and capable of doing the tour.
On summit day my friend got altitude sickness but our guide, Willy, handled the situation perfectly! He made sure my friend was ok but never made too much of a big deal out of it and ensured my friend summited safely without panicking him. He kept spirits and morale high the whole time.
Would 100% recommend this tour!
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445fwd
Aug 6, 2024
Awesome trip! - For the summit, the group was divided and each couple and individual received their own guide. I also received a guide (Juan) who helped me enormously. He was calm, helpful and regularly asked how I was feeling. He was experienced and knew when I needed my rest. He was also very honest. Safety was his number 1 priority. He regularly took photos during the climb. Now that I see these photos again, I am very happy. They turned out to be fantastic photos. Jiwaki has helped me and the group tremendously from the start at the Base Camp. Because we had been ice climbing and mounteneering instructions for a day, they were able to properly assess where everyone was physically. The food was great and the accommodation was simple but nice and cozy. It was an experience I will never forget!
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K4197clmarkm
Jul 7, 2024
Thank you Jose! - Amazing experience, the equipment was really good and was visibly better than other tour companies.
We can't thank our guide Jose enough, he went above and beyond to make the experience everything we could have hoped for. He helped us with everything over the full 3 days.
I would highly recommend asking for Jose if you do the tour!
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618leoniew
Jun 19, 2024
Huayna Potosi in 3 days - Great experience to hike the Huayna Potosi with Jiwaki! Good equipment and great organization!
The food was delicious, shoutout to José and Valerio! Loved the pancakes 😍
Also the guides did a great job to bring almost everyone to the summit, thanks also here to William - I would do it again haha
As a solo traveler I felt safe and I can highly recommend the 3 days - for acclimation in the altitude, the training with the crampons/the equipment and having a great time with your group in a fantastic scenery!
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Rubenbb5011fe
May 18, 2024
Huayna Potosi with Jiwaki and Iván Perez - Proffesional gear and guides, that help you with everything you ask, to give you the best chance to get to the top. I went up with guide Iván and he managed to perfectly judge the level of me and my climb buddy and made the chalenge to get to the top a fun experience by taking foto's and making jokes along the way.
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N4425huzacharym
May 2, 2024
Safe and reliable - We got paired with Jiwaki through our hostel and overall I would say they were excellent. The english was really good from all of our guides. My partner and I got paired with Ivan and he made for a great guide for us going up the mountain (and helped us get to the top!). Pedro was also an excellent guide lead and was very good at laying out the plans for everyone and also having a great sense of humour. The equipment they rented us was mostly good, however we had some issues with our sleeping bags that only became apparent on the last night of our 3 day hike (the coldest night).
Overall though I would recommend this company!
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T3224nqsamp
Apr 27, 2024
Best agency in La Paz - Highly recommend Jiwaki if you’re planning on doing Huayna Potosi or any other treks in Bolivia. Great experience, well organised, good gear and great guides all with a great sense of humour for a challenging trek. Special shout out to Ivan for getting me to the top!
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Fredoleveau63
Apr 14, 2024
Simply incredible ! - Very clear organization, very good quality equipment
A special mention to the great guides who spent the 3 days with us
Johnny: Great leader, clear explanations and above all very funny
Silver: The team dad
Ivan: For saving me multiple times during the climb
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Milind_c
May 23, 2024
Good but definitely could be better - The guides were very thorough and safe on the mountain. The food was good and accommodation was surprisingly comfy. However, the kit preparation on the morning of the tour was chaotic and they didn’t have all the sizes available for everyone. We were constantly told it’s fine without bits of kit if the size didn’t exist which was confusing - why give it to anyone at all then? When checking boots, the process was very rushed and both of us ended up with boots that were way too big making the ice climbing very difficult. It was either they didn’t care or didn’t know whether we had the right size boots. Also, don’t get tricked into thinking there’s a lot of ice climbing - you do a few hours on the first day and then don’t really need it after that.
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