Huayna Potosí Tour: Explore One of The Most Beautiful Mountains in the Cordillera Real of Bolivia
4.8
111 Ratings
La Paz
Embark on a thrilling Huayna Potosí tour and discover the breathtaking beauty of one of Bolivia's most stunning mountains. With its perpetual glaciers and incredible views, this accessible peak is a must-visit for adventure enthusiasts.
Duration: 3 days
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights

Base camp 4700 m.

Huayna Potosi - We start at our offices at 9:00 a.m., and then we take our private mobility to the base camp, we will leave the city of La Paz towards Zongo, during this trip you will appreciate different spectacular views of the city of La Paz.

We will have a stop for a panoramic photo of La Paz, in the city of El Alto 4050 m.

We will continue our trip to our base camp through the Milluni lagoon, very beautiful views, after approximately 3 hours of travel we will arrive at our base camp, where we will enjoy our lunch and prepare with our team to do the practice in the old Glacier , this part is important for our acclimatization and to learn to move in snow and ice.

We sleep at 4700m

Camp high at 5200 m.

Huayna Potosi - After breakfast, we check our team together with the guides, “taking care not to forget anything”, here at the base camp we wait until lunch time and then we take our equipment and take a walk of approximately 4 hours to the Alto camp, It is a walk where we will take all our equipment in the backpacks.

Dinner at Campo Alto at approximately 5:30 p.m., then try to rest to climb the mountain the next day

Summit at 6088 m.

Huayna Potosi - We get up early at 01:00 am to prepare to place all the complete mountain equipment, have breakfast, start our journey to the top

It is a walk of approximately 6 hours of ascent, reaching the summit together with the Sun, sensation and incredible view.

Then we descend approximately 2 hours to the high camp, with the rest of our team and continue down to the base camp 1 hour and a half more.

Then we return to the city of La Paz, where we will arrive at approximately 13:30 on the third day.

What's Included
  • Transport to and from location
  • Complete climbing equipment provided
  • Experienced climbing guide (1 guide per 2 climbers)
  • Two nights’ accommodation in a mountain shelter
  • Cooking services and food included (for groups of 3 or more)
What's Not Included
  • Water
  • Snacks
  • Headlamp
  • Sleeping bag
  • Ticket price 20 Bs
  • Bring - Backpack
  • Bring - Backpack of 55L or more
  • Bring - Polar / Thermal Lining
  • Bring - Gloves
  • Bring - Batteries
Additional Information

Huayna Potosi (6,088 meters or 19,974 feet) stands out as one of the Cordillera Real’s most stunning peaks in Bolivia, renowned for its eternal ice caps and breathtaking panoramas, prominently observable from La Paz.

There’s plentiful information suggesting the mountain is easy to ascend; nevertheless, caution is imperative because while being ‘well-known’, all climbing activities carry inherent dangers. Acknowledging the significance of acclimatization is key to success on such endeavors.

The technical demands of this peak are relatively modest; in fact, Huayna Potosi ranks among the more approachable Bolivian mountains thanks to the well-developed support structure, including established base camps and designated advanced stations.

Location
Sagarnaga 308
Sagarnaga
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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James
Mar 4, 2024
Huayna Potosí - We did Huayna Potosí in 3 days and had an incredible time, Iris was a fantastic guide. The pace was great, communication was excellent and we were successful in reaching the summit. I couldn't have asked for better service!
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Curiosity21347557726
Dec 10, 2023
2days Huayna Potosi - Ramiro Ramirez - I did a tour to Huayna Potosi for 2 days with a great guide, Ramiro Ramirez. I couldn’t be more happy with the experience. Ramiro gave a lot of support both technical and mental! If you are not experienced with ice trekkings there are no issues since all explanation and equipment will be given to you
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Darren
Dec 8, 2023
Huanyi Potosi 3 day trek- Ramiro Ramirez - For the 3 day Huayna Potosi trek, my guide was Ramiro Ramirez. He was an excellent guide who showed patience and care in making sure I was set up correctly with my equipment.
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Ejc11274
Nov 19, 2023
Highly recommended - From start to finish the staff were great. The reception at the tour office in lap Paz are really helpful to the point of flagging down a taxi for me when I finished. The guides were great paced and organised the trip by ability which is really helpful. It is inevitable the some will not make it but they try there hardest to ensure everyone is successful. Really happy I went with South Treks. The only suggestion I would make is that the waterproof clothing is updated. We were really unlucky on the second day and we did the hike in a thunder storm with very heavy rain. Our jackets did not keep all the rain out. Also it would be worth offering dry bags to put clothes and sleeping bags in as an optional extra should the customers look up the weather. Thanks for the trip I really enjoyed it :)
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935rebekkas
Oct 26, 2023
Huayna Potosi 3 day trek - Lovely experience! South trek offered a professional trek from start to end. Our guide Ramiro Ramirez made sure everyone felt safe, and kept good spirit all the way. All members off the group reached the summit safely. Thank you so much South treks and Ramiro!
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Judith_sie
Aug 7, 2023
Unique experience - Hi, I did the 3-day-tour with the amazing guide Ramiro Ramirez (+59171297774). He is very experienced, motivating and at the same time super human and understanding. It was a super hard hike, but worth every step to the top. Ramiro knew my limits and pushed me just as far. I really enjoyed the whole experience and can recommend it to anyone who’s eager to climb the 6000 m! Good luck🌞
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Sarkis171
Jul 20, 2023
Great Experience - I used SouthTreks for the Pico Austria and the Huayna Potossi! Can’t say a bad thing about this agency: the guides have an excellent expertise (in particular: Roberto, Felix, Gonzalo, Javier…) which is needed because it can get quite dangerous! Great service for reasonable prices
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643leonl
Jun 22, 2023
Individual mountain tour - I did an individual six day combination package consisting of Pico Austria, pequeño Alpamayo and Huyana Potosí and had an incredible experience! From the whole organisation to the equipment and being out there with my guide Javier everything worked perfectly. The whole team with driver, guide and organization is super friendly and supports your ideas to a really fair price. Food is excellent, even as a vegetarian and I never felt unsafe even on the high peaks without a lot of previous experience! On more common routes like Huyana Potosí you even get the higher camp, which gives you a little advantage over other groups. Can highly recommend this crew!
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Ericmz7204wz
Nov 12, 2023
Amazing but not safe - William is a great host of South Treks. I did the climb with Theo who is a fantastic guide. I struggled a lot with the altitude, vomited on the morning of ascent but was still able to summit. This is not an easy climb, it amazes me that ones can still summit despite lack of mountaineering experience. We did face terrible weather and at times it felt very unsafe. Of note my friend had to turn back with her guide. They proceeded to get lost in the dark and the blizzard and were very lucky to return safely after repelling ice walls and having no food, water, radio or PLB. This lack of organization from the guides made this extremely dangerous. If you have fitness, drive, tolerance of exposure and some mountaineering experience you should be fine on this hike (requires steep ice climbing and jumping crevasses). Anything less and you're doing so at your own risk as the safety is to Bolivian standards and no higher.
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N4927hjvincentv
Jan 15, 2024
Very heavy trekking - I did Huayna potosi in 3 days with South Treks. It was one of the heaviest physical things I've ever done (I'm 32 male and sportive). I acclimatized a month at 3000-4500 before attempting. Two people from south treks told me that 90-95% of the people makes it to the top. This way I thought it would be easier than it actually was. Actually only about half of the 20 people from our camp made it to the top. Judging from that 50% would be a better estimate. I think they should be more transparant about the difficulty. Camps, transport and food were well arranged. But I was unhappy about one of my guides Ramiro. He was probably the most unkind guide I've had. I understand that hiking on a glacier comes with responsibilities and that requires a somewhat strict attitude. But he really took it too far. He got angry with me for not communicating during the hike but did a poor job with communicating himself at various moments. When I didn't know the road or struggled on a very steep path he got upset. We could barely have any pauses on the way to the top but got there too early when it was still dark. This was my first glacier hike and I found his expectations unreasonably high. On a more positive note he did let me change sleeping bags with him because the company gave me one for 1.60 people and I'm 1.85m.
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