The  Maipo Volcano, located at the South of Mendoza, it is the first mountain that differs from the group of the bordering mountain range, resembling more to the patagonic mountain range ones. Their glaciers feed the lagoon of the Diamond and the homonymous River, giving to the area a special sight for the practice of outdoors.
  The area where it's located, it's one of the most important regions in Mendoza owing is a common territory for the migratory birds to land, on their annual move from Patagonia to the north, as well as guanacos herd, which actually are more than 5000 members counted by the Permanent Rangers Service. 

Our climbing itinerary

Day 1: An AEA Expeditions representant will met you at the airport and take you to a hotel in the city centre. Where you are going to stay for tonight. During the afternoon, we´ll check equipment, and if necesary rent few last time details always in companie of your guide. During the night we use to gather all the group for dinner, to begin to stablish the friendship relationships and instill confidence.
Day 2: Transfer in private truck to Laguna del Diamante, an incredible water mirror at 4000m where thousands of migrating birds stays during their journeys South North. Once being there we will comply with the Provincial Protected area requirements, and check in in the Rangers check point. We will camp near the rangers hut for overnight.
Day 3: Trekking to the bottom of the volcano, where we set our basecamp.
Day 4: Move up to the high camp, at 4450m, from where we will attempt the summit.
Day 5: Summit day!!! Weather permits. Early in the morning we will ascend to the top and if everything goes right before midday, we´ll be enjoyining the great view of the top, The Payunia, greatest and highes density concentration of vucanoes in the world, and all the south tundra of Mendoza.
Day 6: Descent to basecamp, and rangers check point, where a transfer will be waiting for us to drieve us to Mendoza. During the night we will celebrate the summit having a delicious dishes from the region in between we could delight the finest goats in the whole country, in the atmosfere of the umpolouted country feeling of the outback.........

Price Includes 

Private transfer Mendoza- Diamond Lagoon- Mendoza.
All meals during the mountain itinerary.
Professional mountain guides service.
Common use equipment (Tents, pans, stoves)

Extra expenses to desert itinerary.
Personal equipment.
Extra foods.
Porters or mules equipment transportation.
Extra expenses.

We expect form you to get this following gear list

During the Walk In ( Approach)
Long shirt
Long trekking trousses
Sun Hat
Trekking boots waterproof and breathable with crampons bindings

Head gear
Balaclava
Fleece cap ( Biny)
Hands
Fleece or windstopper gloves
Liner thin gloves
Mitons and Gore tex or similar, over mits. Note: It´s definytely not alowed to bring gloves and overmits.

Torso
Capilene, thermax, or liners topr
Polartec 200 or windstopper jumper
Warm jacket (down, thinsulate)
Shell jacket
Legs
Capilene, thermax, or linesr bottom
Shell trousses

Foot
Expedition Socks: 2 pairs
Gaiters(highly recommendable supergaiters)

Hardware
Semiautomatic Crampons
Long Ice Axe with wrist strap
Head Torch
Sun glases (a good ones)
Sun glases extra
Googles.
Vacuum Bottle 3/4 or 1 Lt
Bottles of water 2lts cap in between
Backpack at least 70 + 10 Lts
A swiss knife or multi use twezels
A lighter

Accesories
Personal hygiene kit
Personal First aid kit.
Sun Screen SPF 40 Or higher.
Alarm Waterproof watch.

Sleeping gear
Sleeping bag 1kg Down filled
Rubber Sleeping Mattress

Documentation
Passport and permitt entrance.

Optional equipment(*)
Walkman
Pen and notebook
Film camera
Video camera
Gps
A secret pocket for your values