Ubinas volcano is the most active stratovolcano in southwestern of Peru. The Ubinas volcano (5672m (18609ft) presents a symmetrical conic and the actual active crater is open in the south sector of the caldera, it has more than 600m in diameter and is characterized by the irregular shape of his borders and by his considerable depth that reaches 307m with respect to the floor of the caldera. In the whole volcanic edifice, the places of gaseous emission are only six zones situated not aligned in the bottom of the crater. The gases are emitted with considerable pressure and noise which is audible up to several hundreds of meters. Seismic activity has been mounting since February at the volcano, about 470 miles southeast of the Peruvian capital of Lima. Ubinas erupted the last April 14th, sending a column of ash some 2600ft into the air. |
Day 1 Arequipa - Chiguata - Salinas Lagoon - Ubinas 07 Hrs
Pick up from hotel and journey in our four wheel drive approximately three hours to Salinas Lake. On the way we will go through Chiguata, located between Misti and Pichu Pichu mountains. During the trip we will enjoy the Misti geological faults, the pre-Inca terraces of Chiguata and Cachamarca sector, Queñuales forest trees and fauna. We will then cross the Simbral tunnel and enter the Reserva Nacional de Aguada Blanca y Salinas. We take in views from the back of Misti volcano, Chachani and Pichu Pichu Mountain, stopping to see the Salinas Salt Lake, Llamas, Alpacas, Vicuñas, Flamingos, etc.
10 HRS. Salinas Salt Lake is over 4400m high. After we will walk surrounding the lake, with many chances to see pink flamingos in season (January - August). After 2 hours walking even for acclimatization we will arrive to Moche Village lunch and couple hours continue driving to the base of the active volcano, named Ubinas. Base camp over 5000m.
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Day 2 Ubinas Summit - Come Back To Arequipa 04 Hrs.
After good breakfast we leave the base camp and climb up to the evolution of the historically most active volcano in southern Peru - collapse caldera on the summit of Ubinas (5670m) four hours climbing to the mayor crater, from where is nice to see other volcanoes and high summits on the south of the Cordillera volcanica of Peru. From the summit is easy go down into the second small crater, we have chance to look the deep and active point of this active volcano and walk around on small volcanic sand hills.
After 2 hours resting in the crater and exploring this area we will climb up to reach the mayor crater and back descending to the base camp, lunch, packing our gears and 5 hours travel by hour 4WD to Arequipa. |
