At Domeyko mountain range, at 100 km west from San Pedro de Atacama, is located the leggendary Kimal Hill. You can not avoid to feel attracted by this enigmatic mountain with a lot of miths among the people of S.P.A and surroundings. Is tell the existance of a hidden treasure by the Incas and the existance of a gold city, that sometimes by nigths shine catching a glimpse of the people who have the chance to see it. Reality or fantasy, the truth is that this hill was an important ritual Inca center. You still can appreciate an old road of this extinguished civilization that covers a lot of kilometers before getting to the base, and continous by it north slope till the peak, where the Inca did offering to God Sun as tribute and alliance using different antropomorphous and zoomorphic gold and silver figures, and under 10 years child sacrifices.
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KIMAL HILL

1 day program

2 days program

The ascension to Kimal gives the only chance to know about a little history of this land and by the same time to be spectator of a beautiful view of Los Andes mountain range and Atacama Salt Flat in all their extension. With all, the most nice thing is this 3 hours and a half trip from SPA, that follow a difficult but beautiful track that cross a good part of Domeyko mountain range. This mountain cordon is amazing because of the colours: green, red, pink and purple and the markable erosion grades, loyal reflex of 70 millions years, that makes this mountain cordon in the most old of the area. Also is possible to observe in some of the ravines, the most characteristic rupestrian art of the region, testimony of the antique llamas caravan traffic that used this route with religious and commercial ending.


1 day program

2 days program
 

Technical index

Altitude
4200 m.o.s.l. (meters over sea level)
Coordinates
23° 07' lat. S/ 68° 39' length W
Camp base altitude
3750 m.o.s.l.
Ascention time
3-4 hours
Descent time
2 hours
Excursion time
13 hours
Ascention months
the all year
Difficulty level
half difficulty
Kunsa language meaning


- The prices change depending the amount of pax
- We have special prices for two persons, four persons and more than five persons.
volcanes@sanpedrodeatacama.net