TRIP PRICE INCLUDES:
-- All overnight accommodations, including hotels (one client per room)
and mountain refuges
-- Transfers to and from the airport in arrival country
-- All transportation
-- All guiding services and food while in the mountains
-- All park entrance fees
-- All group mountaineering, camping and cooking gear (including ropes,
climbing protection, tents, sleeping pads, stoves, pots, pans, etc.)
-- Pre-trip and day trip planning assistance
-- Wine and cheese party, Farewell Dinner
IN ECUADOR:
-- Guided tour of Quito
-- Day trip to Mitad del Mundo (the equator) and Pululahua
-- Day-long shopping trip to Otavalo, Cotacachi and San Antonio de Ibarra
-- Tour of waterfalls near Baños
-- Roundtrip airfare Quito/Guayaquil (Trip #2)
-- Surfing lessons in Montañita (Trip #2)
IN BOLIVIA:
-- 8 NIGHTS AT THE FIVE STAR HOTEL EUROPA IN LA PAZ.
(Visit "www.hoteleuropa.com.bo" for more information.
-- Day trip to Lake Titicaca and Island of Suriqui
-- Guided day tour of La Paz
-- "La Paz by Night" (tour of nighttime sights followed by dinner and a
show)
-- All group mountaineering, camping and cooking gear
-- Porters, cook and pack animals as needed for climbs
IN PERU:
-- All group mountaineering, camping and cooking gear
-- Porters, cook and pack animals as needed for climbs
-- Guided tour of Huaraz area, including Yungay
-- Airfare: Lima/Cuzco, Cuzco/Arequipa, Arequipa/Lima (Trip #3)
-- Guided day tour of Cuzco (Trip #3)
-- Train, entrance fee and guide for Machu Picchu (Trip #3)
** ACONCAGUA:
-- Guided tour of Mendoza.
-- Guided tour of local wineries.
-- All group mountaineering, camping and cooking gear.
-- Porters, cooks, and pack animals.
TRIP PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
-- U.S. domestic or international flights
-- Independent (non-group) side-trips and activities
-- Food while NOT in mountains
-- Personal incidental expenses, including medical expenses
-- Personal travel and medical insurance
PAYMENT SCHEDULE:
-- $300 Deposit. Receipt of this deposit will reserve your space on
whichever trip you choose.
-- Balance. Must be received (in whatever increments you choose to pay it)
at least 30 days before your trip's departure date.
**If for whatever reason, CLIMB ECUADOR must cancel one of its trips, ALL payments received for the cancelled trip will be immediately and fully refunded.
**Checks or money orders should be made out to: Roger Kovary.
**CANCELLATION/REIMBURSEMENT: Upon cancellation by client MORE than 30 days prior to trip start date, ALL payments received will be FULLY REFUNDED. Upon cancellation by client LESS than 30 days prior to trip start date,
50% of ALL payments made, or the $300 trip deposit, whichever is greater, will be withheld. NO refunds (full or partial) in the event a client begins a trip but then leaves early.
**INSURANCE: It is the responsibility of the client to obtain his or her own travel or medical insurance, if so desired. CLIMB ECUADOR will assist you in obtaining reasonably-priced insurance coverage.
It is the responsibility of the client to have all personal hiking and mountaineering equipment, such as a backpack, strong hiking boots, plastic mountaineering boots, crampons, ice ax, harness, sleeping bag, waterproof jacket and pants, etc. All equipment required for glacier climbs may be rented in the host country if you do not already have this equipment and choose not to buy it. (A detailed equipment list will be mailed to you upon receipt of a trip deposit.)
Contact Roger Kovary at (212) 362-4721 or rkovary@aol.com anytime for further info.
Mailing Address:
CLIMB ECUADOR
c/o ROGER KOVARY
147 West 79th Street, #1D
New York, NY 10024
U.S.A.