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Aracar 6059m

A volcanic peak in the northern Puna de Atacama near the Chile-Argentina border north of Llullaillaco. Aracar is normally climbed form Argentina.

Salin in summer from above Monturaqui to the west

Aracar  volcano in the distance on the left  from near the Monturaqui station.

For details of how to climb Aracar, Socompa, Llullaillaco and the neighbouring Chilean Puna, please see our guidebooks, which are available in English, Spanish and French editions, direct from us or from all good bookshops and mountaineering shops.

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