It was an incredible experience with amazing guides. The views are spectacular and it is an experiencie that I would repeat again for sure.🏔️🗻⛰️
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What's Included
Includes
- Private transportation
- Bottled water
- Snacks
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Breakfast
- Coffee and/or Tea
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Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Traveler pick up offered
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Simple, the goal is to get to the summit and enjoy your time while doing so. Awesome scenery and sense of accomplishment certainly help a lot. Now, the technical part. This is a mountaineering experience done in a 5,230 meters (17,160 ft) high mountain. It ranges from intermediate level to advanced level, depending on your shape and acclimatization time. (You can send us an email if you have questions) The mountain can be either an alpine climb (wake up at 3 am and do it entirely) or a day hike. The day hike can be done as long as you are a person who exercises regularly and you can find it amongst our other products. The alpine climb is demanding and requires great strength from your legs and high endurance. You would carry around 10 liters of weight for 12 hours up and down the mountain so you can get an idea. The alpine climb requires the use of crampons and ice axe. We provide a crash course the day before if you've never used them before. Don't let the technical stuff scare you. If you feel you have a shot, give it a go, you'll get the idea of what mountaineering really is, plus having a great time
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The company was always very quick to respond to all my questions, and helped me with everything I needed: additional gear, a pick up from Puebla, and flexibility for my friend who didn’t know if she’d be able to hike after the acclimatisation night. Our guide, Chris, was the best we could have wished for: knowledgable, friendly, and funny. He knows lots about the history of Mexico and is happy to share all his knowledge with you.
What a great experience and guide! Very professional and knew what they were doing. The transport and food were great also.
One of the toughest hike I’ve done in a while. We started at 1am and only got to the summit at 830am. Our guide Cristino took great care of us, helping us set up tents, cooked, and more importantly motivated us even as we felt discouraged halfway. Definitely train up before the hike and crampon experience will be very helpful. Due to the lack of snow and melting glaciers, we had to go down a glacier and climb back up, which made it tougher than I had expected. Wonderful experience overall and I would recommend doing it with this company.
I used Yacana Outdoors to guide me to the summit of Iztaccihuatl. The entire experience was very smooth and easy. Ricardo was great, walked me through the climb and gave me lots of tips beforehand. Ricardo worked with my schedule and set me up with a fantastic guide (Cristino). Yancana picked me up from MC, got me to the mountain and provided all the gear, food and water for a successful climb. I wouldn't have been able to summit with the help of Yancana Outdoors. I would highly recommend these guys! Thank you!
I had a fantastic time with my guide, Mauricio. He was able to sense not only my limitations but also to help me achieve something I could be proud of. We were not able to Summit due to my physical condition but I left with new personal records, memories and amazing photos.
Our guide Jose Luis is wonderful. Professional, helpful, and knowledgeable. He even went out of his way so that I can watch the World Cup final before we went into the mountain. Highly recommend!!!
A journey to the most amazing place, with two of your best friends, shout out to Aline (who also found my phone after it sliding down the mountain 😂📱) and Señor Pollo aka Señor Oreo aka Juan Carlos or Charlie 😂. The guides made the trip spectacular, attentive, fun, experience, kind, funny. It was more than I probably ever planned or hoped for. In addition, the company was amazing to plan with, it was all very last minute for me and they made every step seamless and enjoyable. Never felt rushed, pressured or uncomfortable - both in booking and on the trail. As far as the mountain itself, or volcano, it is extremely intense. I made it to 5000m, and then decided to head back down. Not due to any weather, or inability, but I reached my limit for that time, my energy was very low. I would highly recommend to acclimate to the elevation prior to attempt in the summit. But otherwise had an amazing time, I'll be back and finish another time. With the same tour company of course!
This was a fantastic tour!! It is very efficiently organized and I could tell that they are experienced alpinists. Everything was taken care of: equipment, tents, sleeping bags, alpine equipment, food and water. We only had to bring proper clothing and allot of energy! They picked us up in our Mexico City address and took us to the Iztaccihuatl, where we slept overnight at a camping site and then started heading up to the summit a bit past midnight. We reached the glacier by 8am. Our tour guide, Ricardo, was absolutely awesome! He was very knowledgeable of the mountain and absolutely fun to be with. We felt very safe at all times. This was definitely one of the most breathtaking trips I have taken in my life. I absolutely recommend Yacana guides if you want to do alpinism in Mexico!
Cheers guys, this trip was amazing! Me and my friends enjoyed everything, from the food to our well prepared and knowledgeable guide Jose Luis. I highly recommend the hike if you want to see a different side of Mexico!
Such an incredible hike. The guys who showed us around were incredibly knowledgeable and kind. We also got great recommendations on some spots to check out after, cenotes worth checking out, places to eat...
Reaching the top of Iztaccihuatl was a great challenge and a fabulous experience. Ricardo is a very knowledgeable and professional guide with a top notch experience of the mountain and quality equipment for this adventure, I totally recommend his services for a safe ride in this dangerous environment. The landscapes and vistas along this sacred Aztec summit are incredible, be ready and go for it if you can!! ^^~
Iztaccíhuatl is a very difficult route and we would not have arrived without our guide, Marco. He was very attentive and qualified, despite being a good person. Everything was well organized and Ricardo had very good communication with us. He gave us a good training plan which resulted in getting to the top without problems. Thanks for everything.
Yacana made my assent unforgettable. It's a complicated and long walk. However, the guides of Yacana made it enjoyable. The equipment I was rented was in excellent condition. The routes we mapped out for the up and down were efficient and minimized risk. In addition, feeding and dressing tips helped me enjoy the tour.
Excellent Service... Always attentive to the safety and integrity of the group. I highly recommend this experience. The highest quality equipment and Ricardo's accompaniment was spectacular. I will definitely re-engage the Service.
It was my first experience on a mountain of this level! I was arguably NOT prepared enough for this challenge. Thanks to my guide Ricardo and his experience, we made it to the top! An unforgettable experience and I am looking forward to more adventures like these! ...... I am already preparing for my next challenge with YACANA OUTDOORS at the peak of Orizaba!
I started mountaineering a year and two months ago, delaying the expedition to the iztaccihuatl two months date planned on February 25 of this year made my first assumption together with my team. I am grateful to Ricardo for the excellent previous recommendations regarding necessary equipment as well as warnings and explanations, giving a great introduction to the expedition before going up having a big picture. I summarize the expedition as one of the most incredible experiences of my life, I thank my team and Ricardo our guide who supported us outside and inside the mountain giving us the greatest confidence and security for the ascent to this wonderful mountain. Thanks Yacana Outdoors, see you soon. P.S. Greetings to Nutriologist Sara who was in charge of feeding during the expedition, excellent food.
It was a unique experience! Imagine a mountain of 5,200m, 14 km in total, starting from Joya to the summit. An amazing pass with lots of snow (a surprise for me when I got here in Mexico!) From the summit you can see the volcano Popocatépetl UAUU!! As it is only 2 hours from Mexico City is a super tour recommend for those who have little time in the city. I highly recommend living this experience with the guides of Yacana, especially Pepe! He's super cool and has a lot of experience. Although the tour seemed dangerous Pepe guided us super well and felt safe throughout the journey.
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