The Chimborazo Expedition gives travellers the chance to touch the sky.

Standing at a whopping 6,310m, Chimborazo is the highest volcano in Ecuador's famous "Avenue of the Volcanoes" region.

If you are measuring from the Earth's center, Chimborazo is the point on Earth closest to space. Simply put, because of the equatorial bulge, it is in one way at least the highest mountain in the world! A monumental 3,597m higher than Everest.

Chimborazo's lofty summit looms over the highlands, and the other volcanoes surrounding it. This makes for incredible views from the volcano's summit as well as much of this challenging, often cold and windy climb.

This expedition is not for the faint-hearted or inexperienced, but it is also not overly technical. It definitely requires previous climbing experience, but above all it is the altitude that makes reaching the summit of Chimborazo such a challenge.

The summit climb takes around eight hours on average. It's very steep, but more of a extreme cold weather hike than a technical climb. The final push starts around midnight from Refugio Whymper, reaching the summit in the early hours just in time for what some have described as a life changing sunrise above the clouds.

The normal route through “El Castillo” is the most popular way to climb Chimborazo. Moreover, this route leads you to two of the highest summits: Veintimilla (6,267 m) and Whymper (6,310 m) including a magnificent ridge.

Most expeditions last around 12-days all in. Your time will be spent acclimatizing with hikes to the spectacular high altitude lakes of Cuicocha and Mojanda and summiting smaller volcanoes in the area, including Fuya Fuya, Illiniza North, and Cotopaxi. 

These stunning hikes showcase Ecuador's famously biodiverse landscape. They are also great warm up show for the big climb Chimborazo.

This is an extremely rewarding challenge that giving you a once in a lifetime opportunity to climb what some still believe is the world's highest mountain.