{"id":1901,"date":"2025-10-16T16:11:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/?page_id=1901"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:45:35","slug":"sobre-nosotros","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/sobre-nosotros\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Urku Expeditions was founded on the mountaineering experience gained by Sebasti\u00e1n Maga\u00f1a since 2012. He is a current member of the ACHGM (Chilean Association of Mountain Guides), He holds a degree in Adventure Tourism from DUOC UC, has up-to-date first aid training, and has completed courses in ice climbing (ENAM, National Mountain School), winter techniques (ENAM, National Mountain School), basic mountaineering (ENAM, National Mountain School), and the AST1 and CRS avalanche courses (Cordillera Blanca).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Among the successful expeditions carried out are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chopicalqui (6,350 m a.s.l.), Yanapaccha (5,460 m a.s.l.), Huarapasca (5,420 m a.s.l.), Huamashraju (5,434 m a.s.l.), Vallunaraju (5,686 m a.s.l.), San Jos\u00e9 Volcano (5,856 m a.s.l.), Cerro El Morado (4,647 m a.s.l.) , Cerro Punta Negra (4,127 m a.s.l.), Cerro La Paloma (4,910 m a.s.l.), Cerro Marisemberg (4,125 m a.s.l.), Cuerno Blanco (5,038 m a.s.l.), Cerro Retumbadero Norte (3,825 m a.s.l.), Cerro Arenas (4,450 m a.s.l.), Cerro Punta Ventanas (3,166 m a.s.l.), Osorno Volcano (2,650 m a.s.l.), Tungurahua Volcano (5,023 m a.s.l.), Cerro Bismarck (4,650 m a.s.l.), Mocho Choshuenco North Summit (2,422 m a.s.l.), Cerro Manch\u00f3n (3,720 m a.s.l.), Cerro San Ram\u00f3n (3,250 m a.s.l.), Cerro Punta de Damas (3,149 m a.s.l.), Cerro Purgatorio (2,458 m a.s.l.) Cerro Punta Horizonte (2,374 m a.s.l.), Cerro Arqueado de Barrera (2,898 m a.s.l.), Cerro Carpa (2,776 m a.s.l.), Cerro Minillas (2,460 m a.s.l.), Cerro Uni\u00f3n (3,658 m a.s.l.), Lonquimay Volcano (2,865 m a.s.l.) amongst other peaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sebastian Maga\u00f1a has led more than 700 guided ascents of Villarrica Volcano (2,847 m a.s.l.), as well as guided ascents of Lan\u00edn Volcano (3,747 m a.s.l.), Cerro Marmolejo (6,108 m a.s.l.), Cerro El Plomo (5,450 m a.s.l.), Cerro Leonera (4,954 m a.s.l.), Llaima Volcano (3,125 m a.s.l.), Cerro San Gabriel (3,125 m a.s.l.), Cerro Piuquencillo (4,047 m a.s.l.), Cerro La Cruz (2,552 m a.s.l.), Cerro Pintor (4,180 m a.s.l.), Quetrupillan Volcano (2,340 m a.s.l.), Nevado Ojos del Salado (6,893 m a.s.l.), Nevado San Francisco (6,016 m a.s.l.), Nevado Tres Cruces Norte (6,030 m a.s.l.), Nevado Sollipulli (2,282 m a.s.l.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urku Expediciones (RUT: 77.966.407-4) is a legally registered adventure tourism agency located at 18,830 Comercio Street. We hold accident insurance for our activities. We were granted a business licence as an adventure tourism agency by the municipality of San Jos\u00e9 de Maipo on 2 October 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are proud to provide a comprehensive service that includes renting high-quality equipment for every activity, such as ice axes, helmets, crampons, backpacks, mountaineering boots, harnesses, gloves, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Furthermore, to ensure the safety of our clients, we are committed to working exclusively with guides certified by ANGM, UIAGM, UIMLA, ACHGM, ENAM or FEACH. We will limit each expedition to a maximum of six people in order to provide a higher quality service.
Vis\u00edtanos en nuestra agencia f\u00edsica para conocer m\u00e1s sobre nuestras expediciones, recibir asesoramiento personalizado y descubrir c\u00f3mo podemos ayudarte a vivir aventuras \u00fanicas en medio de la naturaleza. \u00a1En Urku Expediciones, la aventura te espera!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Urku expediciones nace a trav\u00e9s de la experiencia en monta\u00f1ismo adquirida por Sebasti\u00e1n Maga\u00f1a desde el a\u00f1o 2012, Miembro vigente de la ACHGM ( Asociaci\u00f3n Chilena de Gu\u00edas de Monta\u00f1a),Titulado de Turismo aventura en DUOC UC, Curso de primeros auxilios al d\u00eda, Curso de escalada … <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1901","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2711,"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1901\/revisions\/2711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urkuexpediciones.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}