Museo Andes 1972

A museum tribute to those who perished and those who survived an unimaginable catastrophe of Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 in 1972. With 40 passengers (Uruguayan rugby team and their families/friends) and 5 crew on board, the world have thought they all perished in a crash in the Andes at the border of Chile and Western Argentina. But after 79 days, two survivors surfaced miraculously in a Chilean town alerting international rescue. In all, 16 survivors were rescued. *** As such, the museum is an implicit exultation of the human will to survive against all odds. *** It is also a tribute to leadership that ensured survival of those lived through the initial catastrophic crash. The three men (Señores Parrado, Canessa and Vizintin) showed extraordinary valor to organize the survivors and head for an expedition of unknown outcome… but headed on for everyone’s sake…👏👏👏.

This place is awesome, such a beautiful tribute to those who died and a string reminder of the human spirt. Felt immersed in the events of 1972 and would highly recommend

What an incredible museum. They’ve balanced it so well to not only highlight what the survivors went through and their stories, but also to pay equal respect to those that didn’t survive. I’d recommend this museum to everyone who has the opportunity to visit. I noticed previous reviews mentioned that payment was only cash or pre purchased online tickets but that has since changed. It is now cash or they have a QR code where you can pay via PayPal on arrival.

Great experience, super passionate host that helps you understand the challenges the group faced. Cool new exhibit where you get to experience the -18 temperatures on top of the Andes. Pay with cash.

Things to know: They only take cash for entry in person or you can buy in advance online with card. Very convenient, but know just incase you were wanting to pay with card at entry. We really found this museum very interesting! We knew of the story of this accident but didn’t have any details. Recommend! We enjoyed learning more about the story of these brave kids who went through something so tragic and the museum is done in a very respectful way.

We walked by during a walking tour and the guide recommended we drop in so drop in we did right after our tour ended. What an amazing collection of stuff they have here. They provide so much information, some I had not a clue about. I learned so much.

Amazing insight into the most awful tragedy. There was English translation throughout (don’t take that for granted in South America!) Museum was at over three small floors and included clean toilets. There was a ‘cold’ simulator but sadly this wasn’t working when we were there. Could have spent longer here as so interesting but it was end of day and hot (we were getting thirsty!)

This was a really amazing collection of authentic and replica items related to the plane crash. The history about the individuals was unique and informative and the staff was very helpful. I recommend this as a good afternoon trip.