THE Socceroos will spend the last two weeks of their World Cup preparation training at altitude before retreating to a luxury base camp.
Coach Pim Verbeek and his staff have identified the need to train and acclimatise at altitude for the World Cup given several of the tournament venues are at high altitude.
Verbeek and his staff scouted potential training bases earlier this year, but an official Football Federation Australian party gave the plans a tick of approval during a visit to South Africa last week.