Before you ask
Everything a guest, a travel adviser or an assistant usually asks before booking a White Mountain Camp expedition. If your question is not here, ask us.
USD 12,000 per person in single occupancy, or USD 10,000 per person in double or twin occupancy (two people required). The price covers everything on the ground in Tanzania: private airport transfers, two five-star lodge nights, park fees and permits, the private camp, all meals on the mountain, the private chef, the expedition doctor and private guiding. Flights, visas, travel insurance and gratuities are not included.
We climb the Lemosho Route over seven days on the mountain, from Lemosho Gate to Mweka Gate, summiting Uhuru Peak at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) on day six. With the lodge night before and after the climb, the full programme is nine days from arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport to departure. Lemosho is chosen for its acclimatisation profile, its scenery and its high summit success rate.
5 to 11 February 2027, 22 to 28 July 2027, 4 to 10 February 2028 and 21 to 27 July 2028. All four dates fall in Kilimanjaro's dry seasons. Groups are deliberately small, so places on each departure are limited. Private departures for a family, a group of friends or a leadership team can be arranged on other dates.
Included: private transfers to and from JRO airport, one five-star lodge night before and one after the climb (half board), all Kilimanjaro National Park fees and permits, all meals on the mountain cooked by a private chef, HEIMPLANET Arctic expedition tents with elevated beds, linens and Swiss down duvets, hot showers and private toilets, a dedicated mountain doctor available around the clock, private guiding and all mountain equipment. Not included: international flights, Tanzanian visa, travel insurance and gratuities for the guides and porters.
No. Kilimanjaro is a walk at altitude, not a technical climb, and no mountaineering experience is required. Each day you walk for six to eight hours, covering roughly 8 to 15 km at a steady pace. A slow, well-supported ascent is what gets people to the summit; what it asks for is persistence, not heroics. We advise every guest on preparation before the trip.
A dedicated mountain doctor is with the group for the entire climb, available 24/7, and runs daily health checks including pulse oximetry. The Lemosho itinerary follows the climb-high, sleep-low principle (Lava Tower at 4,640 m before the night at Barranco at 3,960 m), which is what gives the route its acclimatisation advantage. The full medical and safety brief is available on request.
A private camp built with HEIMPLANET Arctic expedition tents, elevated trail beds with proper linens and Swiss down duvets, real hot showers, private gender-separated toilets, a dining tent, and a private chef cooking Western and local dishes from fresh local ingredients. Single, twin and double tents are available.
Fly to Kilimanjaro International Airport (JRO) in Tanzania. We meet you at the airport and drive you to a five-star boutique lodge in a nearby wildlife reserve for the night before the climb and the night after. Both lodge nights and both transfers are included.
You can book online at whitemountaincamp.com/book or enquire first. A 50% deposit secures your place; the balance is charged automatically 60 days before the departure date. Cancellation and refund terms are set out in full in our refund policy. We recommend travel insurance that covers high-altitude trekking and we are glad to advise.
Our crew standards exceed the Kilimanjaro Porters Assistance Project's published guidelines for porter treatment. Crew are paid a base salary above the porter wage floor rather than relying on tips, receive three meals a day, sleep in proper crew tents, carry loads weighed at the gate against the 20 kg cap, and are covered by the expedition doctor's brief alongside the guests. We published a sourced investigation into porter pay on Kilimanjaro, The $27 Summit, and the five questions we think every climber should ask any operator, including us.
Yes. White Mountain Camp runs private corporate and leadership expeditions on Kilimanjaro, designed around the group, with the same camp, guiding, chef and medical standards as the flagship departures. Private family or friends departures work the same way. Enquire with your preferred dates.
The two dry seasons: roughly January to early March, and June to October. Our scheduled departures in February and July sit inside these windows. The rainy seasons (April to May, and November) bring wetter trails and poorer visibility.
No. White Mountain Camp (whitemountaincamp.com) is a luxury Mount Kilimanjaro expedition operator founded by Swiss mountaineer Janosch Amstutz and operated by Amstutz Expeditions LLC. It has no connection to White Mountain Camps in New Hampshire, USA, or to any camp in the White Mountains.
White Mountain Camp was founded by Janosch Amstutz, a Swiss high-altitude mountaineer and entrepreneur, and is operated by Amstutz Expeditions LLC. Expeditions are run with a Tanzanian ground team of professional guides, a private chef, a mountain doctor and porters.