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We started in 1999 with a single Kilimanjaro departure and eleven clients, and we have been running our own expeditions ever since. Today we lead trips on all 7 summits from our office in Amsterdam, with a permanent staff of nine and a guiding team we have worked with for years rather than hired by the season. What we care about is the part of an expedition nobody photographs: the acclimatisation schedule, the food at 5,000 metres, the second guide who turns around with one client so the rest of the team can carry on. Our groups are capped at eight climbers with two Western guides on every departure, and on Aconcagua and Denali we build a spare day into the itinerary that most companies sell as a contingency. It costs us money, and it is the single biggest reason our summit rates are what they are. We are not the cheapest company on this page and we do not try to be. Every one of our trips is operated by us: we do not resell another company’s departure under our own name, and where a local partner is required by law, as on Kilimanjaro and Everest, we name them in the trip notes and have worked with the same two for over a decade. Roughly a third of the people who climb with us have climbed with us before, and about one in six of our Everest clients first came to us for Kilimanjaro. We would rather build that list slowly than fill a departure. If you are choosing between us and somebody else, ask us for three people who have done the trip you are looking at (recent ones, not the ones in the brochure) and we will put you in touch. Our office answers email within one working day, in Dutch, English or German. If you would rather talk it through, we will call you back at a time that suits you. There is no sales script, and nobody here works on commission.
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Kilimanjaro — Tanzanian guides and porters are required by law on every Kilimanjaro climb, so every company uses them: that says nothing about a company. What differs is whether the company you book with sets the itinerary and sends its own leader, or sells you a local operator’s scheduled departure under its own name.
Carstensz Pyramid — On Carstensz, every climber from abroad must book through a trekking organiser licensed by Lorentz National Park, and the park issues the entry permit (SIMAKSI) through that organiser. A Western company can lead your trip, but the licence is always an Indonesian company’s. Ask which one.
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Source: Example listing — illustrative figures, not a real quote · checked Oct 2026
Prices are indicative, change every season, and exclude flights and permits unless stated. Always confirm directly with the operator.
This company publishes no list of what its price includes. Their page ↗
| Guided climbtrip page read Aug 2026Their page ↗ | |
|---|---|
| Nights on the mountain | 5–10 |
| Private toilet | They don't say |
| Emergency oxygen | Included |
| Health checks | They don't say |
| Portable altitude chamber | Paid extra |
| Guides per climber | 0.125 |
| Total crew per climber | 3.5–4.5 |
| States its own porter load limit | They don't say |
| States KPAP membership | They don't say |
| What you sleep on | Foam pad |
| Airport transfer | Not offered |
| VAT included | They don't say |
| Evacuation cover | Not offered |
| Hotel nights in town | 2 |
| Meals at the town hotel | All meals |
| Suggested tips you pay | $250–$350 |
| Price by group size | They don't say |
Read from each company's own website on the date shown. Where a company does not publish something, we say so rather than guessing.
| Normal Route (Horcones) · $3,850trip page read Aug 2026Next departure 10 January 2027 · 3 places leftas of 13 October 2026Their page ↗ | Polish Traverse (Vacas-Relinchos, non-technical) · $3,950trip page read Aug 2026Next departure 24 January 2027 · 1 place leftas of 13 October 2026Their page ↗ | Polish Glacier (technical) · $8,990trip page read Aug 2026Their page ↗ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trip length (days) | 18 | 18 | 19 |
| Guides per climber | 0.25–0.33 | 0.33 | 0.5 |
| Guides per climber, summit day | They don't say | They don't say | They don't say |
| Mule freight per climber (kg) | 30 | 30 | They don't say |
| Personal gear portered (kg) | 0 | 0 | They don't say |
| Personal porter, if you hire one | $905 | They don't say | $950 |
| Pack you carry yourself (kg) | They don't say | They don't say | They don't say |
| Park permit fee | Paid extra | Paid extra | Paid extra |
| Hotel nights in Mendoza | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Nights at the approach village | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Base camp wifi | They don't say | They don't say | They don't say |
| Mandatory medical check | They don't say | They don't say | They don't say |
| Sells logistics without a guide | They don't say | They don't say | They don't say |
| Spare days for weather | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| North Side Expedition (10-day) · €1,295trip page read Aug 2026Their page ↗ | |
|---|---|
| Trip length (days) | 10 |
| Where you sleep on the mountain | Hut |
| Valley accommodation | Included |
| Meals | All meals |
| Snowcat ride | Not offered |
| Cable car and lift passes | Not offered |
| Airport transfer | Included |
| Insurance | Not offered |
| Visa help | Invitation letter only |
| City or town stay | Gateway town |
| Flights in the package | Never |
| Maximum group size | They don't say |
| Guides per climber, summit day | They don't say |
| Second summit attempt | Included |
Read from each company's own website on the date shown. Where a company does not publish something, we say so rather than guessing.
| Classic hiking approach, 21 days Carstensz Expedition · €8,850trip page read Aug 2026Their page ↗ | |
|---|---|
| How you reach the mountain | Trek in |
| Trip length (days) | 21 |
| Domestic flights | Included |
| Permits and access fees | Included |
| Hotel nights in Timika | They don't say |
| Meals | All meals |
| Porter load carried for you | None |
| Your baggage allowance | 20 |
| Fixed ropes on the wall | They don't say |
| Insurance you must hold | Required |
| Cost of weather delays | Not offered |
| Satellite phone or radio | They don't say |
| Minimum group size to run | They don't say |
| Trek starts at | Another starting point |
Read from each company's own website on the date shown. Where a company does not publish something, we say so rather than guessing.
This company publishes no list of what its price includes. Their page ↗
| Vinson program (fixed departures V2 / V3 / V4) · $31,500trip page read Aug 2026Next departure 5 December 2026 · 2 places leftas of 13 October 2026Their page ↗ | |
|---|---|
| Hotel nights in Punta Arenas | 0 |
| Welcome dinner | Not offered |
| Trip length (days) | 17 |
| Spare days for weather | 3 |
| Ski the last degree | They don't say |
| Flight to the South Pole | They don't say |
| A second Antarctic peak | Only if…Only if the second of the three reserve days is not needed for weather; the itinerary offers it as an alternative use of Day 12. |
| Satellite phone or radio | Included |
| Insurance you must hold | Required |
| Guides per climber | 0.2–0.333 |
| If you cancel | USD 1,500 of the USD 5,000 deposit non-refundable from booking; everything non-refundable from 60 days before departure; nothing refunded to anyone who leaves the trip once it has begun |
| Your baggage allowance | 25 |
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