Mount Giluwe and Mount Wilhelm - Expedition News- 20th June 2026

Leader: Dave Pritt

28th June 2026 - Summit Success on Mount Wilhelm

It's a long day, but we had great weather, moon, stars, beautiful sunrise, panoramic views, and sunshine on the way down. Approximately a 10-11 hour day, and we were relatively quick! Betty's place is great, the setting is wonderful, set in tropical gardens looking out to the mountains

27th June 2026 - Mount Wilhelm Base Camp

Dave and the team have arrived at Mount Wilhelm base camp in preparation for making their summit bid tomorrow. Dave kept the tracker off today, in order to save the power for the summit day tomorrow. After making their attempt on Mount Wilhelm they will be visiting the Skeleton Tribe for a cultural visit on Monday.

26th June 2026 - Heading to Mount Wilhelm

This morning, the team said their farewells to Georgios, who is heading back to Port Moresby for his flight home after Giluwe. For the rest of the team staying on to climb Mount Wilhelm, they have now made their overland journey from Mount Hagen. They will trek to base camp tomorrow, with a planned summit attempt on Sunday or Monday.

25th June 2026 - Summit Success on Mount Giluwe

At Midday local time today, 10pm GMT last night, the team reached the summit of Mount Giluwe, the highest volcanic summit in all of Australasia and Oceania. They set off from their camp around 9am local time and were back down from the summit at 2:30pm. At 8pm local time they reached the roadhead, and will ahve returned to the lodge.

24th June 2026 - Mount Giluwe Base Camp

Today, the team have trekked through the upper rain forests, which eventually gives way to sub-alpine grasslands. The base camp is at a stream junction at 3650m, leaving just 718m of height gain for the summit day.

23rd June 2026 - Acclimatisation on Mt Hagen

The acclimatisation day on Mt Hagen is a tough day, walking through the jungled slopes, but it gets the team prepared for the approach to their next objective Mount Giluwe.

21st June 2026 - Arrival in Papua New Guinea

It’s been a long journey but finally the group have all arrived in Papua New Guinea and looking forward to a great adventure in this far off country. Our quaint hotel is tucked away amongst palms and colourful flowers not too far from the airport. Our introduction to the exotic nature of this country started to unveil itself with a visit to a local nature reserve. Colourful birds, orchids, kangaroos and a snake house (many non venomous 🙂). Group dinner where fish and tandoori chicken proved to be favourites. Next step back to Port Moresby airport for our internal flight to Mt Hagen domestic airport in readiness for My Giluwe the highest volcano in AustroAsia (one of the volcanic 7 summits, highest on each continent)