Kilimanjaro CME Climb & Safari – Lemosho Route
January 30 – February 13, 2028

Climb to the Roof of Africa while earning 20 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CME on one of the world’s most iconic mountains. This 15-day expedition takes you from the lush rainforests of Mount Kilimanjaro to its glacier-capped 19,340-foot summit, followed by an unforgettable African safari through some of East Africa’s most legendary wildlife regions.

This journey blends high-altitude adventure, immersive wilderness medicine education, and expert local guiding into a single, cohesive experience. You’ll ascend Kilimanjaro via the Lemosho Route, widely regarded as the most scenic and best-acclimatization route on the mountain, while learning altitude medicine, expedition risk management, and remote care principles in the exact environments where they matter most.

After summit day, the expedition transitions seamlessly into safari mode — tracking elephants, giraffes, lions, rhinos, wildebeest, and flamingos across Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater. Few CME experiences offer this level of physical challenge, professional growth, and once-in-a-lifetime exploration in a single itinerary.

This is not a classroom course with a view.
This is a true expedition designed for medical professionals who want to learn deeply, move intentionally, and experience Africa in its most powerful form.

If you’ve ever wanted a CME experience that feels less like a conference — and more like a defining life adventure — this is exactly what you’ve been looking for

This expedition is designed for individuals who want to combine a physically demanding high-altitude climb with meaningful wilderness medicine education and a shared adventure in one of the most iconic landscapes on Earth.

This is a tight-knit, expedition-style group built around shared effort, mutual support, and learning together in demanding environments. Participants come from diverse medical and outdoor backgrounds, and camaraderie forms quickly through the collective challenge of the climb. If you value teamwork, inclusivity, and forming lasting connections through meaningful adventure, you’ll feel right at home.

This is not just a climb — it’s a full expedition from rainforest to summit, followed by an African safari that few travelers ever experience in the same journey. Over fifteen days, you’ll move deliberately through changing ecosystems, extreme altitude, and iconic wildlife landscapes while learning wilderness medicine exactly where it applies.

You’ll trek the Lemosho Route, widely regarded as the most scenic and best-acclimatized path up Mount Kilimanjaro, guided by experienced local African mountain teams. Days are physically demanding, deeply rewarding, and shared with a group that quickly becomes more than just classmates — they become expedition partners.

Most people come to Africa for either a summit or a safari. On this journey, you do both. You’ll push your physical and mental limits climbing to Uhuru Peak at 19,340 feet, then shift gears into open savanna, tracking elephants, lions, giraffes, rhinos, and vast herds of wildlife across Tarangire National Park and the Ngorongoro Crater. The contrast is powerful, unforgettable, and uniquely African.

Wilderness medicine education is woven directly into the expedition. Lectures, discussions, and hands-on learning focus on altitude illness, cold injury, expedition planning, risk assessment, and remote medical decision-making — all taught in the same environments where these challenges actually occur. Learning at altitude, while managing fatigue and weather, creates insight no classroom can replicate.

This rhythm balances physical output, learning, and recovery — maximizing summit success while keeping the experience sustainable and deeply rewarding.

Yes, you’ll earn 20 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 CME — but you’ll also leave with:

Most people return saying they never imagined CME could feel like this — and wondering how soon they can do it again.

15 Days / 14 Nights

Mount Kilimanjaro Northern Tanzania

This expedition combines a full Lemosho Route summit attempt on Mount Kilimanjaro with a post-climb African safari, blending high-altitude adventure, wilderness medicine education, and iconic wildlife experiences.

Arusha, Tanzania

Arusha

Londorosi Gate Forest Camp Shira Camp Moir Camp Barranco Camp Barafu Camp

Barafu Camp Uhuru Peak Barafu Camp

Barafu Camp Mweka Camp Mweka Gate Arusha

Arusha Tarangire National Park Ngorongoro Crater

Arusha

Participants are responsible for booking their own international flights. Ground transportation during the program is included.

Participants should consult a travel medicine clinic and review CDC recommendations for travel to Tanzania, including required and recommended vaccinations and prophylactic medications.

Trip preparation resources:

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

    •    ACCME Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and Wild Med Adventures, LLC. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    •    The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    •    All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

Contact our team for the current trip leader information.

Educational instruction is provided by the Wild Med Adventures faculty, who are responsible solely for the medical education and CME components of this course.

All mountain and safari logistics, guiding services, and operational leadership are provided by experienced local African guides. Wild Med Adventures faculty are not guides and are not responsible for climbing operations, expedition logistics, or participant safety outside of the educational scope.

Instructors and faculty may change based on availability.

Full payment is due 90 days prior to the course start date.
A $500 late fee will be added for payments received after this deadline, or your spot may be forfeited.

Participants must carry appropriate personal medical insurance and rescue / evacuation insurance for remote environments.

Trip insurance is strongly recommended to cover missed flights, weather delays, injuries, or trip interruption. Rescue insurance is required; Global Rescue is recommended.

Participation in this expedition involves high-altitude trekking, prolonged physical exertion, and travel in remote and austere environments within Tanzania. Activities may include multi-day hiking at extreme altitude, exposure to cold, heat, wind, and precipitation, limited access to medical facilities, wildlife exposure during safari activities, and variable environmental conditions. These activities inherently involve risk, including but not limited to personal injury, illness, altitude-related medical conditions, evacuation delays, equipment loss, travel disruption, and, in rare cases, serious injury or death.

Participants are solely responsible for their own decisions, conduct, and actions throughout the expedition.

Wild Med Adventures faculty provide medical education only and do not act as mountain guides, safari guides, or expedition leaders. All climbing logistics, route planning, wildlife activities, and on-the-ground leadership are provided by experienced local African guides and operators. Wild Med Adventures and its faculty are not responsible for climbing conditions, terrain, weather, wildlife encounters, participant behavior, or operational decisions made by third-party guiding services.

This expedition is physically demanding and takes place at extreme altitude. Participants are responsible for assessing their own physical fitness, medical readiness, and ability to tolerate prolonged hiking, altitude exposure, and remote travel conditions. Participation is not advised for individuals with medical conditions that could be exacerbated by altitude, strenuous activity, or limited access to definitive medical care without prior medical clearance.

Rescue and evacuation insurance covering high-altitude and remote environments is required for participation. Personal medical insurance valid for international travel is strongly recommended. Trip insurance is strongly recommended to cover missed flights, delays, weather interruptions, illness, injury, or early departure. Participants are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining appropriate insurance coverage for the duration of the trip.

Participants are responsible for securing all required travel documents, including a valid passport and appropriate visa for entry into Tanzania. Entry requirements vary by nationality and are subject to change. Participants are also responsible for meeting any airline, customs, immigration, and health entry requirements applicable at the time of travel.

By enrolling in and participating in this expedition, participants acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with high-altitude mountaineering, wilderness travel, safari activities, and international travel, and voluntarily assume responsibility for their participation in all aspects of the program.