About us
Basecamp Explorer is a tourism company that operates a collection of destinations across the globe, in an enlightened and responsible way.
HOW DID IT ALL GET STARTED?
Svein Wilhelmsen founded Basecamp Explorer in 1998, following a life-changing meeting with an old Maasai Chief named Ole Taek. Sitting around the fire one evening, the respected Maasai elder told a worrying tale about the threats facing his people. Wilhelmsen was inspired by his concern to found a company that would care, a company that would leave a positive footprint wherever it operated and would have a positive impact on the people it worked with. Since 1998, the Basecamp Group has grown to incorporate nine unique tourist destinations spread across three countries – Kenya, France and Norway.
MEET OUR FOUNDERS and CEO
Meet our board of directors in Oslo, Kenya and Spitsbergen
BASECAMP EXPLORER AS
Svein Wilhelmsen
Chairman, Founder and co – owner
sw@basecampexplorer.com
Anne Katrine Stabell Hagelund
Board Member and co – owner
kiri@bornglobal.no
Trond Backer
Board member
trond@backerbang.no
Christian Eriksen
Board member
christian.eriksen@centragruppen.no
Henning Nielsen
Board Member
henning.nielsen@dermanor.no
BASECAMP EXPLORER KENYA LTD
60% owned by Basecamp Explorer / 40% owned by Norfund
Svein Wilhelmsen, Norway
Chairman
sw@basecampexplorer.com
Brita Knutsen Dahl, Norway
Board Member
brita@basecampexplorer.com
Justin Francis, UK
Board Member
justin@responsibletravel.com
Isabella Wilson, Kenya
Board Member
brightwater@africaonline.co.ke
Kjartan Stigen
Norfund
kjartan.stigen@norfund.no
BASECAMP SPITSBERGEN AS
90% owned by Basecamp Explorer
Brita Knutsen Dahl
Chairman and co – owner
brita@basecampexplorer.com
Svein Wilhelmsen
Board Member
sw@basecampexplorer.com
Lars Weyer–Larsen
Board Member
l.weyer-larsen@outlook.com
Jarle Roth
Board memeber