Our porters
Our porters personify hard work. We employ about 90 porters from local communities.
They are mostly farmers by trade and are native Quechua speakers. They mainly come from
the indigenous communities around the trail. We refer to our super porters as ¨Red Machine¨.
This is because they work hard during the treks but carrying duffel bags, camping gear,
and more! It is important to us that we employ porters from local villages because we
are supporting them to become self-efficient and helping communities grow their
economy to better the quality of lives.
We provide the following items to our porters and cooks for free: Working insurance,
Jacket, sun hat, warm hat, t-shirt, pants, hiking boots, comfortable duffle bags,
canteen, girdle for protecting their spine, sleeping bags, mattress.
Our porters are what make everything look seamless and smooth. They have
your tent ready before your arrival in your tent and most importantly they
significantly lighten that camping gear load.