Inca Trail Porters: The Human Effort That Keeps the Historic Mountain Path Alive

Porters on the Inca Trail

Porters are farmers from the high Andes Mountains. They use rustic farming tools, and only some families are lucky enough to have modern equipment. They start in the early years and finish around age 62.

We will give them unconditional support as they work on the Inca Trail. Porters can carry 20 kg for four days. Only people from the countryside can physically do this, so all carriers must be farmers. The porters present their national identity documents to register every year in December.

Treat your carrier well.

We are a serious, responsible company, and we treat our porters well.

Good treatment of the porters.

We leave Cusco City very early and make our first stop in Ollantaytambo village. The Chief Porter has a Romana (an instrument for weighing cargo kilos).

After attending our customer’s “lunch place,” our porters prepare their nutritious lunch on the first day of the hike. They have their own cook, separate from the main cook, for foreign travelers.

All our porters on the Inca Trail have comprehensive insurance and medical attention if needed.