Seeing female porters in Nepal isn’t really the norm; the trekking industry here is very much male-dominated. Women are generally considered to be not strong enough, not fast enough. But these women look pretty strong to me.
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Along with getting trekkers safely and securely around Peru’s many mountains, Maritza Chacacanta is also one of the country’s loudest voices in sustainability. We sat down to find out how…
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I thought I knew the United States like the back of my hand – until I did a small group tour from San Francisco to Las Vegas.
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There’s not much to see out here. Rice paddies, villages, a few roadside stands selling fruit and eggs. You certainly wouldn’t expect a tourism project; a village-run community of homestays and activities for international travellers. But that’s exactly what you’ll find at Madi Valley.
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“Please don’t walk around after dark,” Mohan, the village chief, tells us as he shows us around in the late afternoon sun. “We had an elephant come through last night.”
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As the most important group of people in Nepal’s trekking industry, porters tend to be treated the worst. Meet the NGO working to fix it.
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