porters

Reading Time: 6 minutes 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.

Reading Time: 3 minutes Whether you’re trekking in Peru, Tanzania, Borneo, Papua New Guinea or anywhere else in the world – you won’t be going anywhere fast without the help of a porter.

Reading Time: 7 minutes Since commercial travellers first began trekking the world’s trails, porters have been the unsung heroes of the industry. Now, a global research project by The Intrepid Foundation aims to shed light on the issues they face in a bid to affect positive, industry-wide change.