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  • Home
  • About Us
  • Deluxe Cultural trips Machupicchu.
    • Amazing Cusco Machu Picchu 4d/3n
    • Cusco Short Inca Trail Machu Picchu 5d/4n
    • Amazing Cusco Machupichu 5D/4N
    • Explore Cusco Inca Trail Machupícchu 7D/6N
    • Amazing Cusco Machupichu 7D/6N
    • Explore Cusco Machupicchu Puno 11D/10N
    • Deluxe Tours Discover Southern Peru 13D/12N
  • Luxury Inca Trail Hikes - Machupicchu
    • Luxury Short Inca trail 2 Days
    • Luxury Private Inca trail 4 Days
    • Luxury Private Classic Inca Trail 5 Days 4
    • Luxury Salkantay Hike Via Inca Trail 5D/4N
    • Luxury Salkantay Hike - Machupicchu 5 D/4 N
    • Luxury Lares Hike to Machupicchu 5d/4n
  • Classical Inca Trail -Packages
    • Classical Short Inca Trail Package 5D/4N
    • Inca Trail Packages7D/6N
  • Classical Inca Trail Hike
    • Group Inca Trail Short Trek 2D/1N
    • Private Inca Trail Short Trek 2D/1N
    • Group Inca Trail Classic Trek 4D/3N
    • Private Inca Trail Classic Trek 4D/3N
    • Group Inca Trail Pilgrimage 5D/4N
    • Private Inca Trail 5D/4N
    • Classical Inca Trail and Cusco 8D/7N
    • Salkantay Inca Trail 6D/5N
    • Full Salkantay Inca Trail 7D/6N
    • Salkantay Tomacaya Inca Trail 8D/7N
    • Choquequirao Salkantay Inca Trail 12D/11N
  • Alternative Treks-Machupicchu
    • Mandor Waterfalls Trek to Machu Picchu 2D/1N
    • Huchuy Qosqo Trek 2D/1N
    • Huchuy Qosqo Trek via Patabamba 3D/2N
    • Kachiqhata Trek to Machu Picchu 2D/1N
    • Ollantaytambo via Kachiqhata Trek to Machu Picchu 4D/3N
    • Inca Jungle Biking Trail 4D/3N
    • Express Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu 4D/3N
    • Moonstone Trek to Machu Picchu 5D/4N
    • Salkantay Snow to Jungle Trek 5D/4N
    • Salkantay via Ancascocha Trek to Machu Picchu 6D/5N
    • Vilcabamba Trek to Machu Picchu 6D/5N
    • Last Refuge of the Incas Choquequirao Trek to Machu Picchu 6D/5N
    • Climbing Salkantay to Machu Picchu 6D/5N
  • Ausangate Rainbow Mountain treks
    • AUSANGATE RAINBOW MOUNTIAN 4D3N
    • Ausangate Rainbow Mountian trek 2 D/1N
    • ​Ausangate Rainbow Mountain – Hike 1D
  • Choquequirao Treks
    • Amazing Choquequirao Trek 5d/4n
    • Last Refuge of the Incas Choquequirao to Machu Picchu 6 d/5 n
    • Amazing trail choquekirao to machupicchu 8d/7n
    • Unique Choquequirao Trek- Machu Picchu 9d/8n
  • Manu Birding Tours
    • ​Birding Manu Expedition 4D/3N
    • Birding Manu National Park 6D/5
    • Birding Manu Park - Maldonado 7D/6N
    • Birding Manu Park By Bus 8D/7
    • birding Abra Malaga- MachuPicchu Manu Park 10d/9n
  • Full and Half Day Tours
    • Private Half Day City Tour
    • Private Full Day Machu Picchu Tour
    • Private Full Day Sacred Valley Tour
    • Tipon, Pikillacta & Andahuaylillas Tour
    • Maras, Moray & Salt Mines Tour
  • Equipment Hire
  • Important Information
  • Sustainable Tourism
  • How to Make the Reservations
  • CONTACT US
  • Inca Trail Booking - Availability & Reservations 2019
  • Blog
INCA LAND ADVENTURES

Our Cooks & Porters

For Inca Land Adventures, every person plays an important role during the trek. The porters and cooks, who live in the nearby communities of Willoq, Patacancha and Ocongate, are not an exception. We believe our porters (The Green Team) do a huge percentage of the work on the Inca Trail and deserve to be treated well. All our porters are trained and equipped with proper bags to carry the equipment, back supports, t-shirts for the day, body warmers for the cold nights, ponchos for the rain, drinks, snacks and plenty of food. We also provide full insurance for each of them. As a responsible and ethical tour operator our staff are well paid and a balanced, protein rich diet is provided for each staff member. The result is that they are happy to go that extra step to keep clients feeling their best. 

Our guide will introduce you the porters formally, please tell them a little bit about yourselves. If a porter gets sick our guide will take care of him

Tips for porters should be handed out during the last night when all the trekkers and porters join together for a celebratory goodbye dinner. Tips for guides and other crew members are normally treated separately. 

Here we would like to include some suggestions for your interaction with the porters:

  • Spend time with your porters. They have some amazing stories to tell. Try and learn a few words of Quechua – see glossary below.
  • Offer them your coca leaves and snacks. If you’re finding day two of the Inca Trail hard, think how tough they’re finding it with up to 25 kg on their backs.
  • Don’t overload your porter. Do not give your pack to a porter who already has a load. If he carries more than 25 kg, not only is it bad for his health but he and the agency will receive a substantial fine.
  • Tip your porter. Most groups collect for dinner on the last night of the trail when they give tips to the porters. Remember to take adequate small change in order to tip porters individually. Please let your group know that 70 soles per porter is a recommended minimum and it's best to deal separately with porters that carry individuals' bags. Tip porters directly. Some tourists feel that this "ceremony" is degrading for the porters but they themselves feel that it shows appreciation of their work.


IT’S GOOD TO TALK!

Amaze your porter with your knowledge of Quechua! Here’s the Inka Porter Project’s beginner’s guide to greetings and goodbyes as well as basic courtesies.

Hello - Rimaykullaykil

Hi - Napaykullayki

Good day - Allin p’unchay

Goodbye - Tupananchis-kama

Bye - Ratukama

Yes - Arí

No - Mana

Please - Allichu

Thank you - Sulpayki

You’re welcome - Imamanta

Excuse me - Dispinsayuway

Sorry - Pampachayuway

Social and Environmental Responsability

Inca Land Adventures is committed to travelling in a way that is respectful of local people, their culture, local economies and the environment. With your participation we can help conserve the area we visit and bring positive benefits to our host communities.

What you need to know on how to be a responsible traveler:

  • The natural environment is also very important. If, when trekking, we need to make our human waste, be sure it is buried away from waterways. Burying or carrying out used toilet paper is a must. Tampons and sanitary pads must also be taken out of the area and disposed of appropriately. Minimize use of soap or shampoos in rivers and lakes - your local guide will let you know when using soap is unsuitable.

  • When trekking, many travelers take an extra plastic bag to pick up any rubbish that they see to improve the area and for their own rubbish. Rubbish may have to be carried until a suitable disposal opportunity in the next town.

  • Please try and minimize the waste of plastic water bottles. Consider packing a water filter, water purification tablets or iodine to purify drinking water. At some of our hotels there are large water 'bubbler' dispensers where you can refill your bottle with purified water for free or for a small fee. Try to take reusable bottles like Nalgene or Camblebacks.