Porter-Guides

About Porter-Guides

Who is a Porter-Guide? A Porter-Guide is someone who will carry your bags and show you the path while in the trails. - Basic Guiding and will Carry upto 13 kgs. - Mostly Locals. Will join you from the trailhead. (e.g. Lukla, Pokhara) - Limited Communication and First-Aid Skills. How will the booking work? Step 1: After you request a Porter-Guide, HoneyGuide will contact you and get details about your itinerary, preferences and flight/transport timings. Step 2: HoneyGuide will contact the available porters and communicate your booking details to the confirmed porter-guide. Step 3: We will send you the guide’s information with relevant contact numbers and confirmed meeting place and vise versa. Step 4: On your flight/ transport date, the porter guide will meet you at the decided place. Where will I meet my Porter-Guide? You will meet your Porter-Guide in the trailhead. - For Everest: He/She will be waiting for you at Lukla Airport as per your flight timing. - For Annapurnas: He/She could meet you at your hotel/ Airport according to your preference. What services are covered in the price? The cost covers: 1. Daily wages of the Porter-Guide 2. Food and Accommodation Cost for the Porter-Guide 3. Insurance for the Porter-Guide 4. Replacement Confirmation in case anything happens to the guide in the trail. 5. Pre-trek communication between trekker and Guide. \n However, the price doesn’t include: 1. Local Transportation if necessary. 2. Tips- Tipping the staff is a conventional practice in Nepal’s trekking Industry. The general tipping practice is minimum 15% of the wages. However, please feel free to tip as per you wish, group size, and level of satisfaction. There is no limit on the higher side.