Porters vary in age – Arman is 14 and has been working as a porter for 3 years. In those 3 years, he faced challenges that many porters in Nepal experience: poor sleeping conditions, lack of sufficient food, lack of fair pay, lack of interaction with tourists, lack of medical insurance, increase permit fees for porters, and discrimination by hotel owners on the trail among a few other issues.
Will you as a tourist provide the voice for the porters to create better conditions for them? Demand these conditions to change when you book a trek in Nepal.