Guides and Porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking Trip

Guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip, the Rwenzori mountains are not trekked alone or solo like other mountains around the world. After booking your trip to the Rwenzori mountains, there is a team of guides and porters that help to lead you on the trail and carrying your luggage.

 Like mount Everest in Nepal and others, the people living near those mountains are the ones that understands the conditions of the mountain for example the Sherpas of mount Everest understands the mountain better than any other person. That’s why they are hired as guides and porters.

Hiring guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip is essential for a successful trekking adventure. It is mandatory to trek with a guide and porters when doing treks ranging from 2 days and above.

How many kgs do guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip carry?

Porters are there to carry your luggage, food, cooking gas and equipment. The porters are recommended to carry 25kg of luggage and they carry at their backs which is the common and cultural way of carrying for the bakonzo people who live on the slopes of the Rwenzori mountains.

Clients are always briefed to pack their luggage not exceeding 25 kgs and luggage above that weight are charged extra $20.

The guides and porters are recruited from the surrounding communities near the Rwenzori Mountain national park in a way to support their standard of living financially.

When these guides and porters are not hired, they start practicing poaching in the national park hunting animals for food and selling meat to get cash money which is a very wrong habit. Our great grandfathers had practiced poaching in early years hence the current generation carried the habit of hunting for wild meat up to date. But at least they are now being sensitized to conserve the national park for future generations and stop poaching.

When to book guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip.

After booking with us, we notify the porters the dates you will be trekking and they show up right at the starting point and in time to carry your luggage. You will be amazed by how these porters carry at their backs and they will cheer you instead to trek high as for them they are used and they are nicknamed mountain goats because of their speed they use.

What is the Recommended Age hired for guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip.

Guides and porters are the local men and women born along the Rwenzori Mountain foothills aged between 18 to 45 years of age. It is the team that makes your Rwenzori trip a memorable.

How many guides and porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking trip chosen for each client?

Guides.

According to the mountaineering rules, one, two, or three clients climbing margherita peak, mount speke, mount baker and other peaks is given 2 mountain guides and four to five clients are given 3 mountain guides. The more the number of clients the more the guides for safety.

Porters.

Depending on the luggage to be carried for one to two clients, the porters are always many than the guides. The porters as well increase in number depending on the luggage and activity to be done in the mountains. They carry every thing required to make sure you have a successful trek.

Porters will carry food, cooking gas, equipment like your sleeping bag, crampons, ropes, helmets, ice axe, harness and many more.

Guides and Porters for Rwenzori mountains trekking Trip

Are porters both male and females?

Both male and female porters are selected and they always come from different villages but males are selected first than the females. If they are hiring 10 porters a day only one female is selected to join.

Tipping guides and porters after the Rwenzori mountains trekking trip.

Tipping guides and porters is a token of appreciation after the trek to thank them and boost their morale to work with courage. You are advised to always appreciate your team by giving them simple tips and this is done at the end of the trip.

Many clients always ask how should I tip the team?

Remember that on your trek to the Rwenzori Mountain, you will have a team of guides, porters and a chef to prepare your meals.

The guides gets twice than that of the chef and the chef gets twice than that of the porter.

Book for a Rwenzori Mountain trekking trip and support the mountain boys and girls when hired as guides, porters and chefs to earn a living.