Hire Guide and Porters is essential for travellers who came to Nepal for trekking solely.  Guide and Porter play the major role to compliss your dream to trekking in Nepal. It’s very hard and difficult  to do trek without guide and porter as opposite as how romantic and  easy your trek. Nepal Lion Tours and Treks provides you honest, trustly, good-commutable, strong and well-experienced guide and porter. They help to make successful your Nepal trip and you will know more details about culture and local lifestyle of Nepal. 

Firstly, you may know few questions before hire  a guide and porter

Why is it better to hire guide and porter from Kathmandu or Pokhara?

Nepal Lion Tours and Treks arrange guide and porter facilities to any trekking region that departs from Kathmandu or Pokhara. When you have your guide from kathmandu than you don’t have to worry about anything and taking care of your luggage. Guide and porter will be with you all the time from starting your trip from Kathmandu (Pokhara) and till end. All your trekking permits, documents, air/ground transportation, meals during the travel will be well cared by guide and porter. If your flight got delayed or traffic jam along the drive, your guide will re-arrange it without giving any trouble to you.

Are guides are licenseholder?

Yes, all guides are government registered license holder, fluent in english and local language expert. Moreover, first aid trained, informative about destination and general knowledge of Nepal. They are full knowledgable of local culture, local people, local tradition, religion and people’s life style.

Guide and Porter Cost and inclusion?

We offer the best price for guide or trekking leader only US $ 25-35 per day. It includes their all meals, accommodation, salary, equipments, insurance, government tax and service charge.

We offer the cost for porter is only US $ 20 per day. It includes all their meals, accommodation, wage, equipment and insurance.

How much weight porter can carry? 

Porter’s weight limit is about 20 kg but he won’t mind to carry 2-3 kg more or less. Company will provide duffle bag to carry your luggage but if you have your own rucksack then it will be good too.

What to do  if guide/porter got accident or got sick along the trekking?

Our guide/porters have fully insurance for medical, accidental or helicopter rescue coverage. We will manage it.

How to meet your guide/porters?

Our guide/porter will come to meet you at your hotel or at our office. We will give him your name, room number and hotel name. Then you can discuss about next day plan for trekking and departure time. We will also provide you his phone number to contact yourself.

How do we arrange our luggage for porter to carry ?

If you are hiring a porter just for you as private then bring a 40- 50 liter back pack for a porter to carry but if you are sharing porter with another person then you will need to arrange 90- 100 liter back pack or use our company’s duffle bag.

How much should I tip my trekking guide and porter?

It is customary in Nepal to tip trekking staff, they work hard and if you feel they have provided you with good service please reward them appropriately. Please insure you have enough cash to tip your guide and porter (if you hired one). Suggested tipping: approximately $2-$4 USD per day per person is good if there are multiple people; if only one person, then the equivalent of $3-$5 USD per day. For a porter, the equivalent of $3-$4 per day total (between all the people using the porter); or if one person has hired a porter, the equivalent of $2-$4 USD per day. If you need to cut your trip short for any reason the guide and porters will receive the wages for the full booked time.

Finally, we are best trekking service provider in Nepal. If you you want to book full trek then we will do it best. Don’t forgot to the cheers and Hire best Guide and Porter.