Who Are We

Who are Evolution Treks Peru?

Evolution Treks Peru is about Fair Trade Tourism, Empowering Women, Ethical traveling and Sustainable and Eco-friendly practices. We are Socially conscious.

Our Philosophy: Ainy

At the center of our philosophy is an ancient Andean form of economic and social organization which is called Ainy. Ainy means reciprocity, the ability of people to recompense each other for anything they receive in order to improve the lives of the community. In this case the community we talk about is our clients and our workers. Our uniqueness resides in the way our company is structured, the type of philosophy that leads our work and the way we attempt to change the travel industry in Cusco. Never before in the travel industry of Peru, have people tried to build a collective of individuals, women and men, to partake and share in both responsibilities of the company and its benefits.

Revolutionizing Sustainable Tourism

We’re setting new standards for ethical tourism on the Inca Trail, prioritizing both our porters’ well-being and environmental sustainability.

Commitment to Sustainability and Fair Working Conditions on the Inca Trail

In trying to keep our ancient traditions and world view, we opted to stick to what our ancestors had successfully practiced for millennia. That is the reason why this is a worker-owned company. ​

Challenges and Innovations in Supporting Porters on the Inca Trail

​Our organization reflects both our commitment to preserve our culture and our mission of providing a superb service to our clients while inspiring others to take our example as a way to develop their communities sustainably.

Improving Working Conditions for Porters

All of our porters have proper camping gear.We are the only company operating tours on the Inca trail that supplies with sleeping bags, sleeping pads, and proper camping tents to our porters. To achieve the goal of making sure that our porters carry what is legally allowed and to ensure that they receive overall good working conditions we were presented with a huge challenge.

Women Empowerment

We included women porters in our hiking tours. Something that other companies never dared to try. Women porters became a breakthrough in the way sustainable tourism is done. Also, we replaced our old and heavy tents and camping gear with newer, lightweight state of the art camping gear.

Sustainable Practices for Eco-Friendly Tourism

Our cooks came up with a different type of menu that we could feed both our clients and our staff. These new, tasty, healthy and nutritionally balanced meals were created in order to cut the use of packed foods to reduce the weight produced by the packaging and containers. Nowadays, we rely more on organic products sourced along the trail.We have also decided not to carry toilet tents and use what the park had provided for us. Toilet tents are supposed to be eco-friendly,

Extra Efforts to Ensure Fair Weight Distribution

To ensure that our porters never exceed the legal weight limit, we hire additional local porters to help carry loads when necessary. This not only guarantees fair working conditions but also supports the local community. By reducing weight and enhancing our gear, we are proud to be the only company that provides our porters with proper tents for rest during their journey. Finally, this reduction in weight has allowed us to be the first and only company that supplies our porters with proper camping tents for them to rest at night. ​​