{"id":112,"date":"2026-10-30T09:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2026-10-30T10:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T10:02:05","slug":"about-porters","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"About Porters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Porters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you&#8217;re looking for slack packing in the Drakensberg? The most readily available option, is semi or fully porter packages which include porters to carry your luggage, allowing you to hike with only a daypack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I personally believe in the more old-school way of hiking, where you need to be carrying your own gear and everything you need to be self-sufficient while on trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes I hear you saying \u2013 \u201cbut you will get more guests if you get porters to help\u201d. Yes, I do offer portered hikes but you need to remember the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A porter will only help you with some of your gear and food, if you want to carry very little I suggest you hire 2 porters. A porter still have to carry all of his own gear as well. (in other areas 2 to 4 porters are used per person to carry gear).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do choose to use a porter, then the cost of a porter will be included in the overall price of a tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porters Are you&#8217;re looking for slack packing in the Drakensberg? The most readily available option, is semi or fully porter packages which include porters to carry your luggage, allowing you to hike with only a daypack. I personally believe in the more old-school way of hiking, where you need to be carrying your own gear [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-112","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175,"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/112\/revisions\/175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bergadventures.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}