Essentials
- Tickets
- Passport
- Money/Currency (Travellers Cheques, Credit cards, Local cash, Bank/debit card)
- Money belt/neck pouch
- Travel insurance - leave one copy of your policy at home and take one copy with you
- International Driver's Licence
- Address book and phone numbers - for relatives/friends back home and new friends you meet here
- Spare Plastic Bags
- Electrical Adaptor
Day Pack
- Water bottle (this can be filled from the tap in many of our destinations, your travel pack will contain more details)
- Warm Sweatshirt
- Snacks (packaged not fresh)
- Camera, film, extra batteries, spare memory stick
- iPod
- Sunscreen
- Lip Balm
- Torch
Toiletries
- Toothpaste
- Shampoo / Conditioner
- Soap
- Deodorant
- Comb/hairbrush
- Razor/shaving cream
- Mosquito repellent
- Moisturiser
- Cosmetics
- Mini-sewing kit
Medical
- Contact lens/glasses prescriptions - if you have a spare pair of glasses, bring them with you
- Prescriptions for any medications you may need - always carry medicines in correctly labelled (original) containers
- Cold/flu medications
- Doctor's certificates/vaccination certificates
- First aid kit - this does not need to be too large
- Bandages - Band-aids, compression bandages, etc.
- Travel sickness tablets
- Aspirin
- Antihistamine
- Calamine lotion
- Antiseptic
- Scissors (Remember these must be packed in your hold luggage as you will not be allowed to take these on your flight)
- Tweezers
- Safety pins
Clothing
- Water/wind proof raincoat
- Warm jacket
- Light jersey/sweatshirt
- Jeans
- T-shirts
- Shorts
- Smart casual items (dress pants, shirts, shoes)
- Casual evening wear (dress, skirts, slacks, shirt, jacket, dress shoes)
- Nightwear
- Swimming gear
- Light durable footwear
- Good/comfortable walking shoes/hiking boots
- Sandals
- Socks
- Beanie and/or sunhat
- Sunglasses
- Watch with alarm
