Based mostly totally on just a few years of journey experience, proper right here is the packing itemizing for 6-months of backpacking in Southern Africa and the Silk Road nations. I’ve on a regular basis been a lightweight packer (amongst my buddies I’m well-known for bringing too few clothes on journeys). Nonetheless, this time I am going to have pretty a lot of kilo’s in my backpack as I’m bringing my very personal tenting gear and fairly extra electronics/digicam instruments.
The packing itemizing is focused on backpacking in Southern Africa and West and Central Asia which means I need to prepare for:
- Terribly scorching days
- Watersports
- Mountaineering / safari
- Lined garments (e.g. prolonged pants, prolonged sleeved shirts and head scarves)
- Restricted entry to clean water (some components of Africa/Central Asia)
For a lot of who’ve an curiosity, in some situations I moreover specified the exact mannequin/product.
This textual content was updated in December 2018.
Uncover the Dutch mannequin of this textual content proper right here.
Packing itemizing for six months of backpacking Africa and the Silk Road
Backpack gear
Study further about The appropriate technique to Choose Your Backpack proper right here. All through the day I usually placed on a small crossover bag together with a daypack (or totebag). This journey I am going to most probably moreover start sporting a money belt. The Pacsafe 5L safe is admittedly helpful in your valuables when staying in hostels. I’m a large fan of mini flash lights. I join them to my bag or pants, so that I on a regular basis have one with me.
- Backpack 65 L (Fjallraven)
- Flight bag / Rain cowl 2 in 1 (Lowland)
- Daypack 24 L (Osprey)
- Small crossover bag (second-hand)
- Money belt
- Secret bra pouch
- Canvas tote bag (O My Bag)
- Padlock
- Pacsafe 5L journey safe
- Rope / washing line
- Mini key chain photograph voltaic flash light
- Headlight
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Backpacking garments
By the use of garments I try to pack clothes that merely combine and don’t take so much home. A vibrant scarf is beneficial to have with you for chill air-conditioning buses, to cowl your arms for the photo voltaic or simply to brighten up your outfit. Notably, when touring solo I generally tend to embellish on the modest facet.
- 1 pair of outside trousers (Fjallraven)
- 1 pair of thin harem pants
- 1 pair of shorts
- 1 pair of jeans (further, in all probability not needed)
- 5 straightforward shirts
- 1 skinny jumpsuit
- 1 vest
- 1 waterproof jacket (The North Face)
- 1 vibrant skinny scarf
- Swimming placed on (bikini / board shorts)
- Underwear
- 3 pair of socks
- Pajamas
- Cap
- Sunnies
Sneakers
For all backpacking journeys, three pairs usually do the trick. You solely need climbing footwear/sport footwear, flipflops and sandals.
- Waterproof climbing footwear (Hanwag)
- Flipflops (I Panama)
- Strolling sandals (Keen)
My backpacking toiletries / nicely being merchandise
I try to ship as little toiletries as potential, nevertheless someway I nonetheless ended up with this very prolonged itemizing. As I on a regular basis get bitten by mosquito’s, I’m bringing further anti-mosquito merchandise. That’s the main time I’ll be bringing water disinfectant, nonetheless it might present useful all through the water shortage in Southern Africa in the intervening time.
- Shampoo 2 in 1
- Toothbrush & toothpaste
- Deodorant
- Day cream along with SPF 50
- Anti-mosquito spray (Care Plus)
- Make-up (eyeliner, mascara)
- Facial refreshing tissues
- Little mirror
- Pincet, scissors and razors
- Perfume mini
- Kleenex
- Lipbalsem with SPF (Care Plus SPF 50)
- Waterproof photo voltaic lotion (Care Plus SPF)
- Hand sanitizer
- Hair brush
- Anti-diarrea tablets / ORS / anti motion sickness
- If needed: totally different treatment / tampons
- Small plastic baggage
- If needed: 1 bottles of lens cleaner / evening time lenses
- Hadex water disinfectant (Care Plus)
- Hammam towel
- Bathroom baggage (Burton / Smaak Amsterdam, bought by means of travelbags.nl)
Journey electronics
I can’t journey with out my DSLR and (with exception of sleeping) it’s on a regular basis spherical my neck. I moreover bought a GoPro, which I haven’t used so much up to now. Hope to utilize it a bit further on this journey, nonetheless it’s so much hassle having two fully totally different digicam’s. I acquired’t be taking my laptop computer laptop or capsule. Often, I moreover ship a polaroid digicam, nevertheless sadly there’s not ample home for another digicam.
- {Photograph} digicam with two lenses (I’ve the DSLR Canon Rebel T2i 550D {photograph} digicam and a 17-50 mm Tamron lens and 18-200 mm Canon lens)
- Lens hood
- Video digicam (I’ve the GoPro 4 Silver with GoPro chest mount and three in 1 mount)
- Polaroid digicam (I ship a polaroid digicam on just a few of my journeys)
- Memory enjoying playing cards (I’ve a lot of Sandisks enjoying playing cards)
- Corresponding cables/chargers
- Iphone 5
- Mobile arduous drive
- Vitality monetary establishment
Tenting instruments
Just some totally different bloggers already gave good beginner tenting strategies for neutral adventurers!
Mountaineering instruments
These days, I moreover on a regular basis ship some climbing/trekking instruments on my backpacking journeys!
- Trekking poles
- Rain poncho (low value one euro plastic one)
- Vitality bars / gels
Paperwork/money/books
I moreover wrote an article about The appropriate technique to Preserve Your Money Safe Whereas Touring.
- Money enjoying playing cards (1x VISA, 1x Mastercard and 2x debit enjoying playing cards)
- E-dentifier
- Padi card
- Worldwide medical medical health insurance card and journey insurance coverage protection data (copies on-line)
- Copies of passport and of the money enjoying playing cards (inc. data on blocking) (copies on-line)
- Flight tickets (moreover on-line)
- Vaccination information
- Additional portrait pictures for official use
- Pen and pocket ebook
- Passport (copies on-line)
- Some USD
- Guidebook (I’ve the Lonely Planet Southern Africa in paper mannequin and the Lonely Planet South Africa and Namibia/Botswana as a PDF on my cellphone)
- Finding out information (I’ll be bringing Prolonged Stroll to Freedom by Nelson Mandela)
- Small presents out of your property nation to giveaway!
‘Istanbul package deal deal’ packing itemizing
My buddies are visiting me in Istanbul! Because it’s the great different to swab some clothes and books, I requested my buddies to ship this package deal deal.
- Lonely Planet Turkey
- Lonely Planet Iran
- Lonely Planet Central Asia
- 1 prolonged blouses with prolonged sleeves
- A joke
- Legging
- Skinny black pashmina
- Water filter
- Some toiletries
Don’t ship!
- Too many clothes and/or toiletries
- Jewelry / valuables
- Pointless units (I don’t ship heavy stuff like laptops, ipads and lots of others.)
- Pillows
Care Plus and Travelbags.nl have been so selection to sponsor just a few of the above-mentioned merchandise! Views and opinions are, as on a regular basis, my very personal. I updated this itemizing in 2018 on basis of my latest packing itemizing.
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