Travel Comments - Backpacker Guide through Southern Africa

TravelComments.com packing list

Packing your backpack is always kinda mission. What to take with, what to leave back home? 20kgs already reached? Well, we recognize this problem and created this packing list to assist fellow travelers with getting organized before they start their journey. The list is definitely not exhaustive, but we tried our best.

The list contains four categories - "The Important Stuff", "Clothes", "Bags & Accessories", "MediKit"

The Important Stuff

ATM Card (Maestro and Cirrus are widely spread)
Credit Card (Visa or Mastercard)
some Travellers' Checks (just in case you have problems with your plastic money)
Passport (double-check validity)
Tickets
Visa
Photocopies of all important documents (keep them separated from the original docs)
Paper/Notebook (just something to write on)
Pen(s)
Address list and important contacts
Organizer/Diary
mobile phone (just in case) ... and don't forget the recharger

Bags & Accessories

Backpack (big enough, but not too big)
Small bag (e.g a daypack - for daytrips, shopping, beach)
Sleeping bag
Inlay for your sleeping bag
Money belt (probably the safest option to carry your documents and money around - as long as the doggy people don't know about it...)
Mozzie net (depending on where you are going... ways better than itchy mozzie bites and Malaria)
Alarm clock (just in case you need to get up early)

Clothes

Shoes/hiking boots (depending on what you want to do while on the road)
Sandals/thongs (or flip-flops)
Underwear
Socks
Warm jacket
Light jacket
Jeans
Trousers or pants
Sweater
Jumper
Swimming gear
Towels (a big and a small one)
T-shirts
Sarong
Skirt

MediKit

Bandage & plaster
Small scissor
Tweezers
Thermometer
Antiseptic
Antinausea
Antihistamine
Antidiarrhoea
Painkillers
Cold & flu tablets
Rehydration tablets/mixtures
Insect repellent and anti-itch cream
Sunscreen

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