I’m stealing my own list listed earlier and updating it. I’m heading to Peru now which offers a broad range of packing peculiarities. I’ll be spending time in the Amazon rainforest at a resort that, when you arrive, offers up cold towels to refresh with. So hot and muggy is the name of the game. Then, if plans go as planned, I’ll be rafting in a deep gorge for 1-4 days. After which I hope to hook up with a 4 or 5 day Inca Trail trek where thermal underwear is highly suggested. I’ve also added some stuff that just came up in the past week. An important item I added was an additional back pack to take trekking. My Rick Steves® Convertible Carry On
(UPDATE: Since returning from the Peru trip, I have published a “What Worked and What Didn’t” post if you’re curious on what was most useful from the list)
Without further ado, here’s the list, revised:
Clothes and Such:
- 1 pair Light zip off pants
- 1 pair jeans
- 1 swimsuit
- 3 pairs Patagonia Active Boxer Briefs
- 1 travel shirt
- 2 t-shirts
- 3 pairs running socks
- 1 Powerstretch shirt
- 1 heavy polartech top
- 1 light polartech top
- 1 REI MultiTowel
- 1 rain jacket
- 1 Rain Pants
- 1 large
and one small water bottle
- REI Backpacker First Aid Kit
- 1 light thermal top
- 1 light thermal bottom
- Baseball hat
- light gloves
- flip flops
Toiletries
- pit stick
- shave lotion
- razor and extra blades
- soap (cut into small single use pieces)
- q-tips
- bandaids
- safety pins
- toothbrush
- toothpaste
- sunblock
- chapstick
- dental floss
- hand towel
- collapsible cup
Electronics
- Canon EOS 5D SLR Camera
- Canon EF 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6L IS USM Lens
- Canon PowerShot SD630
- small camera charger
- big camera charger
- spare small camera battery
- 4 spare Canon BP511A
batteries
- 2 16GB CF cards
- 3 Transcend 8GB CompactFlash Cards
- 2 Transcend 2GB Secure Digital Cards
- 1 Transcend 4GB Secure Digital Card (45x)
- Steripen
- Spot Satellite Messenger with GPS Tracking
- Amod AGL3080 GPS Data Logger
- Columbus V-900 Bluetooth GPS Voice Data Logger
(maybe)
- Headlamp
- 9-volt light
- laptop
- laptop power cord
- AAA/AA battery charger
- iPod Charger
(for Columbus unit) - USB camera sync cable
- travel power adapter (all electronics are dual voltage, no need for a converter)(and Peru has US style plugs, but some European)
- AA Lithium battery spares (2)
- AAA rechargeable spares (10)
- CR123 rechargeable batteries (4)
- AA rechargeable batteries (4)
- CR123 battery charger
- underwater case for small camera (rafting plans)
- Small travel inverter for plane
Other Stuff
- passport
- Dana Design day pack
- extra passport photos
- credit card
- bank card
- business cards
- titanium spork
- NUUN Active Hydration Tablets
- Immunization card
- aspirin
- tylenol
- toilet paper
- bandana
- snot rag
- pack cover
- money necklace thingy
- card with vital info (flights, pp#, cc#, etc…)
- book(s)
- journal
- small moleskine
- Latin American Spanish (Lonely Planet Phrasebooks)
- pen
- cash
- playing cards
- travel alarm
- Watch
- iodine pills
- sunglasses
- clothesline
- baglocks
- passport copy
- vitamins
- antibiotics
- activated charcoal
- motion sickness pills
- photos of family and home
- ear plugs
- clif bars
- sharkies
- bag o snacks
- Airborne
- Clif Shot Bloks
- throat lozenges
- reading glasses
- headphones
- duct tape
- cell phone
- bluetooth ear piece (for cell phone and Skype calls from laptop)
- Ziplock bags
- 2 dry bags
- travel first aid kit
Wow. And all of the above will fit in one bag??Could you tell us a bit about what lenses are you going to pack?
Cant wait to see the photos.
Hi Ovidiu!
Yes, it all fits in the one bag mentioned at the top. Well….the snacks are in their own bag to make them easy to grab.
I’m taking a single 28-300 lens. It’s big and heavy but I found it perfect for travel photography after a recent trip to Nepal (search here for Nepal for more info).
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