This is my personal packing list for camping and trekking. You may find few things extra and can use this list to take help for your packing. You can watch the whole video about my packing at the end of this blog.
IMPORTANT TIPS FOR BACKPACKING TRIP
1. Always pack light things
2. Prefer fold-able things, to utilize maximum space of your bag
3. Prepare for the emergency, not for leisure
4. Never rely on your partner, bring your own things
RESOURCES TO BUY TREKKING/ CAMPING EQUIPMENT IN PAKISTAN
Since many of you have asked to share resources where one can purchase camping/trekking gears so here is the list:
- Dominance.pk (5% discount code: BBT05)
- Hazari.com.pk
- Acsender.pk
- TheSportStore.pk
- Higher.com.pk
- Camps.pk
- Gearup.asia
- WALI E-MALL (for Bikers and campers)
- DARAZ.pk (open market for all kind of equipment)
- OLX.pk (Pick from the seller directly and save the shipping fees)
BAGS AND DOCUMENTS
- 60 – 80 Lit backpack
- Rain cover for bag
- Day bag (30-40 Lit) to keep daily essentials like food water, wind breaker
- Waist bag
- Dry bag
- Multiple organizer bags
- Laundry bags
- National ID card (and its photocopies)
- Driving License
- Your employee/business card
- Credit/Debit cards
- Ball point
- Wallet
WEARABLES
- Trouser
- Jeans
- Shorts
- T-shirt
- Trekking Joggers/shoes
- Flipflop/ sleeper
- Neck cover
- Round Hat
- P- Cap
- Winter Cap
- Arm covers-sleeves (to avoid sun contact)
- Small personal Towel
- Sun Shades/Glasses
- Thermals (For winters)
- Zipper (Wind breaker)
TOILETRIES
- Tooth brush
- Small paste
- Mouth freshener (paper mint)
- Shampoo sachet
- Small soap
- Paper soap
- Razor
- Shaving cream small
- Nail cutter
- Scissor
- Small comb
- Oil
- Small cutter
- Sewing pin + thread
- Tissue pack
- Deodorant
MEDICAL/ EMERGENCY KIT
- Disprine / Panadol for mild headaches and pain
- Pain killers for severe pains
- Stomach upset Medicines (Emodium)
- Anti Vomit medicines
- Sun Block cream
- Lip balm
- Sunny plast (for minor cuts)
- Medical doctor tape
- Safety pins
- Nimcol / ORS
- Bandage
- Balm/ Iodex
- Knee braces
TREKKING/ CAMPING GADGETS
- Camp with water sheets/cover
- Sleeping bag
- Sleeping mat
- Trekking poles
- Anti slip rubber grips (for mud and snow)
- Torch light
- Head light
- Water bottle hooks
- D-shape hooks
- Rain coat
- Emergency blanket
- Small Umbrella
- Small lighter (use it for cooking breakfast and other meals or bonfire)
- Whistle for emergency
- Small strings to ties camping sheets etc
- Anti cut gloves
- Air Pillow
- Foldable Water bottles
- Water bag with pipe
- Dust mask
- Foldable glass
- Rubber bands to tie something
- All mobile network Sim cards (to catch signals in mountains)
FOOD AND TRAVEL ESSENTIALS
- Travel neck pillow
- Eye mask
- Ear plugs
- Book/Novel
- Coffee (3 in 1) sachet
- Noodles
- Dry fruits
- Ready to eat food (FRESHMATE)
- Snacks & Chocolates
- Chewing gum
ELECTRONIC GADGETS
- Camera and batteries
- Power banks (solar is better)
- Blue tooth speakers
- Mobile and Chargers
- Travel sockets
- Old mobile with long battery life
- Water covers for mobile and DSLR
- Dry bag (rafting bag)
- Wrist watch/band
- Handsfree
- Empty USBs
- Car charger
- AUX cable (to connect mobile with car/jeep audio tape)
MY PERSONAL VLOGGING EQUIPMENT
- DSLR camera (Canon 6D and SONY A7iii)
- Drone (DJI MAVIC PRO and DJI MAVIC Air-2)
- 360 deg Camera (samsung)
- Action Cameras (Hero4, Hero7, SJ4000)
- Microphone during Travel (BOYA shotgun mic)
- Microphone for Voiceover recording (ZOOM H6 Black)
- Extra batteries of all cameras
- Tripods (big n small)
- Gimbal (Zhiyun Weebill-S)
- Head mount for GoPro camera
- Timelapse revolving mount
- Selfie Stick
- Extra memory cards
- OTG device (to connect USB with mobile)
- Charging extension board