Andes - Galapagos - Amazon
What to pack?!?…
You will have a lot of these days in Latin America. No matter if you travel with us to Ecuador, Galapagos, Colombia or Venezuela.
Days where you leave your Hotel, Lodge or Hacienda, do loads of activities and return exhausted and happy in the evening.
You want to travel light on the excursions, so here are a few tips to stay flexible and efficient. We tell you what is an absolute must-have in your backpack.
In general:
A backpack
With a volume of around 20 liters, light-weight and simple.
A water bottle
Reuseable. Filled.
Some kind of identification
ID, passport.
Money
For those in-between beers, souvenirs or tips.
Tissues
Band-Aids
For blisters and cuts.
Sunscreen
We would always carry SPF50. And reef safe.
Hat
With a wide brim. A very important thing to pack!
Phone / Camera
Mosquito repellent
Preferably with DEET or Icaridin as active ingredients. But use wisely due to its questionable impact on nature.
Binoculars
Sunglasses
Pocket knife
Raincoat
Andes
Dress in order to change as fast as the weather up here. Long pants, layers for sunny, cloudy and rainy days. A windbreaker and raincoat/poncho. Good hiking shoes.
For higher altitudes also gloves and a wooly hat, maybe trekking poles.
Galapagos
Here it depends on where you go for the day: activities at the sea, the highlands, or both.
For the sea, a bathing suit is a must, a small towel, easy drying clothes.
Water shoes, for wearing on the boat and for those rocky seabeds really come in handy. A waterproof camera or case for your phone.
In the highlands, on longer hikes a raincoat is useful, especially on Isabela island.
Amazon
Rubber boots and a rain poncho are usually provided by the lodges, so two things less you have to think about. Long pants are suggested here, stuffed in your boots, for walks in the rainforest. Also mosquito-repellent is a must throughout the day, especially at dawn or dusk.
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