We provide a kit bag (for your goods to be carried by porter). During the trek and when staying at tea houses, they provide you with foam mattresses. If you are on camping trek, we provides the mattresses, tents etc. You may bring your own down jacket and sleeping bag or you may purchase (one quarter of price in KTM) or hire for around US$ 1 per item daily. Please ensure that you have “well broken- in boots" – before commencing your trek in Nepal
General:
- Lightweight well broken- in boots
- During the day time - light weight cotton pants, shorts, wrap around skirt.
- At night -track top, pants
- Cotton T-shirts.
- Long sleeve cotton shirt, if susceptible to sunburn.
- Sun hat - sunburn is severe at rarefied altitudes.
- Thick outer wooden socks, thin inner cotton
- Vaseline for feet and crutch.
- Water bottle - 2 liters.
- Iodine to purify water
- Swimming suit
- Sunglasses and strap
- Toilet paper and cig. Lighter, Toilet paper can be bought in Kathmandu and some villages in the mountains.
- Small headlamp/flashlight /torch with spare batteries.
- Personal medicines including band - aids, elastic bandage
- Pocket knife and sewing kit
- Sunscreen, sun bock, sun - tan lotion.
- Small daypack - 25 liters. Rain jacket - poncho style to cover backpack.
- Water proof pant
- First aid kit, if you feel it necessary to have your own
- Small towels
During winter Treks:
- Warm down fiber filled jacket.
- Sleeping bag -15c with inner sheet
- Thermal underwear, woolen shirts and thick sweaters.
- Flannel shirt
- Beanie with ear flaps
- A pair of gloves
- Snow glasses and strap
- Snow gaiters
Additional Items:
- Sandals or slip on shoes
- Camera and film
- Spare boot laces
- Large plastic bag to line kit bag, day pack and for dirty clothes
Additional suggestion:
- Back pack: For travel and trekking in Nepal a back pack is more suitable than a suit case or things like that. If you are planning trekking/ hiking, a sturdy and comfortable back pack and day pack is essential. You should have your back pack expertly fitted to you before your departure. Your back pack should also have a water proof cover.
- Sleeping bag: Down-filled Sleeping bags are better for Nepal tour and trekking specially when trekking in the high altitude.. Good down is fluffy, light and thick. A muff (an extra section around the neck) makes a big difference to the overall warmth of a bag. Reasonable sleeping bags are cheaply available for rent or buying in Kathmandu.
- Sleeping bag liner: Cotton, silk or fleece. Saves from having to wash your sleeping bag and adds warmth.
- Down jacket/Gore-Tex: This Jacket is needed for trekking up to 3200m and above where the temperature gets relatively low. If you do not already have it and would like to use during the Nepal trek only then they can be rented in Kathmandu fairly cheap.
- Fleece jacket: Most trekkers consider this essential, but alternatives are a thick thermal top or a light down jacket. In Kathmandu you can get almost any sorts of fleece you need.
- Rain Jacket/ Wind Shell: The jacket should be very water repellent and roomy.
- Layering: Keeping the proper temperature is best accomplished by adding or taking off layers of clothing. While hiking during the day, you may be in shorts or skirt and a long-sleeved shirt. During the evening, as the temperature cools, you will add a sweater and, perhaps, a parka. Bringing the items outlined below will ensure that you are adequately prepared. Make sure that your clothing is sized to allow your layers comfortably.
- Toiletries: shampoo, soap, scissors, hair products, tooth brush and tooth paste, tissues, sun cream, chap stick, antiseptic hand wipes, face washer etc.
- Daypack: This should be comfortable and a good waist band that transfers some of the weight to the hips is most important. It needs to be big enough to take a jacket, fleece, water, camera and odds and ends. Kathmandu now offers a range of cheap fall-part packs to top of the range.
- Footwear: One pair of sturdy light to middle-weight hiking boots. Typically these are combination of nylon and leather. We suggest boots with a Gore-tax lining to be waterproof. These types of shoes have a lug sole for good traction and provide lateral support for the ankles that is essential while hiking (for example; the Vasquez Clarion and the A solo Approach). Heavy-weight all-leather backpacking boots are not recommended. Be sure your footwear is broken in and fits well. Boots should fit comfortably over one thin liner sock and a mid-weight wool sock. This reduces chafing and blisters. Tennis shoes or sandals are also useful for in camp use or bathing.
- Socks: Four pairs of liner socks. Four pairs of mid-weight wool socks. Socks and footwear should be coordinated for a proper fit.
- Camp shoes/sandals: A luxury for your feet at the end of the day. They can be bought in Kathmandu and are fairly priced. They are a necessary for showers during the Everest and Annapurna treks.
- Thermal shirts/underwear: Good thermals, both tops and bottoms are the best for cold weather in trekking.
- Nightwear thermals: Useful during the cold nights. Silk-weight is lightest and warm.
- Fleece/sweatpants: Good for the cold evening and morning.
- Day-wear T-shirts/Shirts: On the lower altitude trekking weather will be hot, T-shirts and shirts are recommended.
- Trekking pants: Recommended to have 2 pairs
- Wind pants: If your trekking pants are reasonably windproof then special wind pants are not needed. If you do bring a pair, it is not necessary to have Gore-tex. Similar, non-waterproof is quite OK.
- Underwear: Regular everyday type.
- Neck gaiter: For winter trekking they are really the best for staying warm.
- Trekking poles: Trekking poles are very useful especially for downhill treks and when walking through the slippery trails.
- Sunglasses: Good wraparound glasses suitable for snow and contact lens if you wear them.
- Mittens/gloves: A good pair of wind-proof gloves is essential. You can buy them in Kathmandu cheaply if you don’t have it.
- Sun hat/woolen hat: Trekking in spring and summer in the lower altitude is hotter with the sun shining the whole day. You can bring the hat or small cap to protect from sunburn. For the higher altitude trek, please bring the woolen hat to keep your head warm as it can get very cold and windy.
- First aid kit: All our trekking or tour leaders carry the first aid kit box including the medicine for altitude sickness and diarrhea. Still if you would like then you can bring your own personal medical kit that you think is more appropriate. At times originally prescribed medicine proves to be more effective than what we provide here.
- Water purifier: They are useful in purifying the water. Look around for the good ones.
- Water bottle: Generally two water bottles are recommend - 1 liters bottles, bring the good one to take boiling water and be leak proof, European Aluminum bottles are best.
- Torch / Flashlight: Flash light or head lamp is necessary.
- Towel: You will need one small and light weight towel for trekking
- Sunscreen and lip balm: The sun is usually very strong at higher altitude, especially after the snow fall. SPF 15, and better still SPF 30+ are recommended. You can buy them in Kathmandu
- Moisturizer: The air is dry and windier with dust flowing in some part of the trek so appropriate moisturizer is recommended.