List of Things to Carry on Hiking or Trekking Trip

Here we highly suggested things for a typical multi-day trek in Nepal; some treks have tea houses, whereas others involve camping and equipment. Your gear bag size mainly depends on whether you have porters on your trip or not. Porters generally bring a daypack with drinks, food, a camera, and rain cover. Those without porters need a bigger pack to accommodate all their personal supplies and sleeping gear. Some trekking things can be bought in Nepal, but it is not required to buy sensitive outdoor gear. Trekkers can rent in Thamel, Kathmandu for suggestion please kindly mail us.

Sleeping

• Tent (necessary for treks with camping only)
• Sleeping bag (–15° bag will be sufficient on most treks)*
• Sleeping pad
• Silk liner

Hiking

• Backpack (size depends on whether or not you have porters)
• Hiking boots* (break them in beforehand)
• Camp shoes (your reward after a long day)
• Wool socks (bring a few pairs of varying thickness)
• Lightweight trekking pants
• Trekking shorts
• T-Shirts (lightweight wool is great)
• Underwear

Cold Weather

• Long underwear/Wool thermals
• Sweater
• Fleece
• Waterproof jacket and pants
• Heavyweight pants for high elevations (also good for camp)
• Heavy down jacket (can be rented in Kathmandu)
• Winter hat
• Winter gloves
   

Accessories

• Water purification (pump, tablets, or SteriPen; bring from home)
• Water bottles (at least 3 liters total capacity)
• Baseball cap (the sun is strong at all elevations)
• Hiking poles (lessen the impact on your joints)
• Sunglasses (essential when you cross snow line)
• Head lamp with extra batteries
• Reading materials (Kindle may be best)
• Journal and pens
• Camera with extra batteries
• Daypack (for your rain jacket, snacks, camera, etc.)
• Heavy-duty duffle bag (preferred by porters)
• Gators (some people wear them but they are not mandatory)

Personal Supplies

• Sun screen
• Hand sanitizer
• Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, deodorant, floss, etc.)
• Biodegradable bar soap
• Face/body wipes
• Biodegradable washing liquid
• Throat lozenges, lip balm
• Medications (Ibuprofen, others if necessary)

Extras

• Duct tape (fixes just about everything, at least temporarily. To avoid carrying an entire roll wrap the desired amount around a pencil)
• First aid kit (with moleskin for blisters)
• Extra passport photos and photocopies of your passport