Recommended packing list:
- Documents:
- Personal medication and first aid kit, including sun screen
- Small first-aid kit
- Personal toiletries
- Hiking boots/shoes/sandals – according to the time of the year and your intentions for your stay here.
- Flip-flops/thongs for using Indian bathrooms and shower, although these are being provided in most cases
- Jacket(s)/ warm sweaters
- Rain jacket
- T-shirts
- Underwear
- Socks
- Trousers
- Shawl (for women wanting to enter religious sights – you can also buy a shawl, called “dupatta,” in a local shop here)
- Depending on where you intend to stay and if you prefer: your own bedsheet, pillowcase, duvet cover; sleeping bag
- Small umbrella
- Backpack
- Mobile phone/camera
- Sun hat
- torch/flashlight
- Ladies: feminine hygiene products (tampons are hardly available)
- Hairdryer, if you need one
- a travel adapter, depending on the country you’re from
If you travel here outside the summer season, we recommend bringing some more warm clothes to wear underneath or on top, since houses and hotels usually don’t have central heating.
