Our porters will assist us on the trek, but it’s best to bring only the essentials to Nepal.
We request that you limit your baggage weight on internal flights to 15kg, including carry-on luggage.
We suggest using a rucksack style bag or a soft and durable bag for the trek. When we arrive at Lukla, you can give your big bag to our porters to carry for you. You can keep a day bag with items you might like to keep with you such as, your wallet, camera, snacks, water, wind jacket etc.
It is possible to leave bags or items in Kathmandu and we will arrange for these to be transferred to the Hyatt Regency when we return to the city.
Here is what you should bring. Remember all of these items can be bought in Kathmandu:
- Your passport, travel documents, and photocopies of your travel insurance policy
- Comfortable, loose-fitting and durable clothing such as:
- Good quality trekking shoes
- Good quality thick and warm socks. Sometimes people like to wear two pairs of socks while trekking
- Good quality trousers that are waterproof and have a warm inner lining
- A warm waterproof jacket and a wind jacket if you like
- Long johns or leggings as an extra layer under your pants
- Sun protection: hat, sunglasses, sun block
- Walking poles, if required
- Warm gloves suitable for trekking
- Other warm clothing; and lighter clothing for the sunny days
- Good quality warm sleeping bag. However, Amber says we can rent excellent sleeping bags for about $1 a day in Nepal and buy sleeping bag liners for $3. We can organise this for you, so let us know
- Water bottle
- Water purification tablets (consider this as an alternative to buying bottled water along the trek as Nepal has a huge sustainability issue with plastic and waste management)
- Snacks
- Torch
- Katags for offerings (You will be able to purchase these in Kathmandu and at Namche Bazaar)
- Cash to buy items and make offerings along the way: Nepalese Rupees and US Dollars to exchange
- Medicines and vitamins
- Toiletries
Other items that you may like to include:
- Sleeping bag liner
- Inflatable pillow
- Water filter
- Flip-flops (thongs)