General Items
- Walking boots
- Light sandals or plimsolls to wear in the lodges
- Rucksack
- Sleeping bag (4 seasons)
- Warm jacket (Ideally a duck down jacket)
- 2 pairs of underwear
- 2 pairs of walking socks
- 2 warm shirts/ thin fleece
- I pair thin thermal under trousers.
- Long trousers for walking (or long skirt for women)
- T shirt
- Shorts
- Swimming costume (for the hot springs in Tatopani-Annapurna Only )
- Gloves (It's cold on the Thorung La, Laurebina Pass and Cho La)
- Warm hat which covers your ears (For the Kali Gandaki and Thorung La - it's windy)
- Base ball cap or broad brim hat to keep the sun off (Australian Barmah recommended)
- Sunglasses (vital)
- Sun cream
- Soap and soap dish
- Small towel
- Toothbrush and toothpaste.
- Map
- Sheet of plastic (Use as a poncho if it rains)
- 1 roll of toilet paper. You can buy more on the way.
- 2 large plastic bags. One for smelly clothes, one for things which must be kept dry.
- Headtorch (mostly to look at paintings in the gompas)
- Small good quality padlock
- Waterbottle
- Iodine tablets for water purification
The nice to have items are
- Nelles Verlag map
- Compass
- Umbrella
- Goretex Jacket
- Notebook and pen
- Crampons