In addition to the trip specific recommendations, we have listed the most important things.

Tour

General

• A bottle of water (1 liter)
• passport (some areas / transportation need the passport for access)
• Money (Soles and USD)
• belly bag (for money and passports). It’s safer as a Rucksack.
• Snack, chocolate or energizing candies
• Camera
• Warm and light clothing (nights are in general cold, especially in Cusco (day: up to 25 °C / night: ~ 5 °C)). Mountain areas are in general cold.

Personal protection

• sunglasses
• sun cream
• headgear
• solid shoes:
  • Mountain areas: trekking shoes
  • City areas: solid shoes
• small first aid kit
  • Antibacterial Gel
  • wound disinfection
  • plaster in general
  • plaster for blister
  • painkiller (helps also against altitude sickness).
• Rain protection (especially in rain season, December to April)

 

Hiking (in addition to the personal protection):

• Hiking shoes
• Hiking trousers
• Functional clothes
• Rain protection (especially in rain season, December to April)
• Optional: Hiking sticks

 

Hotels

• Water to drink and brush the teeth (We don’t recommend using the tab water)
• Warm Pyjamas (the nights are cold, and mostly no heating is installed). They are using several layers of thick and heavy blankets.
• House shoes / Bad shoes (also good to go swimming in hot springs)