PACKING LIST

Travel list:

• Passport - please not: passport application can take up to 6 months and your passport needs two clean pages.

• Airline tickets/reservations

• Travel and trip insurance

• Cash/credit card to use in stores when buying curious - notify your credit card company that you are coming to South Africa

Clothing:

• Hunting shirts - long/short sleeves in khaki, cream, olive or camouflage

• Loose fitting pants or jeans

• Shorts - zip off pants work very well

• Underwear                     

• 4 pairs of socks

• T-shirts

• Sweater

• 1 warm jacket, fleece or waterproof windbreaker with hoodie

• Ball cap/hunting hat

• Vest

• Gloves

• Shoes - lightweight, comfortable shoes to hunt in (not warm heavy duty hunting boots)

• Comfortable shoes or sandals to wear around camp

• You have to dress in layers

• Mornings and late evenings can be cool - 30-40 ℉

• It warms up fast to 60-70F and some months it can rise to 80-90 ℉

• Washing is done daily – bring 3/4 sets of clothes

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Gear:

• Rifle and ammunition (please check section on rifle importation)

• Airline approved rifle case to transport rifle in

• Soft gun case and gun cleaning kit

• Binoculars

• Knife - optional

• Camera with extra batteries/chargers and memory chips

• Electrical travel adapter (South Africa uses 220 V electricity)

• Small flashlight

Personal gear:

• Small medical kit containing prescription medication, headache medication, band aids, allergy medication, diarrhoea medication, anti-itch cream, lip balm

• Insect repellant

• Sunblock

• Shampoo, toothpaste and toothbrush, soap, shaving etc.

• Washcloth

• Kleenex/tissues

Other suggested items:

• Small battery operated alarm clock

• A journal to document your experiences

• Address book with phone numbers and/or email addresses of people at home that you might want to call or send pictures of what you have shot while you are in South Africa