Laid everything out on the floor first, as the list instructs. The list then lay down beside it, as if it expected to be packed too. Everything else went in the bag. The list went in my pocket, where it spent the whole trip adding things I had already brought.
— TallyField kits
A short, sourced list for each kind of place in our guide: what parks, authorities and operators ask visitors to bring, and why. No ranking, no brands, and nothing here has been tested by us.
Road trips
Long empty stretches, no signal and winter tyres: what park and road authorities ask drivers to carry.
56 placesSmall islands & boats
Ferries that wait for the weather, islands with no shop, and bags that need checking before you land.
91 placesLakes & northern forest
Cold water, biting insects, bears and floatplanes that wait for the cloud to lift.
7 placesAltitude
How high the high places in our guide are, with the source for every figure.
7 placesRainforest & reef
Heat, insects, stingers and coral: what parks and health authorities ask you to bring and leave behind.
44 placesIce & high latitudes
Wet landings, layers and biosecurity checks for the polar places.
24 placesDesert & salt
Sun, water and glare on the dunes, pans and salt flats.
32 places