Packing

COURSE	WHAT TO BRING			REMARKS
Day-trekking	１	Bathing suits	Convenient	you need it when you go to hot springs or bathing in cascades/waterfalls
	２	Comfortable Shoes	Must-bring	when you go on a long hike on mountains, for more than one hour, preferable to bring sports shoes.
	３	Shorts with long sleeves and long trousers	Must-bring	in order to protect you from branches or wild grass. Still recommend to wear some even during summer seasons from March to May.
	４	Towels	Must-bring	to wipe your faces or bodies when you get wet or sweat.
	５	Hats or Caps	Must-bring	to protect you from sunstroke while you walk in the sun or riding on a boat.
	６	Bug repellent	Convenient	pyrethrum coil, Bug spray or lotion
	７	Kleenex	Convenient	or Tissue paper
	８	Medicine Cabinet	Convenient	disinfectant or adhesive in addition to medicines you take regularly.
	９	Drinking water	Must-bring	very important to carry water supplies to keep you from heat stroke or dehydration
	１０	Raincoat	Convenient	for rainy seasons (from July to October) and winter seasons (from November to February) for foggy weather. Also important to keep you warm while traveling.
Sleepover Trekking	Same as Day-trekking course(1-10)
	１１	Extra clothes	Must-bring	it can be convenient if you bring additional clothes (especially underclothes more than necessary.)
	１２	Toilet kit	Must-bring	toothbrush, toothpaste
	１３	Winter clothes	Must-bring	villages are located on the "top"of mountains, and it normally becomes colder. It gets down to 5 degrees Celsius, especially from December to February. Recommend to bring more clothes than you think necessary so you can sleep well at night.
	１４	Flashlight	Convenient	villages normally don't have electricity.
	１５	Sleeping bag	Convenient	you can still borrow ones from families you stay but convenient if you bring yours.

About passports and money/valuables of yours
About passports	It is essential that you (non-Thai) are required to carry your passport with you all the time while you stay in Thailand. However, it is recommended that you bring the copy of your passport so you don't lose the passport while trekking in case you want to leave your passport to safekeeping like safety boxes. NB: Parts you need to copy from your passport are, pages with your picture, disembarkation card (stamp) to Thailand and so on.
money/valuables	Our trekking tours include meals, and it is not necessary to bring lots of cash with you since we will not take you to shops that sell expensive souvenirs or jewelry during our tours. In addition, it is recommended you not carry cash more than necessary during tours so you can minimize the risk that you encounter troubles. For your info, it is kindly suggested to bring sufficient amounts of small cash as 20 bahts bills if necessary. (Small villages in the mountain areas might not have charges for large bills.) During tours, we kindly advise that you take care of your belongings such as your passport, money or valuables.
In addition, we kindly recommend that you obtain "a short-term" travelers insurance policy before your departure.

About packing

We recommend that you not carry a bunch of stuff, but as little and as possible, no heavy stuff, if it is a long distance trip.
" There is an option that you can buy a porter service from Hilltribes unless you can carry your stuff by yourself. We can arrange the services from the charge of 200 bahts.
" We can also arrange an assistant guide in addition to a regular guide upon your request.
" We provide short term storage services for you unless you carry all of your luggage with you during your trip.
" We also provide small backpack services, limited number of them though.
Please feel free to ask us for further information and their prices.

About cold protection

It becomes very cold during winter seasons (December through February), and we strongly recommend you take care of yourself with your own cold protection while your host villages prepare blankets or sleeping bags for you. We still suggest that you bring several thin clothes instead of one thick clothing, so you sleep warm at night.

From our past experience, we have warmed up our customers by keeping a bonfire all through the night while they slept in sleeping bags with four or five of blankets.