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Patagonia Packing List for a 15-Day Trip

A North Face fleece was a must for my Patagonia packing list

Feeling cozy in my North Face fleece

G Adventures provides detailed packing lists for all of their tours, including a Patagonia packing list, which makes this part of the trip planning super easy.

Aside from hiking clothes, there's little reason the typical traveler would need to go shopping in advance of the End of the Earth tour to Patagonia.

For about $8/day, you'll be able to rent a sleeping bag for the two nights of camping in Torres del Paine National Park, and any specialized gear required for (optional) activities is provided at that time.

Below is a breakdown of my preferred Patagonia packing list, similar to the list provided by G Adventures, but based on my belongings as if I were only making this trip as a stand-alone vacation.

Patagonia Packing List

Backpacks

  • Large Gregory Chaos backpack
  • Regular size daypack

Clothing

Electronics

Miscellaneous

Documents & Money

Note: American citizens must pay $160 to enter Argentina, and $131 to enter Chile, or $291 total. It's easier to pay this by debit or credit, given concerns over damaged and counterfeit bills.

  • Money belt
  • Passport and any required entry visas for Argentina and Chile
  • Immunization yellow book
  • G Adventures voucher (to be provided to tour leader)
  • Proof of travel/health insurance (to be delivered to tour leader)
  • Airline tickets
  • Cash – several hundred US Dollars, and several hundred Argentine Pesos
  • Debit card
  • Credit card (back-up)

The critical thing to remember when packing for most trips is that you can almost always buy necessary clothing or other stuff along the way.

This Patagonia trip, for example, starts in Buenos Aires, where you can pick up just about anything last minute (save for something like an iPhone or laptop which may have limited availability or significantly higher cost).

After writing this, in fact, I'm about to go find myself a 3-pronged AC adapter for the funky wall outlets they have in this country.

End of the Earth Tour: Discover South America's most beautiful scenery, including majestic mountains and massive glaciers. Click here for the full itinerary.

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Disclosure: This Patagonia tour is in partnership with G Adventures. The opinions expressed are entirely my own.

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T

Tuesday 20th of March 2012

Dave, your a wealth of info, good blog. Any recs on a one month vacation? I'm stuck between Cusco and Nepal, but open to anything. Keep up the good work!

Dave

Wednesday 21st of March 2012

Depends on your interests (sounds like mountains), timing, and where you're flying from. I had a great time in both places. I loved my trek in Nepal (April is 2nd best time after October). I loved Nepal period.

I would recommend it over Cusco and Machu Picchu any day. But you have to get the timing right. Pokhara starts getting cloudy by late April, early May, and then the monsoon season starts, so it's mostly pointless to go trekking until September rolls around. There's other stuff to do, but the Himalaya are worth seeing if you're going all that way.

Trekking to Machu Picchu was cool, but shorter (4-5 days vs the 10 day trek I did in Nepal). Cusco is nice, but I enjoyed the Tibetan/Nepali culture more. Sounds bad to say it, and I loved Peru, but I'd pick Nepal over Peru. The plus side for Machu Picchu is you can really go any time except February.

Kevin Post

Saturday 3rd of March 2012

I can never go back to cotton socks. The day I tried smartwool and darn tough merino wool socks I was hooked for life and it's now the only type of sock I wear. I am also a huge fan of Icebreaker base layers for many reasons, I highly recommend you check out their website for more information.

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