Camping & wild nights
Camping, huts, remote reserves and destinations best seen on multi-day trips.
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What to pack
- Shelter suited to the place - Tent, tarp or hut booking - match it to the terrain and rules. Find on Amazon โ
- A warm sleeping bag + mat - Rated a little colder than you expect the nights to be. Find on Amazon โ
- Headtorch + spare batteries - Your main light source once the sun is down. Find on Amazon โ
- Stove, fuel and a lighter - Check whether fuel can fly, or buy it on arrival. Find on Amazon โ
- Water treatment - Filter, tablets or a boil plan for backcountry water sources. Find on Amazon โ
- Know the fire and wild-camping rules - Legal in some countries, banned in others; never light fires in a drought.
- Leave no trace - Pack out all rubbish and camp only where it is allowed.
Some links on this page are Amazon affiliate links - if you buy through them we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only list the kind of gear we would pack ourselves. Check the season and the official source for each place before you go.
๐จ๏ธ Printable checklist โWhere this comes in handy 2072 places
beach
Bay of Fires
national park
Cape Le Grand National Park
viewpoint
Cape York and the Tip
ruins
Cockatoo Island (Wareamah)
canyon
Karijini National Park
national park
Purnululu (the Bungle Bungle Range)
winery region
The Barossa Valley
viewpoint
The Great Ocean Road
national park
Wilsons Promontory
national park
Gesause National Park
old town
Hallstatt
mountain
Schneeberg
theatre
The Vienna State Opera
bridge
Mostar and the Old Bridge
national park
Chapada Diamantina
old town
Ouro Preto
forest
Algonquin Provincial Park
national park
Auyuittuq National Park
island
Gwaii Haanas
national park
Nahanni National Park Reserve
monument
Ottawa and the Rideau Canal
viewpoint
The Athabasca Sand Dunes
theatre
The Stratford Festival
island
The Thousand Islands
archaeological site
Writing-on-Stone
monument
The Salt Pans and Slave Huts
old town
N'Djamena
mountain
Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains)
dish
Lanzhou Beef Noodles
mountain
Mount Emei
lake
Namtso Lake
old town
Pingyao Ancient City
fortress
The Fujian Tulou
viewpoint
The Longji Rice Terraces
canyon
Tiger Leaping Gorge
old town
Wuzhen
botanical garden
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden
old town
Zhouzhuang Water Town
national park
Mljet National Park
national park
Paklenica National Park
old town
Trogir
old town
Cesky Krumlov
archaeological site
Abu Simbel
national park
The White Desert
national park
Wadi El Hitan (Valley of the Whales)
lake
Lake Peipus
tradition
Everyman's Right
national park
Lemmenjoki National Park
national park
Linnansaari National Park
national park
Nuuksio National Park
trail
Turku Archipelago Trail
national park
Urho Kekkonen National Park
monument
Mont-Saint-Michel
cable car
Pic du Midi de Bigorre
trail
The GR20
old town
Bamberg Old Town
old town
Lubeck Old Town
old town
Rothenburg ob der Tauber
trail
The Rennsteig
archaeological site
Delphi
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