Our favourite travel essentials
Luggage & Travel bags
We already have our Low Alpine backpacks for over 10 years so the exact same ones do not exist anymore but this one comes quite close.
We love to travel with our backpacks but you need a flight bag to protect it and make sure nothing can be taken from your pack
The same counts for the daypack, which we’ve had for over 10 years as well. By now it’s quite stained but still working like it’s supposed to.
We never travel without these luggage organisers. Just stack them in your backpack and you never have to search through your whole bag again
- Etosha National Park -
Photography Gear
We’ve had a Canon EOS 1100D for a while and it’s not in production anymore. The 2000D is the replacement with a better photo and video resolution and a EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 III Lens.
I was happy with the lens that came with the Canon but when I got into photography a bit more, I felt a bigger lens was needed for our safari trips. And we went for the Sigma with a 18-300mm F3.5-6.3 Macro lens.
You want to keep your camera and lenses clean and this Amazon Basics Cleaning Kit for DSLR Cameras is ideal because it has lens tissues, brushes, cleaning pas, air blower and cleaning cloths.
This protection filter is for UV protection of your lens and reduces ultraviolet light, helps eliminate bluish cast in images and protects your lens from dust, dirt, and scratches.
You never want to run out of memory for al your great images. This SanDisk is compatible with SDHC/SDXC and SDHC-I/SDXC-I devices. If you need more there is also a 256GB version.
We bought this mini tripod (which is also a stabiliser grip) for our Namibia trip because we had booked a couple of hours in a hide and wanted to make sure the camera was steady.
Another purchase for our Namibia trip. This is a protector against sand and water. It’s not easy to get your camera in but we wanted to make sure that a windy day in the Sossusvlei did not break our camera.
With the new lens we also needed a bigger camera bag and this one is great. It’s still compact, as we did not want a large bag for it but still fits both lenses, adaptors, memory cards and cleaning equipment.
- Sossusvlei Namibia -
Accessories
You always want to have a torch with you for walking in the camps at night. These are great because they are USB rechargeable. So no need for batteries.
If you have an iPhone, Ipad and a Macbook you have different cables. With this cable, you can connect your iPhone with devices with a USB C connection
This card reader has a standard USB 2.0 plug (type A) and micro USB plug (type B) and USB C plug (Type C) so you will be able to backup your images.
Felt sleeve to protect your devices. It’s large enough to fit a 13-inch MacBook Pro and an 12.9-inch iPad Pro and has an extra storage pouch for your cables
This one is on the wish list. We used to bring a small bottle of washing liquid to do our laundry in basins on the road. But this bag will make it so much easier to pack light.
We always try to keep our bags as light as possible and don’t want to take full size bottles. So this set takes care of that and you can still bring your own products
These towels are lightweight, fold up very small, absorb water well and dry quickly. Just pin them between car doors & let the sun dry them in no time.
This one might seem odd but if you’ve driven on gravel roads you know how dusty everything gets. This brush is great to clean your car, bags and shoes.
This is a personal preference but we use travel sheets to line the rented sleeping bags. It can also act as a sheet to lie under when it’s too warm for a sleeping bag.
We always take a small Swiss army knife with us. Mostly used to open a bottle of wine or beer but can be used for other things as well ;)
This Solar-powered lantern comes in great on the dark nights by your tent for when you’re cooking or trying to plan your route for the next day.
If you wash your clothes you also need to dry them and this clothesline is ideal. You don’t need pegs and it can easily be hooked onto trees.