Thursday, April 10, 2014

Setting Up An Itinerary For The Best Backpacking Trips

By Anita Ortega


What sets a good vacation apart from a bad vacation is the itinerary. Whether you are on an expensive holiday or a cheap vacation on a budget, you will need an itinerary of some sort to assist you have the best time while you are out and also to get the most out of your money too. This article will assist you on setting up an itinerary for the best backpacking trips suited for you.

Where you plan to take your backpack trip will affect greatly how you will plan your entire trip. If you go to a Western country, most of the time you will find ancillary services that greatly promote and support backpack type activities. This can take the form of budget friendly hotels, hiking trails, routes and campsites even. However, this may not be the case if you go to lesser developed countries like some in Asia and Africa where backpackers are not so well catered to.

The lack of facilities however in a certain country as regards backpacking support is not really a deterrent to hard core packers. They are attracted to places of distance and inaccessibility for this gives them more of a sense of exploration and adventure. However there are some extra precautions to take when taking the road less travelled.

When choosing to go far flung areas make sure to travel with someone, especially someone who is familiar with the place that you are going to, or familiar with the surrounding region. Not only will you have someone to talk to when lonely, but you will feel more secure that somebody has your back. Safety in numbers is definitely true in this case.

When going out to an undisclosed or remote location, make sure that you have gather some intel first regarding the general area. Try to read up on news of the peace and order situation of where you are headed so as ensure that you will be really safe. Never gamble with your life by going to critically dangerous areas, you are meant to go out and have fun, not running for your life.

Once you do get to your intended target region or destination, make a few local friends. These local friends can in fact serve as tour guides for you and can show you things that are not generally known or shared. It is always wise to make friends on your journeys. In fact making friends is probably half the journey itself when you backpack.

Always bring plenty of clean drinking water with you, no matter where you are. Also make sure that you are mindful of where the nearest medical facilities are in case of an emergency. In this way you can have a fast recourse for help when the uneventful happens.

Likewise to get the best trip possible, you have to adjust your mind set. Local places the world over will not have the same things you will expect, but each will have their own unique contribution to your trip. Lower your expectations, go on and head out there, and have fun.




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