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Equip­ment and pack­ing lists

Sui­ta­ble equip­ment lists for your cycling or hiking tour with Feu­er und Eis Touristik

It all depends on the right equip­ment. Whe­ther hiking or crossing the Alps. By bike or on foot. 

What could be bet­ter than the anti­ci­pa­ti­on of an upco­ming vaca­ti­on? Whe­ther it’s a hiking vaca­ti­on, crossing the Alps or a bike tour. To make it easier for you to prepa­re for your trip and pack your suit­ca­se, we have put tog­e­ther our tips and recom­men­da­ti­ons for you here, which are gua­ran­teed to ensu­re that you don’t for­get any­thing at home on your next acti­ve vacation. 

Hiking equip­ment list
  • Iden­ti­ty docu­ments (cross-bor­der iden­ti­ty card / passport)
  • Plea­se pack in day­pack (check-in tem­p­la­te at the hotel)
  • Cre­dit cards (cash > EC/CC pay­ment may be rest­ric­ted on tour)
  • Cell pho­ne and char­ger (power bank if neces­sa­ry)
    Tip: Save emer­gen­cy num­bers (112 and FuE emer­gen­cy num­ber) in advance
  • Hiking boots with a good tread sole (ank­le-high)
  • Teles­co­pic wal­king poles
  • Day­pack (approx. 20–35l volume)
  • Breat­ha­ble clot­hing adapt­ed to the wea­ther con­di­ti­ons, from socks to hats
  • Chan­ge of clo­thes on tour
  • Hiking pants (short / long / zip-off if necessary)
  • Sun­glas­ses and sun / insect repellent
  • Sun hat, visor cap (head­band, sweat­band if necessary)
  • Reusable drin­king bot­t­le or ruck­sack with inte­gra­ted drin­king system 
  • Food box or lunch box
  • First aid kit (whist­le for emer­gen­cy signal if necessary)
  • Medi­ca­ti­on, biode­gra­da­ble hygie­ne products
  • Toi­let paper, wet wipes
  • Zip bags for toi­let and food waste
  • Flash­light / headlamp
  • Pocket kni­fe
  • Down­load mobi­le GPS device or tour app (Komoot, Out­door­ac­ti­ve) for smartphone
  • Pack the stage descrip­ti­on and hotel list in your daypack!
Cycling equip­ment list
  • Iden­ti­ty docu­ments (cross-bor­der iden­ti­ty card / passport)
  • plea­se pack in day­pack (check-in tem­p­la­te at the hotel)
  • Cre­dit cards (cash > EC/CC pay­ment may be rest­ric­ted on tour)
  • Cell pho­ne and char­ger (power bank if neces­sa­ry)
    Tip: Save emer­gen­cy num­bers (112 and FuE emer­gen­cy num­ber) in advance
  • Day­pack (approx. 20–35l volume)
  • Breat­ha­ble clot­hing adapt­ed to the wea­ther conditions
  • Chan­ge of clo­thes on tour
  • Cycling shorts (short / long / zip-off if neces­sa­ry) with insert and cycling jersey
  • Wind/rain jacket, rain trousers
  • Cycling hel­met, cycling gloves
  • Sun­glas­ses and sun / insect repellent
  • Sun hat, visor cap (head­band, sweat­band if necessary)
  • Reusable drin­king bot­t­le or ruck­sack with inte­gra­ted drin­king system 
  • Food box or lunch box
  • First aid kit
  • Medi­ca­ti­on, biode­gra­da­ble hygie­ne products
  • Toi­let paper, wet wipes
  • Zip bags for toi­let and food waste
  • Flash­light / headlamp
  • Repair kit
  • Pocket kni­fe or mul­ti-func­tion tool, chain ope­ner, air pump
  • Down­load mobi­le GPS device or tour app (Komoot, Out­door­ac­ti­ve) for smart­phone (see sec­tion GPS data | Navigation)
  • Pack cycling guide/map mate­ri­al or stage descrip­ti­on, 7‑day Care­free Ser­vice Card and itinerary/hotel list in your daypack!
Gene­ral equip­ment and tips for your trip
Inform
  • Poli­ti­cal situa­ti­on in the vaca­ti­on country/destination
  • Ent­ry requi­re­ments (also for animals)
  • Check visa requirements
  • Cli­ma­te
  • Hygie­ne & medi­cal advice for your destination

Note: You can find all the latest infor­ma­ti­on about your desti­na­ti­on coun­try online on the web­site of the Fede­ral For­eign Office:

https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/de/ReiseUndSicherheit

First-aid kit
  • Vit­amin and mine­ral supplements
  • Plas­ters, gau­ze ban­da­ges and ela­s­tic bandages
  • Oint­ments for brui­ses, insect bites and sunburn
  • Insect repell­ents
  • Medi­ca­ti­on for the tre­at­ment of diarrhea
  • Medi­ca­ti­on for colds and painkillers
  • Medi­ca­ti­on for moti­on sickness/nausea
  • Medi­ca­ti­on for cir­cu­la­to­ry problems
  • Eye drops
  • Dis­in­fec­tant for wounds and the sur­roun­ding area
  • Cli­ni­cal thermometer
  • other medi­ca­ti­on that is taken regularly
at home
  • Vac­ci­na­ti­ons and visits to the doctor
  • Pull out the mains, anten­na and tele­pho­ne plugs
  • Clo­se or tilt/secure win­dows and doors
  • Switch off the gas and lights, turn the hea­ting off or down
  • Switch off or defrost the fri­dge and free­zer (lea­ve the doors open)
  • Turn off the water (espe­ci­al­ly dishwasher/washing machine)
  • Take away garbage
  • Prepa­re ans­we­ring machine
  • Lea­ve vaca­ti­on address for emer­gen­ci­es with fri­ends, rela­ti­ves, neighbors
  • Mail, news­pa­pers, maga­zi­nes: Sub­mit a for­war­ding request or pause
  • Appoint a per­son of trust for ani­mals, plants and mail
  • Take the front door key with you or lea­ve it with a trus­ted person
Docu­ments
  • Che­cking the vali­di­ty of passports
  • Cla­ri­fy cur­ren­cy and pay­ment options
  • Take out tra­vel insurance
  • Regis­ter sports lug­ga­ge, e.g. bicy­cle 2 weeks in advan­ce at the tra­vel agency
  • Take addres­ses (e.g. Ger­man embas­sy, tou­rist office) with you
  • Lug­ga­ge with address tags (inclu­ding vaca­ti­on address)
  • Pro­vi­de suit­ca­ses and hand lug­ga­ge with all tra­vel documents
Pack your suitcase
  • Clot­hing for warm and cold days
  • Slee­ping and sports gear
  • Swim­wear (extra towels, bathing shoes)
  • Money stash like a neck pouch/bumbag
  • Jacket (breat­ha­ble, wind- and waterproof)
  • Shoes for every occasion
  • Tra­vel iron
  • Washing uten­sils for body and clothing
  • Care pro­ducts (sham­poo, sun­tan lotion, per­fu­me, deodo­rant, cosmetics)
  • Hair­brush, nail case, shaving kit, tweezers
  • Den­tal care products
  • Sewing kit
  • Hand­ker­chiefs, moist toi­let paper
Also take away
  • (Sun­glas­ses) glas­ses, cont­act len­ses (repla­ce­ment glas­ses are often requi­red by law)
  • Clea­ning and care products
  • Pho­to and video equipment
  • Adap­ter for sockets
  • Tra­vel alarm clock
  • Bat­te­ries, rech­ar­geable bat­te­ries incl. charger 
  • Tra­vel gui­de, vaca­ti­on rea­ding, dictionary
  • Wri­ting uten­sils and paper, address list
  • Card mate­ri­al
For on the go
  • Tra­vel docu­ments (flight and train tickets, reser­va­ti­on con­fir­ma­ti­on, vou­ch­ers, coupons)
  • Down­load GPS data (see www.feuer-eis-touristik.de/gps-date n)
  • Pass­ports, tra­vel and health insu­rance certificates
  • Cate­ring, water
  • Important medi­ca­ti­ons