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| A veteran traveler's packing list is a chronicle of hard-won lessons, which explains why Matava's Director, Richard Akhtar has a story behind every item on this list. He’s traveled throughout Africa, the Pacific Islands, North America and Europe, as well as hiking around some of the most remote areas in these regions. | | By learning the hard way and listening to the advice of fellow adventurers, Richard has compiled a list of essential traveler's gear items that will make your adventure at Matava as trouble-free and well prepared as possible. | |
Packing Checklist for Matava Documents Essential Packing –ClothesEssential Packing –Other than clothes Other Useful Items Dive Gear Underwater Photo Equipment| Camera | | Camera housing
| | | Ports | | | Strobes | | | O-ring grease | | | Lenses (and appropriate ports) | | | Filters | | | Spare media cards | Doesn't ANYONE use film anymore??? | | Cables for downloading | | | Batteries (+ spare set for all kit) | | | Battery chargers | |
Diving SparesFor the VillagesMany of our past guests have asked us what they could bring to give as gifts to the remote island villages we visit. The following is a short list of things that will really help. Books
| Fijians love to read, but it’s difficut to get books on the outer islands | | Reading glasses | as I said, they love to read! | | Clothes | all kinds of clothes, especially kids and baby clothes | | Shoes | any old running shoes, sandals, cleats | | Medical supplies | Neosporin, band-aids, childrens Tylenol, aspirin, cough/cold medicine | | Toys | any type of toys for the kids, preferably not plastic...
| | A picture of yourself | if you are going to give a gift, they’d really enjoy it more if you leave a picture of yourself so they can remember you and your kind gift |
Download the Packing List in pdf here:
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