What should you take to a Nowhere?
So you've got your ticket to Nowhere and now your wondering what it take live for a few days far from anywhere. This page lists thing other people have found useful to pack in the past.
Please add anything we might have missed.
Food
- Water – 6 litres a day for drinking, plus water for cooking and cleaning.
- Buy dried food, that you can re-hydrate on the playa (noodles and pancake mix are very popular choices)
- Dried fruit.
- Fresh fruit and vegetables (Finish these in the first 3 days).
- Cooler box (supermarket freezer bags also work well) and ice.
- Small bottles of water, to decant big bottles into (consider a 3 litre Camel Bak? or similar)
- Washing up stuff and plates. Paper plates create litter, remember “leave no trace”?.
- Mug or cup – bars expect you to bring your own
- Comfort food, chocolate bars, crisps, beef jerky and other stuff.
- Beer.
- Hard Liquor (and mixers e.g. Coke).
- Fruit bars.
- Bread, for the first few days.
- Ingredients for a special 'one-off' meal.
- For theme camps or larger groups, check out these 8 short Food Tips for kitchen planning and shopping to eliminate waste.
Clothing
- For hot weather – the days are hot!
- For cold weather – the nights can sometimes be cold!
- Wide-brim hat.
- Very light for the day.
- Heavy-duty fleece
- Walking boots.
- Sandals.
- Shorts.
- Long and short sleeved shirts.
- Odour-eaters.
- Sarongs.
- Costumes.
Things that will keep you playa friendly!
- Torch / Flashlight? – see and BE seen, LED head-torches are great and last forever and leave your hands free
- Gatorade? powder to avoid dehydration.
- Hand Lotion / Moisteriser? – vital!
- Wet Wipes – vital!
- Sun Screen – vital!
- Lip Balm.
- Multi-Tool (Leatherman / Swiss? Army knife).
- Sleeping bag – multi-season.
- Emergency blanket (i.e. plastic silver sheet) – put it over the tent to keep it a little cooler inside.
- Tent or Structure (awning).
- 12" Tent Stakes – It can at times get windy up on the site.
- Rain Gear – Occasionally, it does rain in Spain.
- Rope / Cord? – You can never have enough rope.
- Duct Tape / Gaffa? Tape- fixes anything and everything.
- Sunglasses...
- Zip Ties.
- Mirror.
- Camp Shower –
- Barter Stuff – Extra stuff from this list will do much better than trinkets, everybody forgets something.
- Costumes – Dressing up on the playa makes you feel a whole lot better.
- Toilet Paper
- Canteen / Camel Bak? – To carry your water while away from camp.
- More Water – Never under estimate the amount you will need. If you think you have enough, buy some more.
- First Aid Kit.
- Trash Bags – If you pack it in, pack it back out.
- Dirty Clothes Bag – Not that there'll be a difference in a few days from the clean clothes.
- Clean Clothes Bag – If you don't protect them from dust, they won't be clean long.
- Tools to Fix Anything You Bring
- Towel – too many reasons to list.
- Plant Sprayers – when it gets really hot keep yourself and others misted – vital!
- Water Guns – fun.
- Pocket Ashtray – don't leave cigarette butts on the ground! Film canisters work well.
- Camera.
- Zip-lock bags – various sizes, e.g. for food, camera etc.
- Alcohol and Beer – to barter if you don't drink
- Bed Pad – the playa is hard, Thermarest matts or similar are popular
- battery powered radio – so you can listen to Radio Nowhere!
What NOT to bring
- Glass bottles
- Feathers
- live monkeys
- ....
