We are about to embark on a 3 week trip around Argentina and Chile exploring Patagonia and hiking. The goal was to travel as minimalist as possible. This list has managed to fit in my 50L Osprey Renn. I also have an Osprey Packable Daypack for day trip!
🧍♀️ Me
Tops
- 2 × long-sleeve merino wool tops (hiking / layering)
- 1 × short-sleeve merino wool t-shirt (plane outfit)
- 1 × merino vest
- 1 × insulated puffy jacket
- 1 × fleece jacket (mid-layer)
Bottoms
- 1 × hiking leggings (plane outfit)
- 1 × wool leggings (camp / sleeping)
- 1 × zip-off hiking pants
Rain Gear
- Rain jacket
- Rain pants
Accessories
- 3 × quick-dry underwear
- 3 × wool socks (2 hiking, 1 sleeping)
- Merino gaiter
- Lightweight gloves
- Hiking boots
- Flip flops
🧒 Freddy
Tops
- 2 × wool long-sleeve tops
- 1 × short-sleeve merino shirt
- 2 × white vests (backup if he rejects wool)
- 1 × fleece jacket
- 1 × insulated yellow puffer jacket
Bottoms
- 1 × wool base-layer pants
- 1 × fleece pants
- 1 × soft-shell hiking pants
- Rain pants
- Rain jacket
Accessories
- 3 × lightweight underwear
- 3 × merino wool socks
- Merino gaiter
- Gloves
- Hiking boots
- Flip flops
💧 Hydration + Meals
- Sawyer Mini water filter
- Hydrapak Stow bottles:
- 350 mL
- 1 L
- 3 × backpacking meals
- 2 × chocolate milk mixes
🩹 First Aid + Hygiene
Hygiene
- Microfibre towels (1 for me, 1 for Freddy)
- Multipurpose soap bar
- Toothbrush + toothpaste tablets
- Lip balm
- Small wipes
- Deodorant
- Dry shampoo
First Aid
- Minimal first aid kit (bandages, antiseptic wipes, pain relievers)
- Compeed blister plasters
- Chewable Panadol (for Freddy)
- Gravol suppositories
- Compressible wipes
🎒 Miscellaneous
- Ziplocs (for TDP snacks)
- Small dry sack (clothes)
- Trail Magik
- 2 × collapsible bowls (camp meals)
- Portable urinal
- Small thermometer (optional)
- Hydration mix packets
- Headlamp (battery powered)
👝 Fanny Pack – Travel Documents & Essentials
- Passports + travel documents
- Printed confirmations (hostels, campsites, insurance)
- Credit card + some USD + local currency
- Phone + charger
- Emergency info card
🧸 Toys
- Water WOW book
- Reusable dinosaur sticker page
- Gel window clings (1 small set)
- Mini coloring book
- Mini crayon roll (max 5 crayons)
- Pull-back car
- Paw Patrol mini toy
- Finger puppets
- Large sticker book
- Surprise toy (Paw Patrol, boxed)
🎥 Content & Capture
- GoPro Hero 11 (vlog setup)
- 2 × spare batteries
- Dual battery charger (USB-C)
- 2 × microSD cards (64–128 GB)
📺 Entertainment + Connectivity
- Amazon Firestick
- Remote (with batteries)
- Power cable (Micro-USB)
- OTG cable
- USB flash drive (pre-loaded with shows/movies for offline viewing)
- HDMI extender (optional)
- Compact wall adapter
- Smartphone (main device + hotspot)
- Local eSIM
- Charging cables
🔋 Power & Charging Setup
- Power bank (10,000–20,000 mAh)
- USB-C input/output preferred
- Wall adapter (dual-port)
- Outputs: USB-A + USB-C or 2 × USB-A
Cables (Total: 4)
- USB-C → USB-C ×2 (phone, GoPro, Olympus, power bank)
- USB-A → USB-C ×1 (backup / power bank output)
- USB-A → Micro-USB ×1 (Firestick)
- OTG cable (optional, for Firestick)
