Packing

Pack for modest dress, temperature swings between desert days and nights, and the reality of intermittent power.

• Clothing covering shoulders and knees, in every season
• Layers — desert sites swing from hot afternoons to genuinely cold nights
• Sturdy shoes for cobbles, ruins and unlit stairs
• Power bank and a type C, E or L adapter — the grid is 220V and unreliable
• Printed copies of your passport, visa approval and insurance certificate
• A money belt or hidden pouch — you are carrying your whole trip in cash
• No alcohol, and no drone