Travel Guide to Best Places to Visit in West Bengal | Terms and Conditions of WBTDCL
Check here the basic travel kit to carry along while travelling in West Bengal.
Essentials
- Passport
- Airline Tickets
- 500 USD Cash
- 200 USD in Traveler’s Checks
- Electricity Convertor
Security
- Flashlights
- Knives (Swiss or multi-purpose, other sharp knife)
- Cable lock (useful in trains to lock suitcase to train, prevents walking away…)
- Small locks (always keep all bags locked)
- Money belt and/or passport pouch
Miscellaneous
- Little camera, big camera, holders
- Reading material
- Notepads
- Immersion heater for heating water
- Small needle and thread kit
Food
- High protein snacks (peanut butter, nuts)
- Dried soups or dehydrated food
- Herbal teas
- Energy bars
- Comfort food
Clothing
- Requisite clothes
- Windbreaker
- Sweatshirt
- Rain poncho
- Hats (with decent size brims)
- Small umbrella
- Sunglasses
- Flip-flops
- Cheap sneakers
- Hiking sneakers
Medicine-Health-Hygiene
- First Aid kit
- General Medicine
- Sunscreen
- Tissues: Small packages
- Disinfectant liquid (in hand-soap dispenser, very useful)
- Band-Aids
- Mosquito repellant
Travel Aids
- Blow up pillow
- Sleeping bag pouch (for dirty hotel beds)
- Backpack for day trips, walking around
- Map of India
- Small calculator (for money conversion)