TOUR GUIDING NOTES

Camping is an outdoor activity involving overnight stays away from home, with or without shelter. 
It mostly involves leaving developed areas to spend time outdoors in natural surroundings.
Camping kit
Should contain at least the following:
- Sleeping bag (bed roll)
- Clothes (relevant to the destination)
- Toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, soap) towel
- Extra pair of shoes (in case the pair the wearing gets wet)
- Bug spray
- Sunscreen
- First aid kit
- Mess kit (unbreakable dishes and utensils)
- Bottled water (a lot of the time you do not want to drink the camp water)
- Rain gear (rain coat)
Types of Camping
1. Traditional Tent Camping
Tent camping is one of the most common and basic kinds of camping. All you need to do is head 
off into the countryside and pitch a tent. You can sleep there for one or more nights, as you prefer. 
You can stay on campsites or venture into the wilderness or beaches. This is a really good option 
for families who have kids. It allows the children to experience and learn about nature, as well as 
how to respect it. It also allows the family to bond together and learns to share work. Even the 
smallest children can be assigned responsibilities so that it is more fun for everyone involved.
2. Backpacking/Hiking
This type of camping consists of walking during the day with all of your gear and (most often) 
a lightweight tent on your back, sleeping outside in a tent or a hammock when you find the rightplace, and most often moving on the next day. This kind of camping could last from one afternoon 
or one night up to several months.
This camping type often serves as therapy, because you won’t be spending time within the 
campsite, but you’ll constantly find something new and learn something different about nature 
along the way.
3. Survivalist Camping
This is the most extreme type of camping, one should not try to do until they’ve mastered all the 
camping techniques and learned to deal with any possible problems on the road. There are two 
different types of survival camping – base camp survival camping and walk-out survival camping, 
but their goals are the same – stay alive. 
 Base camp survival camping - includes finding an isolated, lonely spot, even better if 
it is unknown, setting your tent up there and spending some time at that place. This also 
means you’ll have to catch your own food, whether by hunting, fishing, or simply 
finding anything you could eat. But also, you’ll have to make sure you don’t distract 
other wild animals that could hurt you.
 Walkout survival camping - means you’re being dropped off at some place in the 
wilderness, and your mission is to find your way back to the civilization. It is by far the 
most challenging type of camping, and having to find the food and water source every 
day in an unknown territory doesn’t make it easier.
4. Canoe Camping
This is basically backpacking, but instead of the hiking trails, you’ll be traveling by water in 
your canoe. This way you’ll be able to travel a greater distance and visit some places you won’t 
be able to reach on foot. Don’t go before checking the weather, because the rain could change the 
character of a waterway, and always have a backup plan and emergency exit place, so you could 
get out of the water as fast as possible if you have to.
5. RV & Van Camping (Dry Camping/Boondoking)
It combines the camping part with the mobility provided by a vehicle. It has some advantages, 
some disadvantages. The advantages are that you’re more mobile, so you can visit more places,