What to bring

Below you’ll find a list of personal belongings that you should bring when you visit Eco-Libre.

We recommend that you bring only one backpack (40L to 90L capacity, with an aluminum frame). If you can’t fit something into your one backpack, then leave the less important items at home.

Pack light! You’ll thank us later.

✅ Do Bring

Please bring the following items when coming to stay at Eco-Libre.

  • 🎒 Comfortable 40-90L trekking backpack w/ aluminum frame *
  • 🥾 Durable boots
  • 🦟 Quick-dry Long-sleeve shirt & pants (sun & insect protection)
  • 🧥 Warm jacket
  • 🌧️ Rain jacket
  • 🔦 Torch with rechargeable batteries *
  • 💻 Laptop and Smartphone *
  • 🖴 External Storage Drive (with >= 500 GB of free space) *
  • 🔌 Electrical Adapter for IEC 60906-2 Plugs
  • ✒️ Notebook and pen
  • 🏕️ Tent with no-see-um netting (<= 0.5 mm holes) *
  • 🛏️ Sleeping Pad *
  • 🛏️ Sleeping Bag *
  • 🛏️ Thin/quick-dry Sleeping Bag Liner *
  • 🔇 Earplugs
  • 🪥 Basic toiletries (soap, deodorant, talc, sunscreen, toothbrush, toothpaste, floss, scissors, etc)
  • 💊 Vitamin B12 *
  • 🚿 Thin/quick-dry towel *
  • ⚕️ Basic medkit (paper tape, antibiotic ointment, gauze, tweezers, anti-histamine, anti-diarrhea)
  • ☀️ Sunglasses and a wide-brimmed hat
  • 🚰 Water bottle, canteen, or mug
  • 💵 Ecuador uses the US Dollar. Most shops only accept cash.
  • 💳 Debit Card. Most towns do have ATMs.
  • 📕 Spanish-English Dictionary
  • 🩸 (if you menstruate) washable menstrual pads or cups *

* This item is better purchased outside Ecuador

❌ Do not bring

Please do not bring the following items to Eco-Libre.

  • Cars
  • Fossil Fuels
  • One-time-use bottles, cups, cutlery, towels, batteries, decorations, etc
  • One-time-use menstrual products
  • One-time-use diapers
  • Illegal drugs
  • Cigarettes
  • Dead animals or animal byproducts