Dry bags, pack liner or rain cover on Kilimanjaro
Also called: Dry bags, Dry bags / waterproof liners, Rain cover, Waterproof liners and/or covers
What it is for
Waterproof bags, a pack liner or a rain cover that keep clothes and sleeping bag dry inside the pack or duffel.
What Kilimanjaro asks for
Standard
Dry bags or a waterproof liner inside the duffel and the daypack, and stuff sacks to sort the kit: never plastic carrier bags (banned in Tanzania); zip-lock bags for toiletries only
⚖Plastic carrier bags of any thickness are banned in mainland Tanzania, and taken from you at the airport. Zip-lock bags that carry your toiletries are allowed, because they leave the country with you.
Source
Environmental Management (Prohibition of Plastic Carrier Bags and Plastic Bottle Cap Seals) Regulations, 2022 (GN 291 of 2022, which revoked GN 394 of 2019), reg. 5 and 9 — https://www.vpo.go.tz/uploads/files/291.pdf (read from the Internet Archive copy of 2024-04-19); Vice President's Office, "Notice to travellers planning to visit Tanzania" — https://www.us.tzembassy.go.tz/resources/view/notice-to-travellers-planning-to-visit-tanzania
Kinds
- Dry Bags
- Pack Liners and Covers
Other mountains
- Standard on: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, Vinson, Kosciuszko, Carstensz Pyramid
