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5. Overnight Accommodations<br />
Campsites are either selected for their scenic beauty, their convenient<br />
location to places of interest, their environment and/or their facilities<br />
available. We aim to offer you a selection of different types of campsites.<br />
You will find the necessary facilities, toilets and in most cases<br />
showers (sometimes a charge), washing machines and tumblers at<br />
many campsites, so please do not take too many clothes with you. If<br />
you have never camped before – no problem! You will find it great<br />
with our modern easy-to-pitch tents. Your trek leader will show you<br />
how to pitch a tent on the first day. On many treks we also spend a<br />
few nights in reasonably priced hotels/motels for your convenience.<br />
Furthermore, SUNTREK offers a variety of tours with added comfort. On<br />
these specially marked tours all overnights are spent either in cabins,<br />
hotels, motels, hostels or ranches (sleeping bag required for all<br />
SUNTREK tours). For more information on hotel nights, please refer to<br />
the trek itinerary in our SUNTREK catalog.<br />
6. Equipment<br />
We provide a complete set of camping and cooking equipment. This<br />
includes roomy tents, which are shared by only two people and are<br />
equipped with foam rubber mattresses and thick vinyl floors. We<br />
provide two burner stoves, efficient camp kitchen equipment, dishes,<br />
coolers, food storage boxes, a water container, lamps and last but not<br />
least a sun and rain roof. Please take good care of all the equipment;<br />
if you are in doubt your trek leader will help you. You will be assigned<br />
a specific tent so please look after it well. The equipment has to be<br />
returned clean, complete and in the same condition as you received it.<br />
7. Meals and Cooking<br />
Buying and cooking the food, washing up, etc. are shared chores of<br />
the trek participants. Teams of two people will carry out the camp<br />
duties on a rotating basis. We usually cook our evening meals together<br />
on our own stove, or barbeque food over the camp fire. We keep our<br />
food costs as low as possible by sharing the expenses. Each participant<br />
who wants to contribute needs about US$ 35-40/CAN$ 55-60 per<br />
week. Breakfast and dinner are paid from this food kitty, while lunch is<br />
not included. Sometimes we will go out for dinner and eat at restaurants<br />
at everybody’s own expense. Your trek leader will participate in<br />
the food kitty as well.<br />
8. Trek Distances<br />
On driving days we like to be on the road by about 8:00 a.m. This<br />
means a good day’s driving, with time for sightseeing and activities on<br />
the way. We aim to pitch our tents in the late afternoon / early<br />
evening. It is essential that all trek members are very punctual, in the<br />
morning and during the day. Waiting for people, who are late can<br />
cause anguish among the group and jeopardize planned sightseeing<br />
tours. Since you want to experience as much as you can in the time<br />
you have available, it is necessary to cover longer distances between<br />
the various points of interest on some of the days. Your trek leader<br />
will make these as rewarding as possible.<br />
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