Suggestions for Packing
Please Note: Check with airline about baggage allowance and weight requirements.
Please Note: Check with airline about baggage allowance and weight requirements.
- Passport (with a minimum of 6 months remaining as of date of arrival in Brazil) with tourist Visa
- Travel-Medical Insurance papers
- Copy of Passport (ID Information in color) - store in an alternate place from your passport
- Copy of Airline Ticket
- Emergency Phone Numbers at Home
- White Clothing for Casa Current Days – We recommend modest clothing; what you would wear to a church or temple. (Ideal to have shoulders covered, nothing too shear, and no shorts.) Bring something white to sleep in and white/beige underwear for under your white clothing. You will want white outfits for 3 days per week. Laundry service is available so you don't need to overpack clothing.
- Casual, lightweight clothes, any color and style, for the evenings and non-casa days, Saturday to Tuesday.
- Sweater, shall, and/or jacket and long pants as it can feel chilly in the evening and early mornings (50's F).
- Thin/fast drying towel for sacred waterfall or drip dry (consider old towels that you can leave or a hand towel)
- Swimsuit & Cover Up (for the waterfall/swimming pool)
- Casual Shoes and Sandals (fast drying better then leather in October to March)
- Water shoes with closed heel or strap to wear at waterfall (not flip flops) or you can go with bare feet
- Sunglasses
- Hat and/or Lightweight umbrella for sun protection - needed for 7 days after an intervention
- Umbrella and/or lightweight rain poncho for the rainy season October to March
- Sun Block
- Travel Alarm Clock
- Cash, see Money Exchange in Answers to Questions
- Credit Cards (Consider calling your credit card company/bank to tell them you will be traveling)
- Money Belt/Pouch For Passport And Cash
- Pen And Journal
- Camera
- Watch (you are asked to have your phone powered off at the Casa during sessions)
- Small Flashlight
- Toiletries (soap and shampoo are not provided, most toiletries are available locally for purchase)
- Moist wipes for personal hygiene (dispose of in the trash can)
- Disposable gloves ( A few, if needed, to remove toilet paper from toilet as it is not to be flushed in Brazil)
- Colored Wash Cloth (Not provided at pousada and white ones tend to get mixed with pousada towels)
- Bug Spray (I have rarely used it, but always bring it)
- Cosmetics and Feminine Hygiene Supplies and Cosmetics, if used (please refrain from perfumes and fragrances)
- Hand-wash Laundry Soap, Stain Stick (If you plan to wash laundry by hand)
- Vitamins, Herbs, Remedies, Prescription Medications that you normally take, etc.
- Photos of Family and Friends and Money for their Herbs (about $30 each)
- Ear Plugs (if you sleep lightly)
- Neck Travel Pillow for Long Flights
- Eye Masks to block lights on flights and when sleeping during the day after Spiritual Intervention
- Tote bag or small backpack to carry your daily items to the Casa and/or waterfall
- Cushion for long sitting at the Casa (example cushion) Cushions can also be purchased in Abadiania.
- Some like to save room in their luggage, to carry some Blessed water and crystals home. Some will pack a medium size suitcase and nest it into a slightly larger one for travel to Brazil and then have the larger one to pack Blessed water and crystal to go home. Once the Blessed water is home, you can dilute it 1:4 and make it last a very long time. Bring packing material like bubble wrap for water and/or Crystals and "extra-large" zip lock bags.
