Mantras to follow
Learn everything about the place you will visit. If it is a wild-life sanctuary, how far it is from your city, how big it is, what kind of clothing you will need, what travel documents, how you will move inside it. Talk to someone who has been there.
Fold-in a printed, hour-by-hour schedule with names of the places to stay and their telephone numbers.
Carry a card with your name, age, school, blood group, a checklist of your stuff. Pack dry-food — fruit bars, mint, biscuits, crisps.
Insert a small first-aid kit (band-aid, mosquito-repellent, sun-screen, bandage, pain-killer, digestive tablets, cotton-wads, scissors).
Diary and pen, sketch-pad, book for on-board reading.
Cap, binoculars, water bottle, camera, flashlight.
Walking shoes, wind-cheater, a second pair of glasses.
If you're sharing rooms see if some of these things can be shared.
Teachers need to…
On a map point out the place and the route. Ask kids to make their own maps.
Carry a flag on a short stick as you walk ahead. It is easy for kids to follow you. A whistle also helps.
Advise them to report any ailment.
Encourage kids to talk about the day’s activity and write a few lines.
Set waking and sleeping times.
For parents
Collect telephone numbers of teachers and all places of stay.
Tell kids never to go out on their own, never to stray from the group.
Leave the cash with teacher.
If kid has food allergies inform the teacher.
Make packing easy, as in a bedroll.
