also particularly advisable is having a local cell phone, so that in case of need help can be called easily by dialing local numbers - pre-charged pay-by-minute phones can be usually rented or received for free via guides or via the accommodations' providers.

last but not least, an old-fashioned mapof the area should be brought along, easy to find online or at a bookstore.

needless to say, smoking and consuming alcoholic beverages in a forest can endanger everyone in a group, and it is usually forbidden in all parks by any legitimate guide.

furthermore, while not a safety recommendation per se, we must highlight that feeding animals is forbidden, as it can jeopardize the animals' self-sufficiency in the wild by creating a dependency on being fed by humans.