My favorite kit nowadays is the Sterno Inferno pot with heat exchange fins (30% more feul efficient) the Starlyte xl3 with small opening, lightweight...
Sorry just re-read your post and saw you were heading south. So either the CG in my previous post or Watson Gap would be the move, I think the CG is...
I finished the Pinhoti heading north with the same logistics as you, needing to leave a vehicle near the northern terminus. I left it at Jacks River...