Wondering what to pack for your gap year? Want the very best kit for hostel hopping or jungle trekking? Then you need the ultimate gap year starter kit from Craghoppers! This exclusive collection of premier Craghoppers kit is everything any budding backpacker needs to get them started and make their around the world adventures that little bit easier.
Please note this competition is now closed.
I’ve partnered up with the awesome team at Craghoppers to bring you one of the biggest and best competitions Bemused Backpacker has ever run!
Competition Time.
The ultimate gap year starter kit from Craghoppers consists of everything you will need to get your gap year off to a roaring start. This includes:
- A Craghoppers 65 litre rucksack.
- An adjustable webbing money belt.
- A Nosilife insect repellent sleep liner.
- A pair of dry bags.
- A packing Cube.
- A super large microfibre towel.
- A Craghoppers corey fleece.
- A pair of Bear Grylls survivor trousers. (For any female entrants this prize will be changed to a pair of Kiwi Pro Stretch Trousers).
- A Bear Grylls core waterproof jacket.
This entire awesome haul is worth over £300, and it can be all yours!
Runner Up Prizes!
10 runners up will each win a copy of my book Backpacking: The Ultimate Guide To First Time Around The World Travel! So even if you don’t have the equipment to help you start your gap year, you’ll have all the information, advice and inspiration you need!
How To Enter.
Entering could not be simpler.
Simply enter your email and subscribe to Bemused Backpacker in the sidebar box to your right and leave a comment in the section below saying what one item you can’t live without when you travel. It can be something useful, something practical or something you like just for fun. It doesn’t matter. There is no right or wrong answer.
Subscribing is ESSENTIAL to win as this will be the email I contact you on.
Want MORE chances to enter? That’s easy too.
- Follow Bemused Backpacker on Facebook
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- Follow Craghoppers on Facebook
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Each one of these counts as one extra entry, so you have up to 5 chances to enter!
(If you are already signed up or following Bemused Backpacker or Craghoppers, then thank you! You can still be counted.
All you have to do is mention that in the comment and answer the question.
The competition will run until midnight on Wednesday 30th September and the lucky winners will be picked out completely at random and notified by Saturday 3rd October 2015.
My decision is final and I reserve the right to change the competition at any time. No cash alternatives can be offered.
Don’t forget the email sign up box is on the sidebar to the right, and you have to leave a comment AND sign up to be eligible to enter.
Good Luck!
Michael Huxley is a published author, professional adventurer and founder of the travel website, Bemused Backpacker. He has spent the last twenty years travelling to over 100 countries on almost every continent, slowly building Bemused Backpacker into a successful business after leaving a former career in emergency nursing and travel medicine, and continues to travel the world on numerous adventures every year.
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my shoes
wet wipes
I’m subscribed and I don’t go anywhere without a hat as I am bald.
Signed up! Now if I really have to mention the one essential that I can’t leave without when I go traveling, that would be my contacts/glasses. It might not sound much, but you cannot imagine the agony of loosing such sight and then going on a trip seeing everything in such a blurry style :))
I’m already subscribed and enjoy dipping into your occasional emails. I don’t go anywhere without antiseptic wipes but, if unavailable while travelling, wet wipes are the next best thing.
I’m already signed up 🙂 I couldn’t live without my Kindle – keeps me entertained on long journeys!
Im already subscribed..i would say waterproofs because i dont like getting wet! X
My hair straighteners!
Face wipes – an absolute godsend after a long walk or while camping. They make me feel human again!
I just can’t travel without a good travel bag and this is exactly what I want. Backbags are very essential for my traveling expedition. I would definitely be looking forward to this one! Thanks!
Toilet Paper!!!!
Mozzie spray = essential
Wet wipes!!!
I would have to say mobile phone 😀
Camera
My earplugs – essential for a good nights sleep
my phone
Insect repellent
mozzie spray.
handwash!!!!! use it all the time
A map
A good pair of socks 🙂
My emergency kit……small, lightweight and contains everything I need to get me out of a dire situation…..not that I ever intend getting into dire situations, but best be prepared.
My glasses/prescription sunnies or I won’t be able to see
got to be sun tan cream as I burn easily 😦
Teabags
antibac hand gel!
Hand sanitiser!
already signed up! mozzie spray.
shoes
A pack of cards
My trusty comb
😉
my dogs come with me every time i go back packing i will be so lost with out them i can live with out everything
my dogs wins every time they have to come with cart live with out them sad i know but everything elce can get replaced
A pen. You can use it for lots of things. As a straw. A fork. To breath underwater. To play tunes. Half a chopstick. And you can write with it.
I’ve subscribed and i couldnt go anywhere without my gloves. hate having cold hands
Headphones!
A book
My camera, never miss a moment.
A good book – for when the weather prevents being outdoors.
Bug Repellant – im like a honey pot to them otherwise.
A hidden wallet – very useful in places infested with pickpockets.
My kindle – I’m an avid reader and life without books is unimaginable
My kindle – as an avid reader I’d be lost without it.
my lip balm has to come everywhere with me.
Has to be a camera!
my wife…..
clean underwear
My Camera