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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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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Would have to be my kindle as I feel so chilled when catching up on a good read
I never travel without wet wipes.
Mosquito repellant – I hate those little critters!
spray soap
Toothbrush!!! All will be right in the world if I can just brush my teeth
Fishing tackle – just the bare minimum but enough to have a go at whatever I can wherever I end up!! Nothing worse than sitting by a beautiful river in a far off country thinking ‘wish I’d brought my gear!’.
definitely wet wipes
tough as I have a couple of things I have to bring but has to be wet wipes
Denise walker – My Camera so i can look back at my adventures and enjoy my memories
A local travel guide in printed format.
Wet wipes lots and lots of wet wipes
my trusty Swiss army penknife, which has travelled half the world with me as my good luck charm
Craghopper Kiwi convertible trousers!
I can’t live without wet wipes when I travel.
My camera, to make sure all the memories are captured!
My Spork
Pacamac is the one thing I can’t live without
My lucky back pack!
My lucky backpack!
It would be baby wipes handy for every eventuality x
Tampax – pretty obvious really!
Baby wipes never leave home without them
I never travel without wet wipes.
I never travel without my camera!
Hair band. stops my hair going crazy
A notebook/sketch book and pen. Its nice to note down things the old fashioned way and then a great keepsake for when you finish your trip!
I always take wet wipes – wherever I go
My front door key – so that I can get back in when I get home!
Wet wipes
a towel…I read the guidebook! 😉
a sleeping bag
I need my wife, as she makes the journey seem shorter!
My kindle. So my easier than lugging books around while traveling.
Unlike my wife with her googlesque know everything power,I need a map!(if ever the stress gets too much I must remember not to mark where I bury her!)
my sunglasses
Have to take my Yo-Yo. Doing a few tricks always breaks the ice in a hostel or bar.
Wet wipes! You never no when you are going to need them!
My toothbrush
My travel mascot – Dougal T Duckling!
wet wipes, I never go any where without them
My mp3 player!!
my kindle for all those cramped bus trips and night trains, i can read it all away and learn about the countries i visit x
Clean undies!!
ray meres !!! seriously though if hes unavailable it has to my Swiss army knife xx
my trusty camera!
I am a bit of a mum at heart, so I always like to pack a slim case with cotton wool balls, cotton buds and immodium!
— Following on Twitter and Facebook for Bemused Backpacker & Craghoppers
I am a bit of a mum at heart, so I always like to pack a slim case with cotton wool balls, cotton buds and immodium!
— Following on Twitter and Facebook for Bemused Backpacker & Craghoppers
My Kindle, so I can read whenever I’ve got a spare few minutes
A decent Hoodie to keep warm
my kindle – for those rare peaceful moments when nobody is hungry, cold, or just in a complaining mood!