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
- Follow Bemused Backpacker on Twitter
- Follow Craghoppers on Facebook
- Follow Craghoppers on Twitter
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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Essential packing for me is always a quality travel guide with a good map 🙂
Can’t survive without a pillow
tried to comment when subscribing but couldnt???
my essential is a flask
Good socks! I walk everywhere and the one thing that can ruin a trip super fast is aching blistery feet!
A travel towel! Nothing more miserable than damp smelling clothes in your backpack!
my camera!
Wet wipes. Handy for so many things, especially when water is scarce for washing.
One thing I can’t live without on my travels is a good, leak-proof tent!
Wetwipes
Tea bags!
Simply cannot do without a camera!
A spare pair of socks
Antibac gel
bug spray!
already subscribed, liked/followed both too 🙂
My passport, the rest can be sorted! 🙂
The rucksack for my son who is currently doing his DofE Bronze award.
Been reading through this website all day!
I cannot live without a small fleece blanket when I travel. It can be used as a pillow, blanket, bedsheet etc…
Sounds stupid but when back packing I find a ball of string extremely useful. You can make a makeshift washing line when rinsing out your smells. Secure things to your bag when it is stuffed full, the tie the handle to furniture as a makeshift door lock for safety and much, much more!
Absolutely cannot survive without sun cream because you need to protect your skin especially when travelling to a humid and exotic country.
My Kindle
phone charger – how else will i make everyone else jealous with ridiculous quantites of selfies? subscribed and followed on facebook 🙂
cant survive without babywipes great way to keep clean
Plasters & antiseptic wipes.
Baby wipes, they are so useful for loads of things
ipod for the camera and music!
I can’t survive without my camera
my insect bit pen 🙂 especially when we take the children with us
I always wear a paracord bracelet, just in case!
I like to have antibacterial hand gel when I travel incase there isn’t anywhere to wash my hands
A loo roll
Lip balm – my lips dry out like crazy as soon as I leave home
Vaseline,,a must when on long treks to prevent tender parts chaffing.
I cannot live without my kindle.
Love craghoppers, the best fleeces!
🙂 credit card and smartphone. with them I can get away from basically any problem:)
Jorge from http://www.couplertw.com
My essential is a dry fast towel
my kindle is a must.
babywipes, so many uses.
following both on twitter @bbdiva1977
and both on facebook
sunglasses
A tablet. Entertainment, keeping in touch with home, taking photos, even maps/guides. Such a useful tool (and bigger than your phone).
mp3 player
My phone! I am embarrassingly dependent, though it is partly a safety thing too 🙂
A neck pillow 🙂 Subscribed!
Comfortable footwear – nothing worse than sore feet or blisters!
It has to be my dry shampoo!!
Wet wipes
Wet wipes for me. I am following both pages on Facebook.
Wet Wipes for survival! Wipe hands, ‘shower’ without water, freshen up the armpits, clean the dog, wipe clean mugs and bowls…
My camera. I love to capture memories xx
A camera