Extreme Sports and Activities
We include over 60 sports and activities with our backpacker travel insurance. Some of these adventure sports can be quite dangerous yet we include these at no additional cost.
Which Sports and Activities are included?
The following activities are covered at no extra premium.
Abseiling, archery, athletics, ballooning - hot air (organised pleasure rides only), banana boating, bungee jumping, canoeing (up to grade 2 rivers only not white water), climbing wall, cricket, cycling, deep sea fishing, football or soccer (children’s club in resort only), glacier walking, golf, high rope activities, hiking (trekking and walking), hockey (under 16s using plastic sticks), horse riding (not competitions, racing, jumping, hunting, eventing, polo or rodeo), ice skating or blade skating (not speed skating), kayaking (up to grade 2 rivers only, not white water), mountain biking, parascending or parasailing (over water), pony trekking, rap jumping, ringos, roller skating or roller blading (wearing pads and helmets), rowing, sail boarding or windsurfing, safari trekking in a vehicle (organised tour), safari trekking on foot (organised tour), scuba diving to 30m (if you hold a certificate of proficiency or are diving with a qualified instructor), sea kayaking, sledging (pulled by dogs or horses or reindeer as a passenger), snorkelling, surfing, tug of war, volley ball, wake-boarding, water polo, water-skiing, white water rafting (up to grade 3 river), windsurfing or sail boarding, zip-trekking (including over snow), zip lining, zorbing.
The following activities are also covered however, cover under ‘Section 10 - Personal liability’ in our Policy Wording does not apply.
Camel riding, catamaran sailing (if qualified), clay pigeon shooting, dinghy sailing, elephant riding, go karting, jet boating, jet skiing, paint balling (wearing eye protection), quad biking, rifle range shooting, sailing (if qualified and in territorial waters only), shooting, ski dooing, small bore target shooting, snow mobiling, yachting (if qualified in territorial waters only).
Wintersports | Ski & Snowboarding
While you are exploring the world your travels may take you to where you can ski or snowboard. Well you can upgrade to include cover you for wintersports including skiing, snowboarding, big-foot skiing, cross-country skiing, glacier skiing, monoskiing, sledging, snow blading, snow tubing, and tobogganing plus our winter sports cover includes off-piste skiing or snowboarding (as long as you are skiing within the ski area boundaries of a recognised ski resort and following ski patrol guidelines). Simply indicate the number of months you will require wintersports cover and this can be added onto your backpacker travel insurance.
