At worldnomads.com you get so much more than travel insurance. With free SMS travel safety alerts, iPod
language guides, your own online travel journal and destination guides, World Nomads keeps you travelling safely.

Travel insurance: simple & flexible.

You can buy, extend and claim online from anywhere in the world, 24/7
Recommended by Lonely Planet, World Nomads travel insurance is designed for adventurous independent travellers and covers overseas medical, evacuation and luggage such as iPods and digital cameras.

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What's covered.

World Nomads is specially designed for adventurous independent travellers. We aim to keep you out of trouble but be there for you should trouble land at your feet. Our insurance is focused on what really matters, medical and emergency evacuation although it also covers other areas such as your baggage and cancellation costs.

Overseas medical expenses

Following an injury or illness during your journey your policy covers reasonable costs for Medical, in-hospital, road ambulance and other treatment administered by a registered medical practitioner or paramedic.

Medical evacuation or additional expenses

Should you interrupt your trip due to illness or injury requiring hospitalisation, you are covered for additional travel, accommodation & evacuation expenses with our consent. This may also include paying for a relative or a friend to travel to you and or escort you home in place of a doctor. You are also covered for costs to replace lost/stolen passports, travel documents and credit cards.

Emergency dental treatment

You are covered for emergency dental treatment for costs to relieve sudden and acute pain following an injury to healthy natural teeth whilst overseas.

Luggage and personal effects

You are covered for accidental theft or damage to your personal belongings. Each item limit is AUD$250. Exclusions apply to certain items left unattended in a motor vehicle and all items left unattended in a motor vehicle between sunset and sunrise local time.

Cancellation costs

If you have to cancel your transport/accommodation arrangements due to an unforeseen and unforeseeable circumstance outside your control, you can claim for the non-refundable cancellation costs.

Personal liability

You are covered for legal liability claims made against you resulting from your negligence.

Top questions

1. How much does a policy cost?
2. Who can buy it?
3. What am I covered for?
4. What can I do?
5. How do I buy it?

Policy Wording

Travel insurance. Boring huh? It is ... until you need it. Then you probably wish you'd paid closer attention to the detail.

Click here to read the full policy wording (don’t worry, it’s not that long). Make sure you print out a copy or save it to your iPod to you can always have it with you while you’re away.

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Adventure Sports

  • Abseiling
  • Aerial safari
  • Angling
  • Archery*
  • BASE jumping
  • Biking
  • Bungee Jumping*
  • Bushwalking
  • Badminton
  • Black water rafting*
  • Bowling
  • Camel Riding
  • Canoeing*
  • Canyoning
  • Cycling
  • Canyon swing
  • Deep sea fishing
  • Elephant Riding
  • Fencing*
  • Fly by wire
  • Go Karting*
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Hang gliding
  • Heli-skiing
  • Hiking or tramping
  • Horse Riding
  • Hot air ballooning
  • Hockey
  • Ice climbing
  • Ice skating*
  • Ice Hockey
  • Jet boating*
  • Jet skiing*
  • Kayaking*
  • Kite-surfing
  • Kite buggy
  • Kite boarding
  • Martial arts*
  • Moped biking*
  • Motorbikes*
  • Mountain Biking
  • Mountaineering
  • Netball
  • Orienteering
  • Outdoor endurance
  • Outward bound
  • Parachuting
  • Paragliding
  • Parasailing
  • Paint balling*
  • Quad biking*
  • Rock Climbing
  • Rugby
  • Running of the bulls
  • Rambling
  • Roller skating
  • Roller blading
  • Rowing
  • Sailing
  • Scuba Diving*
  • Sea canoeing
  • Sea kayaking
  • Shark cage diving
  • Skiing*
  • Skydiving*
  • Snorkelling
  • Snowboarding
  • Soccer
  • Surfing
  • Safari tours
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Ski joring
  • Snow mobiling
  • Tandem skydiving
  • Trail bike riding*
  • Trekking
  • Table tennis
  • Ten pin bowling
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Wakeboarding
  • Walking
  • Water Skiing
  • White water kayaking*
  • White water rafting*
  • Windsurfing*
  • Yachting*
  • Zorbing

*Some of these activities have specific restrictions. Please check the policy wording for details.

World Nomads is supported by different insurers from around the world. Always read your policy wording to review your specific cover and to make sure that the policy is right for you. World Nomads Pty Ltd ABN 92 090 414 350 AR 269302 is an authorised representative of ETI Australia Pty Ltd ABN 52 097 227 177 License 245631 trading as Mondial Assistance. This product is arranged by World Nomads and issued by Mondial Assistance on behalf of the insurer Allianz Australia Insurance Limited ABN 15 000 122 850 AFS Licence 234708.

5 things you really should know about our travel insurance

1. Claim online
Since you will probably be away for a while, we recognise that you can't wait until you get home to make a claim, so we have put it all online. You can submit claims, and liase with our claims people until it is settled.
2. Who can buy it?
World Nomads not only covers every country in the world, but also most of the more exciting activities - from bungee jumping in New Zealand to white water rafting in Colorado.
3. Extend your cover
Travel plans often change, it's why you make them in the first place, isn't it? Unlike other policies, World Nomads allows you to extend your policy indefinitely. Because it's online, you can do it 24/7 from anywhere in the world.
4. What can I do?
We cover most adventure sports from bungee jumping in New Zealand to white-water rafting in Colorado.
5. How do I buy it?
You can only buy our policies online using a credit card. To start, please choose your country of residence.

Adventure Journals

Stay in touch & Learn to speak like a local!

Free journal to record your travels

  • It's free to use
  • Write travel tales and tag your content.
  • Unlimited photo galleries.
  • Quick and easy image uploading.
  • Allow guests to comment on your posts.
  • RSS News aggregator feeds.
  • No banner or text advertising.
Create your Journal

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