We're much more than travel insurance.

With the latest travel safety information, 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 even after you've left home.

Recommended by Lonely Planet, World Nomads travel insurance is available to people from over 150 countries and is designed for adventurous travellers with cover for overseas medical, evacuation, baggage and activities such as skiing and snowboarding.

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Travel Scholarships

2008 Travel Documentary
OPEN

2008 Travel Photography
Applications close 30/6/08

Join a National Geographic on-assignment photographer in the Australian Outback!

2008 Travel Writing
Winner Announced

2007 winners

Travel Photography
Travel Documentary
Travel Podcast

Your book of Travels

The 2008 World Nomads Book of Travels brings together the very best travel stories and images from your travels.

Grab your copy from Blurb.com

The Ambassador

Latest Crew: Life happens

Win a trip to Peru

Sanchez, (our orange man) has with us since we first opened our doors in 2002 so we're sending him on a world tour and we want YOU to find him!

Latest Report - Nepal

"The Teacher Training course goes from strength to strength"
Jim Strang, the Australian Himalayan Foundation

Thanks to the 5,510 travellers who made this possible

Our online philanthropy project harnesses the collective power of many travellers making micro-donations to fund community poverty-alleviation projects globally.

 

Destination: China

Under construction

By avant-garde_chauvintist | Monday, 12 May 2008

Three Days of Mourning

By williamwong | Sunday, 18 May 2008

Huangshan - Yellow Mountain

By bundynbeaches | Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Don't Forget Your Sun Cream!

By travelheart24 | Friday, 25 April 2008

Mandarin language guide

Free

Mandarin iPod language guide


Yunnan into Tibet

This enticing 1000km+ overland adventure takes you from southwest China into Tibet through some of China's most visually spectacular scenery and concludes in Lhasa.



Learn the Lingo on your iPod

Join the locals and have fun with our series of free language guides that contain around
30 basic phrases that you can download onto your iPod.