What activities am I covered for?

The following tables detail the activities your policy covers you for during your trip, provided:

  1. you wear appropriate safety equipment/clothing/headgear and
  2. you take necessary safety precautions as appropriate
    to the activity.

Please also note: YOU ARE NOT COVERED if the main purpose of your trip is to take part in an activity unless it is listed as an activity holiday in the table below:

Activity  Special Conditions Cover for Personal accident & Personal liability Activity holiday
Abseiling  2, 4 No  
Amateur athletics    Yes Yes
Archaeological digging    Yes Yes
Archery 2 No  
Badminton    Yes Yes
Ballooning (Hot Air) as a fare paying passenger 2 No  
Banana boat rides (Beach activity)   No  
Baseball    Yes  
Basket ball    Yes  
BOSS (Breathing Observation Submersible Scooter)  1, 2 No  
Bouldering (up to 4m with a crash mat)  2 Yes  
Bowls   Yes Yes
Boxing training (non-contact)    No  
Bridge walking Yes   Yes  
Bungee jumping (max 3 jumps)  1, 2, 4 No  
Canopy walking  2, 4 No  
Camel riding or trekking    No  
Canoeing (in calm waters)    Yes  
Catamaran sailing (European waters only)  1, 3 No  
Cave tubing 2, 4 Yes  
Clay pigeon shooting  1, 4 No  
Climbing wall  2 Yes  
Conservation or charity work (under 3m, hand tools only)    No Yes
Cricket  3 Yes  
Curling    Yes  
Cycle touring    No Yes
Cycling (incidental, excluding BMX/Mountain biking)    Yes  
Deep sea fishing  2 No  
Dinghy sailing inside territorial waters    No  
Dragon boating    No  
Dune bashing  2, 4 No  
Elephant riding or trekking 2 No  
Falconry  2 No  
Fell running   Yes Yes
Fell walking    Yes Yes
Fishing    Yes Yes
Football (soccer not American football)    No  
Gaelic football    No  
Go karting (up to 120cc)  2 No  
Golf    Yes Yes
Heptathlon    Yes  
Hiking (on recognised routes, under 3,000m)    Yes Yes
Hobie catting (European waters only) 1, 3 No  
Hockey   No  
Horse Riding (not jumping)  3 No  
Horse trekking (under 3,000m)    No  
Husky sledge driving  2 No  
Ice skating  3, 4 Yes  
Indoor climbing  1, 4 Yes  
Inner tubing (on land or water) 2 Yes  
Jeep/Car trekking as a fare paying passenger  2 No  
Jet boating 2 No  
Jet skiing    No  
Jogging    Yes  
Jungle surfing  4 Yes  
Kite buggying  3 No  
Kite surfing (over water)    No  
Kayaking (in calm waters) 3 No  
Lacrosse    No  
Marathon running    Yes Yes
Motorcycling (not racing, not off-road riding, must hold equivalent Irish licence)   No Yes
Mountain biking (not including downhill racing and extreme ground conditions)   Yes  
Netball    Yes  
Orienteering    Yes Yes
Paddleboarding (not white water)    Yes  
Parasailing (over water) 2 No  
Parascending (over water)  2 No  
Passenger (in licenced private aircraft)   No  
Passenger sledge (Horse and Carriage)   No  
Pedaloes    Yes  
Polo 3 No  
Pony trekking  2 No  
Racket ball    Yes  
Rambling (under 3,000m)    Yes Yes
Refereeing (amateur basis)    Yes  
Rifle range  2, 4 No  
River tubing    Yes  
Roller hockey    No  
Roller skating/Blading  3 Yes  
Rounders   Yes  
Rowing  3 No  
Rubber ring rides (Beach Activity)   Yes  
Running  3 Yes Yes
Safari/Gorilla trekking (not hunting)  2 Yes Yes
Sail boarding    Yes  
Sailing (including Flotilla. European waters only)  3 No Yes
Sand boarding   Yes  
Scuba diving - Unqualified - up to 30 metres deep  1 Yes  
Scuba diving - Qualified British Sub Aqua Club, BSAC or equivalent - up to 30 metres deep    Yes  
Segway riding/touring    No  
Skateboarding    Yes  
Sky diving indoor  2 Yes  
Snorkelling (to 10 metres deep)   Yes  
Squash   Yes  
Street hockey    No  
Surfing   Yes  
Swimming (within sight of land)    Yes  
Swimming with dolphins  2 Yes  
Table tennis Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Target rifle shooting  2, 4 No  
Ten pin bowling    Yes Yes
Tennis    Yes Yes
Tree trekking 2 Yes  
Tree top walking  2 No  
Trekking (up to 3,000 metres)   Yes Yes
Triathlons    Yes Yes
Ultimate frisbee    No  
Volleyball    Yes  
Wadi bashing  2, 4 No  
Wake Boarding    Yes  
War games/Paintballing  2 No  
Water polo    Yes  
Water skiing    Yes  
White water rafting (Grades 1,2 & 3)  2, 4 No  
Windsurfing    Yes  
Wing Foiling (within territorial waters)    Yes  
Yachting (European Waters only)  3 No  
Yoga    Yes Yes
Zip lining  2 Yes  

Specific exclusions and conditions apply where shown.
Conditions

  1. You are accompanied by an experienced and/or suitable qualified instructor or guide.
  2. You are adequately supervised, taking part in an organised event, session or excursion.
  3. You are not taking part in a league or competition.
  4. You are using natural or purpose/built facilities approved for use for the activity by a local or national regulatory authority

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