Guide Award 2011 prize givers

We're very pleased to announce that this year the prizes for the three shortlisted guides will be provided by Swarovski and Nomad and Powertraveller

Wanderlust

We award three bursaries to the top three guides. The guide awarded the gold bursary will win £5,000 to be spent on worthwhile projects of their choosing or further education. The winners of the silver and bronze bursaries will receive £2,500 and £1,500 respectively. You can find out here what the winners of last year's competition have spent their bursaries on.

Swarovski

This year, Swarovski are kindly donating a pair of their 8 x 20 Traveler binoculars to each of the three winning guides. These extremely handy, watertight, pocket binoculars, which can be folded up to a width of only 5.9cm, have a non-slip coating with a shock-resistant rubber armouring.

Bright, crystal clear images are achieved, thanks to the most complex optical system ever to be used in compact binoculars.

In addition, the winning guide will also win a cleaning set. Check out Swarovski's website here.

Nomad

Our friends at Nomad have come up with the goods again. They're donating a great selection of gear:
– Gold: Carrock Jacket & Scorch Mid Loft Jacket
– Silver: Explorer trek Light Boots & 24/7 day pack
– Bronze: Explorer Trek Light boots

Check out the website here. Wanderlust readers can also save 10% on any equipment from the website, using WLUST11 in the Discount Code box when placing an order.

Powertraveller

The best way to stayed charged on the go, Powertraveller are providing a number of prizes in this year's awards ceremony. The Gold winner will be receiving one of their PowerMonkey Extreme chargers whilst both Silver and Bronze will be receiving a PowerMonkey Explorer each.

For more information, check out the Powertraveller website here. Use the code 'WANDERLUST' to get a 10% discount.