Any outdoor adventure activity has inherent risks. Please familiarise yourself with these below.

By booking any activity with Marlborough Tour Company Ltd (trading as Wilderness Guides), you acknowledge and accept the inherent risks and hazards of undertaking these outdoor adventure activities.
Risks in undertaking these activities include but are not limited to personal injury or sickness due to exertion (heat exhaustion, dehydration, muscle strains or blisters), personal injury caused by the external environment and weather (hypothermia, sunburn, falling objects, tripping over tree roots or loose material underfoot), the natural hazards present within New Zealand (earthquakes, tsunami, fires, landslides, or volcanic activity), or vehicle accident on way to the activity.
Any activities in proximity to the water include additional risks including but not limited to drowning, repetitive strain injuries from kayaking long distances, accelerated sunburn and dehydration, injuries from collisions with other vessels and the environment, or being struck by other vessels or wildlife, hypothermia, property damage or loss through impact, water immersion, and saltwater exposure.

By booking any activities you acknowledge and accept that these risks could result in your injury (mental or physical) or even death.

The staff and management of Wilderness Guides take all practicable steps to identify and minimize potential dangers. However, you must follow our instructions (and use the safety equipment provided) at all times.
Adults accompanying any person under the age of 18 must ensure that the underage person always follows our instructions.
By booking any activity, you release and indemnify Marlborough Tour Company Ltd (trading as Wilderness Guides) and our staff against any liability we incur to anyone else, resulting from your failure to follow our instructions, or the failure of any person accompanying you under the age of 18 to follow our instructions, or the improper use of any and all equipment provided.

We reserve the right to withdraw any person who in our opinion is likely to endanger themselves or others.
Additionally, we reserve the right to cancel, amend, or adapt any tour if we become concerned for any reason for your safety or that of any other person, or that your behaviour may impact the safe running of the trip for yourself and others.

Please inform your guides about any medical conditions or other information we need to know to include you safely in this activity. For example, asthma, allergies, heart conditions, epilepsy or pregnancy. You are entitled to access any information we hold about you or to request its correction at any time.

Please read the following statements; by participating in the activity you are agreeing to the statements below:
(a) I accept there are inherent risks and hazards associated with participating in the activity and I understand what these risks are (including serious harm and death) as laid out in the Risk Disclosure Agreement;
(b) I confirm that I am physically and mentally fit to undertake this activity, and suffer from no critical medical conditions which may be aggravated by the activity;
(c) I will notify and disclose any medical conditions or prior injuries that may affect my ability to engage in the chosen activity to Wilderness Guides staff prior to partaking in the activity;
(d) I confirm that I will not be under the influence of intoxicating alcohol or drugs (be they legal or illegal) which may in any way impair my ability to undertake the activity;
(e) I consent to receive any medical treatment that may be deemed necessary in the case of injury, or illness during the activity and to indemnify the Wilderness Guides and all staff against any claims in respect of that treatment;
(f) I agree not to commence any litigation or proceedings in any country in relation to the risks and perils I put myself at and to indemnify Marlborough Tour Company Ltd (trading as Wilderness Guides) and their staff against any such claim;
(g) I agree that my successors, executors, administrators, and next-of-kin are bound by the Terms and Conditions and Risk Disclosure Agreement;
(h) I wish to proceed with the activity at my own risk.

 

WARNING:  Under New Zealand law, it is extremely unlikely that you will be able to sue anyone if you are injured. In addition, New Zealand’s accident compensation scheme provides only limited assistance to visitors to New Zealand who are injured. We strongly recommend that all visitors to New Zealand have full insurance covering any injury they might suffer, including medical treatment cover, before undertaking this activity.

EXCLUSIONS:  To the extent permitted by law, all our liability for damage to your property, disruption to travel plans, or mental injury is excluded. This exclusion is subject to any rights or remedies you may have under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.

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