The Venari Partners Challenge 2026 to Canada!
We're thrilled to bring our award-winning charity initiative, the Venari Partners Challenge, back for a fourth edition. This year, a group of deserving individuals, selected via our open nominations process, will take on an eight-day hike across the Canadian Rockies.
Thank you to our 2026 travel partner for their support!
The Trek
Explore the great Canadian outdoors on some of the best wilderness trails in the Rocky Mountains.
We have space for eight nominees to embark on an incredible eight-day journey through the wild. The trek will take place from Thursday 10 September to Saturday 19 September 2026.
Everything from airport transfers and kit are provided – all that participants need is to be up for the trek and to fundraise for a charity of their choice! Please note that these campaigns are designed to be challenging, so a good level of fitness is required to take part.
How do I get involved?
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED.
As ever, we will select the trekkers through our open nominations process. The window will be open from 26 February to 30 April 2026. It is free to enter, but we want to know why you think your nominee should take part. They could have shown great bravery in difficult circumstances, overcome real adversity, or put in plenty of unsung work for little (or no) reward – whatever the reason, we want to hear about it. Remember, you can nominate yourself!
Participants will be asked to fundraise for a charity of their choice. This is your chance to raise money for a cause that's close to your heart by doing something truly amazing, so be sure to tell us what your chosen organisation means to you.
Please note that nominees should have the physical fitness and endurance to hike in difficult terrain over eight days.
What we've achieved so far...
£73,000
in charity donations collectively raised by Venari Partners Challenge participants from 2023-2025.
Venari Partners have received a number of accolades for launching this life-changing charity campaign from organisations including:
We created the Venari Partners Challenge in 2023 to reaffirm our commitment to CSR. For the inaugural campaign, which took place in Petra, Jordan, we funded a group of deserving individuals to take part in an amazing five-day trek through the deserts of Jordan. Nominated by their friends and family through our open social media campaign, the trekkers fundraised for numerous wonderful causes and were led by endurance athlete and world record holder, Sean Conway. Sean guided the group to their destination: the stunning Rose City of Petra.
The Venari Partners Challenge returned in 2024, this time to the Norwegian fjords. The group was led by Paul Harris, otherwise known as The Warrior Walker, who has walked the circumference of the UK twice. They hiked and kayaked 70km through stunning scenery to raise money for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM). Then, in 2025, we brought the Challenge back for the toughest edition yet in the Colombian jungle. Another amazing group led by OG Petra trekker Leighton Smith completed a gruelling expedition in tricky conditions, raising over £35k for 10 different charities – a record for the Venari Partners Challenge.