Looking for some inspiration to make your travels even more amazing? Want to have more experiences that you’ll never forget all over the world? Here are a few extraordinary experiences you should be adding to your travel bucket list:
Walk on Water in Bolivia
If you head to Saklar de Uyuni you will be able to have one of the most amazing experiences of your life – you will actually be able to “walk on water”. You see, that particular lake happens to be the biggest salt flat in the world and during the summer months when it’s flooded, that means that you can create the illusion of walking on water, which will impress all of your friends should you have a companion snap a photo or two. As well as the amazing illusion of performing a miracle, there are lots of stunning pink flamingoes to be seen and an old abandoned steam train which is ripe for exploring.
Cruise Along the Hạ Long Bay
The Hạ Long Bay in Vietnam is surrounded by some of the most beautiful limestone rainforests, but it is amazingly stunning in it’s own right due to it’s unusual emerald green waters. Along the bay are dotted over 16000 islands and mini-islands known as islets, just waiting to be explored, and since many of them are not inhabited by anyone, you can have a lot of peace and quiet doing so. The diving, fishing, hiking and swimming are all excellent too.
Cosy Up Next to the Champagne Pool in New Zealand
The Champagne Pool gets its name, not from its colour as you might expect, but from the fact that it is a large terrestrial hot spring that bubbles up like your favourite glass of fizz. Created by a hydrothermal eruption almost 100 years ago, you are’;t going to want to take a dip, due to it’s 163 degree heat, but you will love taking pictures of it’s majesty, and it’s mineral-caused colouring, and cosing up on the rocks that surround it to feel the heat on your skin.
Enjoy the Heady Aroma of Provence’s Lavender Fields
France is known for its rich foods, the romance of Paris and the impressive Eiffel tower amongst other things, but if you’re looking for extraordinary experiences, you’re going to want to head to Provence, specifically the lavender fields in the summer, where you will be amazed by the beautiful sea of purple before you, and even more blown away by the rich, floral aroma of the lavender flowers before you. Close your eyes and breathe it in and it’s a scent you’ll remember for the rest of your life.
Take a Walk in the Sagano Bamboo Forest of Japan
The Sagano Bamboo Forest ion the Kyoto are of Japan is nothing short of magical. Home to thousands of huge, imposing bamboo stalks, which gently sway and creak in the wind, it is one of the most eeeriest, but also very beautiful places on the planet. You’ll nev er forget it’s atmosphere as long as you live.
See Unique Wildlife on the Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands should be on every single human’s travel bucket list. Why? Because it is home to plants and animals that you simply will not see anywhere else on the planet, not in their natural environment anyway, and they are completely stunning! From giant tortoises to miniature penguins and majestic frigatebirds, you will not fail to be blown away by the variety you find there.
Hike Machu Picchu in Peru
Machu Picchu is an Incan citadel which is located high in the Andes Mountains. Constructed in the 1400s it is brimming with history and beauty. If you’re the kind of person who likes your holidays to be active and adventurous, and you’re up for a tough challenge, hiking the area is something you’re definitely going to want to add to your travel bucket list. Just think of the amazing panoramic views you’ll enjoy when you make it to the end of your journey!
See the Midnight Sun
There are many places where you can spend midnight in total sunlight, For example, you can see midnight sun in Norway, Icleand and Finland to name but a few. So, it doesn’t matter where you go to have this experience, but you should definitely have it because there is nothing quite like the experience of walking on the beach at the dead of the night to full illumination!
See the Northern Lights
Another extraordianry experience that you can have in many locations (many fo the same locations where you can see midnight sun, in fact, which is also bucket-list worthy is the northern lights. Seeing the beautiful ligth show that Mother Nature has deemed fit to bless us with really makes us contemplate our places on this planet and fgives us a greater appreciation of the world around us. Everyone should see the famous lights at least once, They are more beautiful in person than you could ever imagine.
Swim with Crocodiles in Africa
If you’re a thriollseeker or a keen nature lover, how can you pass up the oipportunity to dive in with the crocodiles and see what it’s like to be so close to the ancient predators? You can’t? Well, you don’t have to, not if you head to The Cango Wildlife Ranch, which is located in Oudtshoorn South Africa. Don’tmworry though – you’ll be safely tucked into an impenetrable cage if you like, although cage free exerienceds can be arranged in other places like Botswana cvia the Big Animals Expeditions.
Take a Dip in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
Iceland’s Blue Lagoon is a huge geothermical spa located in a southwestern lava field. It is unique in that whatever time of year you visit, you can swim in 40-degree centigrade waters and be surrounded by ice and snow, which makes for a rather odd, but very relaxing experience. The lake has a uniquely beautiful milky hue due to its mineral deposits, which make it very pretty, too.
Which experiences will you add to your bucket list?
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