Bucket List Trips
Must-experience adventures and travel
- In 2010 Prince released a song about a little-known, multi-terraced, mountain-backed wine region called Lavaux that's about an hour outside Geneva. This UNESCO World Heritage site is full of quaint vi …
- Isolation breeds evolution; especially when it comes to the natural world, so what better place to find intriguing elements of past life than confined to an island? From forgotten civilizations and sn …
- Every hotel worth their spit has a concierge to assist guests with their travel plans. The local person who knows the ins and outs of the city, how to get the allusive reservation at the “must go-to” …
- Oh the places you’ll go when you travel this world. You might be keen to visit some of the hottest tourists destinations this year, but what about adding a bit of a twist? If you love beautifully biza …
- When many of us want to get away, we picture white sandy beaches and turquoise waters. Maybe we’ll go on a little snorkel or scuba dive trip. But how about really immersing? We mean heading underwater …
- Have NASA’s space tourism posters got you dreaming of hiking the canyons of Mars and gazing at the auroras of Jupiter? Don’t get fitted for a spacesuit just yet — leisure space travel is still a long …
- Believe it or not, not all beaches were created equal. Some are wide and short, some are long and skinny, and some are just as plain as the day is long. These are not those.
- Volcanoes exist all over the world. Some are inactive, a reminder of past devastation and ruin, while others are highly active. Some erupt only once every few decades, others spew molten lava all day …
- Sometimes, we just need some fuzzy animals to raise our spirits. The Barbary Macaques are the only free-living primates in Europe, and they are swelling in numbers on the Rock of Gibraltar.
- To most people, safaris are synonymous with Africa. The continent is teeming with wildlife and underdevelopment, maintaining an environment conducive to the lives of these larger than life creatures. …
- Once home to only Viking clans, the Lofoten Islands in Norway are now accessible by road, train, boat, plane, and even helicopter. But however you get there, you’re sure to be blown away by their poig …
- We're not going to lie: getting to Angel Falls is no easy task. But what's that saying? If it's not hard, it's not worth it. As a world wonder, the sheer force of nature commands attention, as if you' …
- Some places on earth are so full of vibrant color, natural wonder, and jaw-dropping vistas they look like they leapt from the pages of a science fiction novel or off the palate of an oil painting. Chi …
- Safaris are synonymous with Africa. Nepal, not so much. Yet in the shadows of this country’s most popular attractions – namely, trekking excursions through the Himalayas – resides an insanely cheap s …
- #Yolo - you only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. The wildly popular phrase making it's way around the interwebs has struck a special cord with adventure and travel enthusiasts anxio …
- The world’s largest salt flat, Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is one of the highlights of South America, famous for it’s otherworldly landscapes with salt as white as snow that look like you’re walking on …
- You've probably never heard of Kätkätunturi. Completely remote, it's an area north of Finland's Arctic Circle in a region called Lapland. While the name might seem unpronounceable, add it to your buc …
- Physically changing history, the Silk Road paved the way to exchange an immense amount of commerce, knowledge and culture between the East and the West. Wars have been fought along its length, empires …
- After the fall of Troy, Odysseus and his men embarked on the perilous and unexpectedly long journey back to Ithaca, Greece. Along the way they faced monsters, battled cannibals, got played by the misc …
- Despite the fact that the humans have covered most of the world in networks of asphalt, there remain a handful of untouched places so untamed and off-the-beaten path that you can only reach them by fo …
- Imagine experiencing days on end where the sun never sets and darkness never comes. There are places you can go where this utopia exists. A natural phenomenon called the Midnight Sun, the sun remains …
- Where would you go if you had unlimited time and money? After all, isn't that the million dollar question? But what if you had a billion dollars and the world was your oyster, available to cater to yo …
- Some of the world's most treasured, remote landscapes can't be seen by helicopters, cars or even mountain bikes. These sacred places, like Ciudad Perdida, Everest's Base Camp and the top of Huayna Pic …
- Photo Credit: Neil Moralee While it isn’t the warmest, or the easiest place to travel to, the North Pole has been a destination of intrigue for adventurers, scientists, and businessmen since before i …
