Adventures for Thrill Seekers
10. Volcanic Ice Caves,
Lake Myvatn,
Iceland
I don't know of many locations where one can explore volcanic caves
with large ice formations. I speak from personal experience when I say that
these caves are amazing, and the trip is great. Studded boots allow you to
walk on the ice, & the fact the caves have small crevices which one must
squeeze through only add to the experience.
9. Cage Diving,
Cape Town,
South Africa
Everyone's seen the movie Jaws, now imagine that thing coming straight at you
while you hope that your cage has been closed correctly. If that's not enough to
qualify this as one of the world's primo adventures for thrill seekers than
nothing is, & South Africa is the world's premier place to cage dive with great
white sharks.
8. Visit the world's last frontier, Antarctica
The true last frontier, the continent that everyone forgets
when they're reciting the names of the continents receiving only 15,000
tourists a year.. Antarctica is, well it's hard to get to is definitely
worth the trip as well as the expenditure. With a multitude of voyages
embarking by ship from Ushuaia, some of the trips even come inclusive with
overnight camping on the continent itself. Besides where else can you take a
small boat with a loved one while having champagne, & chip off a piece of
ice & have a hundred thousand year old ice cube?
7. Bungee Jumping, Verzasca Dam, Switzerland
Bungee jumping in itself is for the bold at heart, but bungee jumping
from a 722 foot dam in the Swiss Alps is what makes you truly adventurous. This
jump was featured in the opening scene of a James Bond movie for goodness sake.
6. See the wildlife, Africa
If close encounters with lions, & charging bull elephants are
your type of thrill, well then this is where you should go. Africa is a continent so vast,
& varied it had to be included as a whole in this list. From the 8th continent
of Madagascar to the animals of Serengeti all the way to camel trekking in the
Sahara this place has everything.
5. Hike the Inca Trail,
Machu Picchu, Peru
Of course Peru is here because of the famed 5-day trail journey
to the legendary Machu Picchu. I'm not sure what's more for the thrill seeker,
the adventure of the hiking or the possibility of being robbed of all your
equipment in route. That may be coming off quite harsh, but Peru is one of the
world's crime capitals.
4. See where Darwin got his start, Galapagos
Islands
I prefer to think of these islands as an adventure for the
intellectual thrill seeker. You might not find bungee jumping or anything of
that sort. But you'll find some beautiful & unique animal species, & a lot of
beaches upon which to ponder the evolutionary wonders of the world. Also these
islands offer great sea turtle encounter opportunities, and there's a chance
that the Ecuadorian government will close the islands to tourists to protect the
enviroment.
3.
BASE Jumping
It's like skydiving except for people aren't total wusses. And
it's also illegal in almost every place on the planet. Except of course for
Idaho, safety of the citizenry never really did mean much to those people
anyway. But hey, at least you can BASE jump.
2. Sail Around the
World
Who hasn't been sitting at a lounge bar in West Hollywood & had
the inevitable sailing around the world topic brought up? Well if you're sick of
all your friends being able to say that they've done it while you sit in
silence, there's only one thing left to do... sail around the world. Personally
I hate sailing, and boats in general, but I hear some people like them.
1. Climb Mount
Everest
Mount Everest, the supreme adventure for thrill seekers! And it may not
actually be as far fetched as you might believe. Sure maybe you won't be able to
climb to its peak, but that doesn't mean you can't go to the base camp. At 18,000
feet the base camp offers a challenge, but not an impossibility. A lot of tour
companies operate hiking expeditions to the Everest base camp generally taking
14 days. Just think about the possibilities, you would be able to say that you climbed
on Mount Everest. If that's not a conversation starter well then I don't know
what is.
