A long time ago I wrote an article with 101 things to do around the world and it proved a very popular article. I had stayed up late thinking of all the different experiences and activities you could do around the world. This time around I wanted to produce a list of things to do before you die, but I enlisted the help of the online travel community through Google +, Twitter and Facebook.
We managed to reach 150 entries and hopefully it’ll continue to grow. Feel free to add your own experiences or entries of things you’ll like to experience on your travels.
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Hopefully this list is organically growing all the time but for now here’s the 150 entries:
1 Pamplona Running of The Bulls – could be the craziest week of your life. I got hit by a bull twice! – Pampolona, Spain.
2 Snorkel the blue lagoon in Fiji
3 Bungee Jumping – Free fall with just a length of rubber tied to your legs, Bungee jumping in Queenstown, New Zealand. (@TravMonkey)
4 Nude Beach – Don’t be shy, visit a nude beach in Tulum, Mexico. (@TravMonkey)
5 Learn to cook a new dish – Perfect your cooking skills stir frying in Chang Mai, Thailand.
6 Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge – Spend 3 hours walking to the top of one of the world’s most iconic locations. (@MyPostcardFrom)
7 White Water Rafting – Race down the rapids of the Shotover River just outside Queenstown, New Zealand (@MyPostcardFrom)
8 Scuba Dive Silfra crack, Thingvellir Lake, National Park, Iceland (@joshhostels)
9 Sailing in the Greek Islands (@joshhostels)
10 Racing in the salt flats of Utah (@geeky_geet)
11 Sumo Wrestling – Grab a ticket for the ancient Japanese sport of Sumo wrestling in Osaka. (TravMonkey)
12 Trek the Himalayas (Annapurna / Everest Base Camp) Nepal to Tibet (@TomarHawk)
13 New 7 wonders of the World. Visit all of them (@TomarHawk)
14 Try some bugs in Thailand (@TomarHawk)
15 Eat Snake in Vietnam and drink snake blood (@TomarHawk)
16 Safari in the African Jungles. (@geeky_geet)
17 Visit The Killing Fields – Visit a harrowing chapter in Cambodian history at the killing fields, just outside Phnom Phen. (TravMonkey)
18 Experience the Floating villages Battambang, Cambodia. (@TomarHawk)
19 Sky Dive – Leap out of a plane sky diving over Lake Wanaka , New Zealand. (@TravMonkey)
20 Trek along the Great Wall of China – try Jinshaling to Simatai (hendo)
21 Scuba Diving – Go scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (@TravMonkey)
22 Live with a local family – eating their way, washing their way, sleeping their way. I recommend India and Nepal so far. (@Jlowthrop)
23 Visit Abu Sumbel – way better than Giza pyramids and in the much more beatiful south part of Egypt (@Pablo Torres)
24 See the God-Serpent descend from the pyramid of Chichen Itza in Mexico, the first day of spring (@Pablo Torres)
25 Sleep in an ice hotel in Sweden (@ConfusedJulia)
26 Throw tomatoes at people you don’t even know, at Tomatina in Spain (@ConfusedJulia)
27 Kayak in Halong Bay, Vietnam (@ConfusedJulia)
28 Visit the world famous dome of St Paul’s cathedral in London (@WanderingGeorge)
29 Horse trekking in Songpan (Sichuan province, China) with Tibetan nomads in China (@BiancaZAR)
30 Explore Sterkfontein Caves the Cradle of Humankind, (Gauteng province, South Africa (@BiancaZAR)
31 Eat live octopus at a fish market in South Korea (@BiancaZAR)
32 Take the Shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan – fastest way to get around -Tokyo to Osaka
33 Climb Stomboli Volcano, Sicily (DF)
34 Skidoo on Vatnajokull Glacier, Iceland (DF)
34 Sunset at Lago Atitlan, Guatemala (Kris)
36 Jumping on the Bolivian salt flats – great place for photography
37 Sample guinea pig in Peru
38 Diving in Fernando de Noronha and Bonito, Brazil (@mylilrecipebook)
39 Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (@globetrottertex)
40 Eat a real asado with the gauchos in Argentina (@globetrottertex)
41 See a Ping Pong Show in Bangkok. Apparently this is a must so I am told (@TomarHawk)
42 Swim with Whale Sharks in Donsol Philippines (@25travels)
43 Drink at least 50 from 2000+ beers available at Delirium pub in Brussels Belgium (@25travels)
44 Eat a whole balut Philippines (@25travels)
45 Visit the Angkor Wat Complex Cambodia (@25travels)
46 Sleep in a cave hotel in Cappadoica (@nomadicchick)
47 Trek the Inca trail (hendo)
48 Scuba Dive with Whale Sharks, Mahe, Seychelles (DF)
49 Disko Bay, Greenland (DF)
50 See the Icebergs at Jökulsárlón, Iceland (DF)
51 Diving With Sharks, Ellesmere Port, @adventuresocial
52 Wing Walking, Cirencester, @adventuresocial
53 ZapCats, Solent, @adventuresocial
54 Underwater Hockey, Caversham, Reading @adventuresocial
55 Get a Turkish Bath in Istanbul @1000fights
55 Try to eat Som-Tum that very spicy in Thailand @Narut
57 Polar Bear gazing on the remote island of Svalbard @thetravproject
58 River Cruise down the Nile in Egypt @MariamAlNajafi
59 Safari in Kenya @MariamAlNajafi
60 Attend Song Kran – Water festival in Thailand, apparently the whole country is involved in some crazy water fight – (Tai)
61 Swim in the Devil’s Pool on the edge of the Victoria Falls, on the Zambian side – (@julieGCL)
62 Spend the night on Sauna Island, in the bay of Helsinki – traditional smoke sauna, beers in the hot tube, a swim in the Baltic sea, and breakfast of smoked salmon – (@julieGCL)
63 Día de los Muertos – Day of the dead in Mexico, a real spectacle and celebration of loved ones – (@AnnaLucyT)
64 Stay at the ultra luxurious El Nido resorts in the Philippines’ last frontier Palawan (@cargog)
65 Hang Gliding over the Shoreline from Copacabana through Ipanema in Rio – Brazil (@dealchecker)
66 Bear watching in a hide in Kuusamo, northern Finland – close to the Russian border. (@ruka_kuusamo)
67 Rally driving on a frozen lake in Kuusamo, northern Finland (@ruka_kuusamo)
68 Help build an ecologically sound community in Sierra Leone with Tribe Wanted in John Obey (@headingthere)
69 Visit the caves at Nerja in Andalucia, Spain (@Any_Trip)
69 See the snow monkeys in Jigokudani Yaenkoen Park, near Nagano, Japan (@Any_Trip)
71 Ride a camel in Petra, Jordan. (@hostelbookers)
72 Camel Trek to an Oasis in Morocco’s Sahara (@vagobond)
73 Watch a Berber Fantasia at Sefrou’s Cherry Festival in Morocco (@vagobond)
74 Sample Mesir Macanu at the Manisa Mesir Festival in Manisa, Turkey (@vagobond)
75 Calcolcotta in Barcelona (@vagobond)
76 Pray in the Blue Mosque in Istanbul @vagobond)
77 Hike or Kayak to Kalalau on Kauai, Hawaii (@vagobond)
78 Hike and bird watch in the rainforest on Oahu (@vagobond)
79 Hitchhike across Canada (@vagobond)
80 Drink Tuak and play guitar with the Batak People of Lake Toba, Indonesia (@vagobond)
81 Hike to Scenic Hotsprings through the ice and soak with naked strangers in Washington State (@vagobond)
82 Take the coastal road overlooking the sea that connects Alghero to Bosa in Sardinia (Italy). To be done strictly at sunset and preferably on a motorcycle. (@robertonicastro)
83 Visit the tea plantations of the Cameron Highlands (@smp77)
84 See Uluru/Ayers Rock at sunrise (@NicoleTravelBug)
85 Bushwalking at Blue Mountain (@emirhartato)
86 Take the Trans Siberian Express from Moscow to Vladivostok (@Liligo_UK)
87 Drive the Route 66 in a vintage Mustang (@ae_carhire)
88 See a show at Sydney Opera House (@travsuperlative)
89 See the Northern Lights from a glass igloo in Finland (@p0psicle)
90 Celebrate “Midsommar” in Sweden (@ketchup4sale)
91 Taking the London-Cornwall sleeper train (@p0psicle)
92 View gorillas in their natural habitat – Rwanda/Uganda (@jayneytravels)
93 Water fights with the locals during carnival – Any South American town (@Xpackers)
94 Ski on ‘champagne powder’ in the Canadian Rockies (@jadistillery)
95 Dance with penguins in Antarctica – Not just cruising but making landfall; also looking forward to the “living lectures” (@SarahOtner)
96 Learn to tango in Buenos Aires – the only style that has defeated me! Have to work for my asada 😉 (@SarahOtner)
97 keen to river raft the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories – one day (@canadanim)
98 Walk the Tongariro Alpine crossing and view Mount Doom en route! (tongarirocrossing.org.nz)
99 Swim with whale sharks in Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia(@ShortTravelTips)
100 Swim with humback whales in Tonga (@ShortTravelTips)
101 Travel along the Silk Road (@insidetravellab)
102 Stay one night in a Buddhist monastery in Thailand and learn about meditation and Buddha’s teachings from a monk (@ThaiTourGuides)
103 Watch Marine Iguanas in the surf at sunset – Floreana Island, Galapagos (@vickysmith)
104 Daytime above the clouds & planes / sunrise at Stella Point, Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (@vickysmith)
105 Field Guide (“Ranger”) Training, Shamwari Game Reserve, South Africa (@vickysmith)
106 Walk across the top of Victoria Falls at low water, Livingstone, Zambia. NB. Still strong current. Retrospectively ridiculously dangerous.(@vickysmith)
107 Microlight over Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia. (@vickysmith)
108 Raft the Zambezi from Victoria Falls, Livingstone, Zambia. (@vickysmith)
109 Visit Robben Island, South Africa after reading “The Long Walk to Freedom” by Nelson Mandela – poignant (@vickysmith)
110 Watch Zanzibar locals playing football on the beach at sunset from Mercury’s Bar, Stonetown, with beer (@vickysmith)
111 Hike the Drakensburg Mountains, South Africa – stunning (@vickysmith)
112 Visit Tuol Sleng, The Genocide Museum, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (@vickysmith)
113 Gamble the night away, lose track of time, leave the casino drunk, Strawberry Daiquiri breakfast in the pool bar for breakfast, Las Vegas, Nevada (@vickysmith)
114 Go Tubing in Laos (@vicki_forde)
115 Swim in the pool at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe (@vicki_forde)
116 Swim with pink dolphins in the Amazon (@vicki_forde)
117 The obvious……road trip across America! (@vicki_forde)
118 Take a wine taste testing tour of Napa Valley California (@sheraandslim)
119 Go sea-kayaking to see icebergs in Newfoundland. (@manonthelam1)
120 Great white shark cage dive in Gansbaai, South Africa (@manonthelam1) (me too! @wildjunket)
121 Horseback riding at the Pyramids of Giza (@manonthelam1)
122 Visit tribes in Papua New Guinea (@wildjunket)
123 Swim with whale sharks in Mozambique (@wildjunket)
124 Walk with penguins in the Antarctica (@wildjunket)
125 Grab a late-night beer on the Bund in Shanghai (@gapdaemon)
126 Go “clubbing” in a 7-Eleven in Hong Kong (@gapdaemon)
127 Cruise or kayak Milford Sound on New Zealand’s South Island (@christinahegele)
128 Go stargazing at Mount John near Lake Tekapo, New Zealand (@christinahegele)
129 Base jump in a controlled sky jump from Auckland’s Sky Tower, New Zealand (@christinahegele)
130 Roll down a hill in a giant hamster ball, i.e. go Zorbing in Rotorua, New Zealand (@christinahegele)
131 Get hitched at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand (@christinahegele)
132 Sing karaoke in Akihabara, Tokyo’s entertainment and electronics district, Japan (@christinahegele)
133 Visit one of the many awe-inspiring temples and gardens in Kyoto, Japan (@christinahegele)
134 Visit the stone Moai of Easter Island – Visit Easter Island with its strange Moai steeped in mystery (@TravMonkey)
135 Get the beer diploma in Bamberg, Germany, the place with the most beer breweries per capita in the world! (@christinahegele)
136 Do a great Canadian road trip, starting out on Vancouver Island, driving through BC and AB, Banff and Jasper, to reach Calgary. (@christinahegele)
137 Do a pub crawl in London, UK (@christinahegele)
138 Visit Ticino and have it all: Swiss chocolate, mountains and palm trees! (@christinahegele)
139 Celebrate Holi, the Festival of Colours, in New Delhi, India (@IAVRA_villas)
140 Try a rattlesnake steak in Arizona, USA (@IAVRA_villas)
141 Hike under the Northern Lights in Alaska! (@LifesGreatAdv)
142 Watch the stars in the Sahara desert (@TheWellyPrints)
143 Plant rice in a paddy in Thailand (@IAVRA_villas)
144 Watch the sunrise from Mount Batur, Bali, and cook yourself a hardboiled egg for breakfast over one of the volcanic vents (@IAVRA_villas)
145 Visit the biggest favela in South America – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil (@mototoursbrazil)
146 See the awesome Iguaçu Falls – Brazil (@mototoursbrazil)
147 Have a wwoofing experience (willing workers on organic farms) for full cultural immersion (@christinahegele)
148 Visit Antigua Guatemala for Semana Santa (Holy Week) (www.101holidays.co.uk)
149 Smoke a Cuban cigar in Havana, whilst sipping on a cocktail, chatting with the locals (@meljbel)
150 Climb Adams peak in Sri Lanka in time to see sunrise at the top. 5000 steps at 2 on the morning.(@packsandbunks)
So there you go 150 things to do before you die, if you can think of anymore amazing entries let me know in the comments below.
