51 epic travel experiences to put on your bucket list right now
We’re all about setting goals, challenging ourselves, striving for greatness. Because setting goals ideally leads to achieving them, and that leads to feeling like a total badass.
Basically, we’re all about feeling like a badass.
Goal setting can apply to our careers, fitness routines, relationships, or (personal fave) globetrotting.
If you don’t have a bucket list, today’s the day to start building one. This can mean anything from visiting a location you’ve been wanderlusting after, to getting your adrenaline rushing with an outdoor activity, to snapping a selfie with a landmark that you’ve only seen on a postcard. No matter how big or small, you will feel like a boss when you get to check those items off the list.
We are diving into this big beautiful world and giving you 51 pieces of bucket list inspo, just to help get you started.
1. Go gorilla trekking in Uganda, Rwanda, or the Congo
2. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
3. Hike Machu Picchu
4. See orangutans in the wild
5. Go shark diving
6. Explore the ancient ruins of Petra in Jordan
7. Ride in a hot air balloon in Cappadocia, Turkey
8. Climb Mount Kilimanjaro
9. Zipline through a jungle
10. Participate in the Holi Festival in India
11. Ride a camel through the desert
12. Party at the Full Moon in Thailand
13. Road trip through the Rocky Mountains
14. Set foot in all seven continents
15. Go on an African safari
16. Party at Mardi Gras in New Orleans
17. Experience the wildlife of the Galápagos Islands
18. Go skydiving
19. Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia
20. Climb Mount Everest
21. Hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela trail in Spain
22. Go kayaking in Antartica
23. Cruise the Amazon River
24. Walk the Great Wall of China
25. Visit the Salt Flats in Bolivia
26. Go up the tallest building in the world in Dubai
27. Take a gondola ride through the canals of Venice
28. Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland
29. Witness an active volcano
30. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
31. Raise your glass and “Prost” at Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
32. Witness the northern lights
33. Check out the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt
34. Visit 30 countries by age 30 (or insert your own numbers!)
35. Marvel at the Hong Kong skyline
36. Release a wish lantern into the sky
37. Go skiing in the Alps
38. Trek through rice fields in Vietnam, Indonesia or the Philippines
39. Fall in love in Paris
40. Gamble in Las Vegas
41. Spend a night in an overwater bungalow
42. Island hop in Greece
43. Party at Carnival in Brazil
44. Dive the Great Blue Hole in Belize
45. See a Broadway show in New York City
46. Cruise through Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
47. Attend a luau in Hawaii
48. Encounter a Komodo Dragon at Komodo National Park
49. Go wine tasting in Napa, Tuscany, Cape Town, or wherever your thirsty taste buds take you
50. Go trekking in Patagonia
51. Catch a sunset in Oia, Santorini
Those are just a few of our faves, but we want to hear from you! What are the top items on your bucket list? Leave us a comment and share the wanderlust!