Travel Bucket List Ideas: 57 Exciting and Unique Ways to Get Around the World
Traveling around the world gives you an opportunity to see how other people travel from place to place. While many Americans hop into their car to go somewhere, motorbikes are a popular form of transport in Thailand. In fact, it’s not unusual to find a family of 4 riding the same motorbike!
Below are some of our favorite travel bucket list ideas for modes of transport. Below is a list of some of my favorite personal experiences plus several more to add to my bucket list.
Perhaps these will help you to reinforce that it’s not always the destination, but often the journey!
Travel Bucket List Ideas: By Air
Looking out from a hot air balloon over the Serengeti and Maasai Mara during the Great Migration
Running off of a hillside in Switzerland and paragliding to the bottom
Overlooking vineyards in a hot air balloon in Napa
Ziplining to your treehouse in Laos
Taking a helicopter ride off of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong
Taking the Wings of Tatev aerial tram over Armenia
Taking a private plane and seeing your city at night
Enjoying the view to the top on the Old Quebec funicular
Riding a mule down into the Grand Canyon
Travel Bucket List Ideas: By Boat
Riding an expedition ship to Antarctica
Taking a river cruise down the Danube or Rhine to see the Christmas markets
Seeing European castles and vineyards along the Rhine River
Sitting in a gondola along the canals in Venice
Taking a houseboat through the Kerala, India backwaters
Sailing through the Galapagos Islands as the penguins swim next to you
Riding in the annual dhow race in Lamu, Kenya
Riding in a small boat in the Jokulsarlon lagoon to see the icebergs up close
Sailing the Greek Islands
Hiring a captain and cook to sail the Virgin Islands with you and your partner
Feeling the cool spray as a passenger on the Maids of the Mist underneath Niagara Falls
Viewing the Statue of Liberty for free from the Staten Island Ferry
Sailing down the Nile in a felucca
Listening to Bob Marley on a catamaran as you sail around the Florida Keys
Dining on a paddle wheel cruise down the Mississippi River
River Rafting Class 5 rapids in Colorado
Sitting in a Totora boat while paddling Lake Titicaca in Peru
Travel Bucket List Ideas: Riding an Animal
Riding a camel across the Thar desert in Rajasthan
Riding in a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park
Mushing a dog sled in Alaska
Riding in a Reindeer sled in Lapland, Finland
Riding a wild horse across Mongolia
Riding a camel around the Egyptian pyramids
Travel Bucket List Ideas: By Train
Riding the Rocky Mountaineer through the Canadian Rockies
Riding on a Belmond Train
Riding the Rocky Mountaineer from Moab to Red Rocks, Colorado
Taking the Orient-Expess
Riding the Trans-Mongolian from Beijing through Mongolia to St. Petersburg
Traversing Canada by rail
Riding the Palace on Wheels in India
Take the Jungfrau Railway to the top in Switzerland
Traversing South Africa on the Blue Train
Taking the Chunnel from Kent, England to Pas de Calais, France
Riding aboard the Shinkansen Bullet Train in Japan between Tokyo and Kyoto
Riding the Mountain Railway steam “Toy Train” in Darjeeling
Travel Bucket List Ideas: By Car
Driving a convertible down Pacific Coast Highway
Visiting the Twelve Apostles formation as you drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia
Driving the Romantic Road in Germany via private tour bus or car
Circling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in a taxi cab
Taking a drive through the southwest to see the National Parks
Driving the Ring Road around Iceland
Cruising in a classic car down a busy street
Renting an RV and caravanning through Alaska
Travel Bucket List Ideas: On 2 or 3 Wheels
Riding a motorcycle through South America
Riding a cyclo in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Taking a brewery tour via pedicab in New York
Renting a motorbike and ride through the streets of Pai, Thailand
Taking a bike ride through Paris streets
Riding a Segway through the streets of New York City.
Travel Bucket List Ideas: On a Board
Sandboarding down the dunes in the Atacama Desert in Chile
Skiing down the Alps
Riding a toboggan down the Wildkogel run in Austria
Travel Bucket List Ideas: Miscellaneous
Riding a streetcar in New Orleans
Rope swinging over the Guadalupe River outside of San Antonio
Snowmobiling the trails in upstate New York
Bobsledding at Lake Placid, New York
Comment below with some of your favorite transportation or bucket list ideas.
Click below for more information about some of these adventures from recent posts:
- The Top 8 Wildlife Adventures Around the Globe
- How to Build a Better Bucket List
- Plus more from our blog
Happy Travels,
Chrissy (The Destined Globetrotter)
