Bucket List Travel Ideas: 57 Unique Modes of Transport (2023)
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  • Writer's pictureChristina Trotter

Bucket List Travel Ideas: 57 Unique Modes of Transport (2023)

Updated: Aug 20, 2023

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!


I always enjoy traveling via a new mode 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!

What better way to experience Egypt than traveling in style in a felucca boat down the Nile River
Ride a felucca down the Nile River in Egypt

1. Driving a convertible down Pacific Coast Highway


2. Looking out from a hot air balloon over the Serengeti and Maasai Mara during the Great Migration


3. Running off of a hillside in Switzerland and paragliding to the bottom


4. Riding a camel across the Thar desert in Rajasthan

5. Riding the Trans-Mongolian from Beijing through Mongolia to St. Petersburg


6. Sitting in a gondola along the canals in Venice


7. Visiting the Twelve Apostles formation as you drive the Great Ocean Road in Australia


8. Riding a motorcycle through South America


9. Traversing Canada by rail


10. Riding a cyclo in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam


11. Overlooking vineyards in a hot air balloon in Napa


12. Sandboarding down the dunes in the Atacama Desert in Chile


13. Riding in a horse-drawn carriage ride in Central Park


14. Riding the Palace on Wheels in India


15. Mushing a dog sled in Alaska


16. Riding in a Reindeer sled in Lapland, Finland


17. Riding a streetcar in New Orleans


18. Ziplining to your treehouse in Laos


19. Taking a houseboat through the Kerala, India backwaters


20. Sailing through the Galapagos Islands as the penguins swim next to you


21. Take the Jungfrau Railway to the top in Switzerland


22. Taking a brewery tour via pedicab in Austin, Texas


23. Taking a helicopter ride off of the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong


24. Riding in the annual dhow race in Lamu, Kenya


25. Taking the Wings of Tatev aerial tram over Armenia


26. Skiing down the Alps


27. Riding a toboggan down the Wildkogel run in Austria


28. Traversing South Africa on the Blue Train


29. Taking a private plane and seeing your city at night


30. Riding the down the Romantic Road in Germany via private tour bus


31. Taking the Chunnel from Kent, England to Pas de Calais, France


32. Circling the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in a taxi cab


33. Renting a motorbike and ride through the streets of Pai, Thailand


34. Sailing the Greek Islands


35. Driving the Ring Road around Iceland


36. Hiring a captain and cook to sail the Virgin Islands with you and your partner


37. Feeling the cool spray as a passenger on the Maids of the Mist underneath Niagara Falls


38. Rope swinging over the Guadalupe River outside of San Antonio


39. Riding aboard the Shinkansen Bullet Train in Japan between Tokyo and Kyoto


40. Viewing the Statue of Liberty for free from the Staten Island Ferry


41. Sailing down the Nile in a felucca


42. Enjoying the view to the top on the Old Quebec funicular


43. Listening to Bob Marley on a catamaran as you sail around the Florida Keys


44. Dining on a paddle wheel cruise down the Mississippi River


45. Sitting in a Totora boat while paddling Lake Titicaca in Peru


46. Riding the Mountain Railway steam "Toy Train" in Darjeeling


47. Bobsledding at Lake Placid, New York


48. Renting an RV and caravanning through Alaska


49. Riding a mule down into the Grand Canyon


50. Snowmobiling the trails in upstate New York


51. Riding a wild horse across Mongolia


52. Cruising in a classic car down a busy street


53. Taking a bike ride through Paris streets


54. Riding a camel around the Egyptian pyramids


55. Hiking across Switzerland


56. River Rafting Class 5 rapids in Colorado


57. Riding a Segway through the streets of New York City.


Comment below with some of your favorite transportation or bucket list ideas.


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Happy Travels,

Chrissy (The Destined Globetrotter)

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