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Bucket List Travel Ideas: 57 Unique Modes of Transport (2023)
Updated: Aug 20
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!
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)