Bucket List Activities

Watch a fireworks show from a plane (looking down)
Zorbing in New Zealand
Visit all 7 continents of the world
Take a hot air balloon ride above the Serengeti National Park
Float in the Dead Sea
See the Northern Lights
Visit the Treasury (al-Khazha) and the Monastery (al Dayr) in Petra, Jordan
Take a tour of Chernobyl and the town Pripyat
Visit Papua New Guinea and meet a local tribe
See Silverbacks in the wild (Bwindi National Park, Uganda)
Volunteer in a wildlife sanctuary and work with cheetahs (Negev Desert in Israel or Namibia Desert)
Live for 1+ week in a house boat
Bungee jump in Queenstown, New Zealand (Nevis Highwire)
Visit the Auschwitz concentration camp
Skydive into the Blue Hole in Belize
Tour Pompeii and see Mount Vesuvius
Attend Loy Krathong in Chiang Mai
Spend a day in Varanasi, India and visit the main cremation grounds
Attend the New Year’s Eve fireworks show in Sydney, Australia
Fly somewhere with no luggage or carry-on
See a lion in the wild
Volunteer in a lemur sanctuary in Madagascar
Participate in a Ari Muyang Festival with the Mah Meri tribe in Malaysia
See a Bollywood move in the making
Attend an arranged marriage wedding ceremony
Spend 24 hours in complete silence in a Buddhist temple
Rappel down a cliff
Stay at an ice hotel
Go down into the underground discharge channel facility in Kasukabe City, Japan
Go whale watching
Swim with sharks
Touch a Mola Mola in Bali
Kayak down the Colorado River
See lava from an active volcano
Visit Hobbiton in Matamata, New Zealand
Go ice skating on a frozen river
Soak in the natural hot springs in Pamukkale (Turkey)
Take a trip on a submarine
Go storm chasing
Couchsurf in a stranger’s home
Attend a medieval renaissance festival at a castle
Visit a bio-luminescent site
Spend a day at the tiger temple (Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua) in Thailand

Accommodation Bucket List

Ice Hotel
House Boat
Tent Hammock
Shipping Container Home
Tiny House (<200 square feet)
Glass House
Underground Cave
Igloo
Castle
Jade Screen Hotel, China
Night Train
Bamboo Bungalow
Huge Luxury Villa

Completed

Spend a day with the Masaai tribe in Tanzania (2014)
Sky dive (2014)
Move to a different country (from Germany to the U.S. 2008)
Complete a High School exchange year (2006/2007)
Camp for 2 weeks (in the hills of Spain, 2005)
See monkeys in the wild (Tanzania, 2014)
Visit a castle (Malbork castle in Poland, 2001)
Go zip lining (Florida, 2013)
Stay in a tree house (Costa Rica, 2015)
Volunteer at an orphanage (2014)
Go on safari (Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, 2014)
Go parasailing (Florida, 2006)
Touch a dolphin (2010)
See a sperm whale (2014, stranded on the beach in Boca Raton, Florida)
Feed a kangaroo (2012)
Fly on a helicopter (2012)
Move across the country (from Fargo, ND to Boca Raton, FL, 2011)

What are some of your Bucket List activities or destinations?

About the Author

Nici is a mommy of 2, wife, successful Marketing professional, and travel nerd who is passionate about showing you how you can travel and explore the world by sharing her own travel stories and experiences.