Sure, you could do the usual vacation: tour a museum or two, visit famous landmarks, have dinner at the top rated restaurants. Or, you could skip the tourist traps and find unique activities to do instead. If you want to do something outside of the box for your next holiday, try these unusual travel adventures.
Go on a Ghost Tour
If you love a good ghost story (and who doesn’t?), book a haunted tour for your next holiday. Ghost tours explore a city’s spookiest locations. You’ll learn about the haunted history on a guided walking tour, including true stories of eerie encounters. For example, US Ghost Adventures Savannah tours one of the most paranormal cities in the United States. Sometimes guests even have their own experiences while on the tour!
Snorkel with Whale Sharks
Whale sharks are the largest fish in the ocean, and these huge creatures can grow up to 39 feet long! Fortunately, they don’t attack humans and only eat small fish. You can safely see these enormous fish for yourself on a snorkel adventure with whale sharks. You can also try the whale watching Dana Point tours for an exciting opportunity to observe the magnificent marine mammals in their natural habitat while enjoying the beauty of the California coastline. Some of the best locations to snorkel and swim with whale sharks include Isla Mujeres in Mexico, Oslob in the Philippines, and the Wolf and Darwin Islands in the Galapagos.
Go on a Desert Adventure
Experience Middle Eastern hospitality on a visit to Wadi Rum and Petra in Jordan. Petra is an ancient city carved out of desert canyons and mountains that still stand today (It might look familiar from the blockbuster film Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.) Then head to Wadi Rum, where you can see a protected desert wilderness by camel or jeep. Stay overnight in a Bedouin camp and enjoy delicious Middle Eastern cuisine served family style.
Go Hot Air Ballooning
If you can handle heights, hot air ballooning offers incredible views. You may have heard of the world’s most popular destination for the activity; Cappadocia, Turkey. (If you do go to Cappadocia, make sure to check out the cave hotel too!) If you can’t make it to the Middle East, people run their own private hot air balloon rides all over the world. You can see your surroundings from a whole new perspective!
Dig for Dinosaurs
Unearth your inner paleontologist and book a fossil adventure. You can find hot spots to search for dinosaur fossils around the world, like the Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry in Utah, Dinosaur Valley State Park in Texas, the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, or the Badlands in Canada.
Go Heli Biking
Mountain biking goes to an entirely new extreme with this unusual activity. This isn’t just another ride around the park. A helicopter takes you up a mountain to your starting point. Then it drops you and your friends off with your bikes. The only way back is down the mountain! You can find great options for heli biking in New Zealand, like Wanaka and Queenstown, as well as in Whistler and Revelstoke in Canada.