10 Best Extreme Travel Adventures in the World

We have one chance to live our life, so it’s important to leave a comfort zone sometimes. What can be better than to feel a freedom of actions doing some weird things others are afraid of? Here is an inspiring list of 10 best extreme adventures for a fulfilling life.

10. Cliff jumping in Queenstown, New Zealand

An average cliff jump requires much courage, but let’s describe an extremely thrilling option known as the highest cliff jump point on the Earth. Jumps in Queenstown provide an opportunity to see kilometers of awesome New Zealand’s views. In fact, you may need some more courage for a typical jump, but you’ll be motivated by plenty of travelers around you and thousands of brave souls who have already jumped.

9. Full Moon Party in Koh Phangan

Full Moon Party is a way for brave men and women to show how they can dance till the next morning and fight with fire. Fascinating big party under the full moon with elements of fire shows offering various options to compete with Thai men sounds a bit hot. If you survive until the sunrise, you’ll see hundreds of overwhelmed bodies who tried to overcome the local people at fire limbo or just enjoyed the party.

8. Skydive in Australia

Nowadays, skydiving is not a surprise, and many places around the world allow us to try this experience. Anyway, we’re talking about wonderful spots in Australia. Wollongong or the Mission beach skydive to choose are both good decisions. Look at the Great Barrier Reef from a bird’s eye view flying from a height of 15000ft. Take a GoPro camera, record everything to share HD-video later from the first person with friends or relatives.

7. Surfing in Jeffrey’s Bay in South Africa

Experienced surfers know what it means to catch a wave, especially in a place like Jeffrey’s Bay. This paradise for surfing fans became popular after a surf movie Endless Summer and since then stays the best water to catch a wave. So, come here for a great experience and don’t be scare of sharks in the ocean. However, statistics claim that coconuts kill more people than hunting water predators.

6. Bike Death Road in Bolivia

This way of getting some adrenaline sounds terrifying. Death Road of La Paz makes even prepared bike-riders to squeeze brakes for around 4-5 hours mountain ride. Don’t try to find highlights of this riding opportunity in search engines or YouTube but train with a tennis ball squeezing it as much as possible for several hours to improve skills for this extreme adventure.

5. Bungee, Canyon Swing, Hang-Gliding, etc. in New Zealand

If you have never tried to throw yourself from the high objects, it’s time to visit Queenstown again. Bungees, Hang-gliding, Canyon Swing, and other adrenalizing ways of looking at landscapes of the country will take your breath. Try extreme adventures up in the air, depending on the nerves and budget, of course.

4. Water Rappelling – Costa Rica

Everybody knows about a kind of active rest as repelling… or abseiling that means the same. You’re bouncing down the rocks, or another surface so does mean water rappelling but add to the classic option a waterfall to bounce through. Costa Rica provides amazing sites for water rappelling. After your Spiderman water rappelling experience, try the superman flight on 1.5 km zipline (the longest in Latin America) above the rainforests of Costa Rica.

3. Night Volcano Trekking in Indonesia

Volcano trekking is supposed to be too creepy for typical tourists, but that’s an exciting and impressive activity. In other words, we’re talking about extreme travel adventures. This activity is available in Yogyakarta of Java island and doesn’t try to go to Bali before volcano trekking. If daylight trekking is easy, add some spices and do it at night. Exploration of volcanoes Mount Bromo and Mount Ijen around and even inside spends all your night with a couple of hours for sleeping. Who would like to avoid finding out what is inside a volcano and reach close to the sulfur flames? Don’t worry if night adventure into the volcanoes is too much for you, wait until the morning to admire views opening under the sunlight.

2. Swimming with White Sharks in South Africa

After the creation of commercially successful “Jaws,” the Great White Shark gained frightening fame. South African waters near Cape Town allow tourists to face nose to nose with the world’s biggest population of these beautiful and scaring animals. If you think that sitting inside a special cage and admiring the huge predators is boring, try scuba diving with Tiger sharks and Bull Sharks living in South Africa’s Protea Banks. Being surrounded by such unfriendly looking animals seems to be an activity for stress-resistant tourists.

1. Komodo Dragons in Indonesia

Dragons are still living on the islands of Komodo and Rinca, so it’s only possible to visit them by water. If you are a yacht owner, it’s easier for you, but if you aren’t, get to the cheap ship and join a team of dragon seekers during the four-days voyage. Manta rays surrounding the vessel, talkative passengers and a guitar, and your cruise succeed. Don’t be frightened after arrival if you see houses of locals on stilts. Dragons living on the islands are not friendly huge and dangerous reptiles growing up to 3 meters. They may invade settlements. Their bite is deadly poisonous, so don’t attempt to joke with them.