Travel Planning

28 Cool Bucket List Ideas

Posted on by Two Scots Abroad
Gorgeous beach with yellow kayak at Hopkins Belize
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Mar
  1. Wake up for a sunrise
  2. Swim in the sea at night
  3. Sleep under the stars
  4. Cycle a coastline
  5. Camp at a national park
  6. Sleep in a castle
  7. Travel solo
  8. Make friends with a local
  9. Foliage road trip
  10. Scuba dive
  11. Swim with sharks or manatees
  12. Go skiing
  13. Climb and board down a volcano like Cerro Negro and Maderas in Nicaragua
  14. Hike to Machu Picchu – see the Lares Trek
  15. Cycle the World’s Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia
  16. Surf
  17. Skydive and get a ridiculous photo with cheeks pushed back
  18. A cold water polar bear plunge
  19. Ride the bobsled
  20. Go zorbing
  21. Do a safari
  22. Ride in a convertible
  23. Watch the hot air balloons at Cappadocia (Turkey) – magical!
  24. Ice skate on a natural rink
  25. Attend a music festival abroad
  26. Attend a ski music festival like Rise or Snowbombing
  27. Have a drink in a jazz club in New Orleans
  28. Get a travel-related tattoo

What’s on your travel bucket list?

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4 thoughts on “28 Cool Bucket List Ideas”

  2. The Bonfire Dream says:

    This is an amazing list!!! To be honest, I made an attempt of a bucket list but it kept getting so long! So I quit 🙂 But, oh boy, you made such a good one, I may just use yours as a template when I look for new ideas of what to do.

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