Tamara’s ultimate travel bucket list

I have a dream to travel the world. There are some things I really would like to do or some places I really would like to visit at least ones in my life. That is why I made my bucket list.

Europe:

• See the Northern lights | Norway

• Swim in the Blue Lagoon | Iceland

• Visit the Faroer Islands | Faroer Islands

• Have a trip to Monaco | France

• Pay a visit to Plitvice nature reserve | Croatia

√ Go to London around Christmas time | England

• Ride a gondola in Venice | Italy

• Make a roundtrip through Scandinavia | Sweden – Norway – Finland – Denmark

√ Go to Bosnia and Herzegovina and her beautiful nature | Bosnia and Herzegovina

√ Visit the city Zaandam | The Netherlands

• Have a trip to Normandy | France

• Make a trip by train and visit a few countries in Europe | Somewhere in Europe

• Experience the Oktoberfest | Germany

• Visit the beautiful landscapes of Scotland and Ireland | Great Brittain

• Go to lake Ohrid | Macedonia

• Experience the ‘La Tomatina’ in Buñol | Spain

√ Go to Disney Land Paris | France

√ See the Blue Mosque in Istanbul | Turkey

• Go to all the Harry Potter film locations | Great Brittain

• Visit Moscow and St. Petersburg | Russia

• Go to a party at Ibiza | Spain

• Spot the Balloons over Cappadocia’s Fairy Chimneys | Turkey

√ Visit Montenegro | Montenegro

√ Make a city trip to Budapest | Hungary

√ Make a city trip to Lisbon | Portugal

√ Make a city trip to Copenhagen | Denmark

√ Go to Santorini and spot the beautiful, white houses | Greece

• Take a look at the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona | Spain

 

Asia:

• Walk over the Great wall | China

√ Stay at a traditional, Japanese Ryokan | Japan

• See the Taj Mahal | India

• Go on a yoga retreat | Bali

• Make a backpacking trip | Thailand – Cambodia – Laos – Vietnam

• Trek through the Himalayas | Nepal – India – Pakistan – Tibet

√ Float in the Dead Sea | Israel

√ Participate in a Japanese Tea Ceremony | Japan

• Visit my most-wanted to go country and see the sunrise at Bagan | Myanmar
• Visit a rice field | Vietnam or Bali
• Check out the Aytthaya Temples | Thailand
• Go island-hopping | Indonesia

√ Visit Singapore | Singapore

• Make a roundtrip in the West-Asia countries | Iran – Turkmenistan – Uzbekistan – Tajikistan – Kyrgyzstan – Kazakhstan
• Visit Angkor Wat and watch the sunrise | Cambodia
• Go to Halong Bay | Vietnam

√ See the famous Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia

• Visit Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka
• Feed pandas in Chengdu | China

√ Spot Geishas in Kyoto | Japan

• Sleep in a traditional wooden Hanok house in Jeonju | Korea
• Explore the Golden Triangle | India

North- and Central America:

• Make a road trip across the West coast | The United States

• Visit New York and pay a visit to filming locations of the series Gossip Girl (yes, fangirl here) | The United States

√ Visit the Mayan ruins | Mexico

• Walk the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco | The United States

• Go gambling in Las Vegas | The United States

• Spot the Niagara Falls | Canada

• Visit the Grand Canyon | The United States

• Meet the lovely flamingos | Aruba

• Go on a dog sledding expedition | Canada

• Walk the Haiku stairs in Oahu | Hawaii

• Pay a visit to Yosemite National Park in California | United States

• Go island-hopping | The Caribbean

• Walk the Arenal Skywalk | Costa Rica

• Hike Angel’s Landing in Zion National Park | United States

• Visit the Galapagos Archipelago | The Galapagos

• Go to Times Square in New York | The United States

• Enjoy shore excursions | Alaska

• See the famous Panama Canal | Panama

 

South America:

• Visit Easter Island | Chile
• See the breath taking Iguazu Falls | Brazil and Argentina

√ Sleep in a hammock | Suriname

• Hike the Inca Trail | Peru
• See Christ the Redeemer an Corcovado Mountain | Brazil
• Go to the Salar de Uyuni | Bolivia
• Experience Brazilian Carnival | Brazil
• Visit the Glaciers of Patagonia | Argentina
• Pay a visit to the Atacama Desert | Chile
• Go to Lake Titicaca | Bolivia and Peru
• Make a backpacking trip | All countries of South America

Africa:

• Spot the big five | Somewhere in Africa

• Visit the rich amount of flora and fauna | Madagascar

• Go to Marrakech | Morocco

• See the temples | Egypt

• Hike mount Kilimanjaro | Tanzania

• Visit the Table Mountain | South Africa

• Spot the penguins in Simons Town | South Africa

• Watch the Victoria Falls | Zambia and Zimbabwe

 

Oceania:

√ Make a round trip and enjoy the beautiful nature | New Zealand

• Dive the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland | Australia

• Learn how to surf | Australia

• Visit the hospitable inhabitants and the beautiful island | Fiji

• Spot kangaroos | Australia

• Visit Sydney | Australia

• Explore the rich amount of flora and fauna | Tasmania

 

Antarctica:

• Get in touch with my all-time favourite animal: the Penguin

• Step foot on this continent in general 🙂

 

General bucket list items:

• Do some volunteering work with children

• Live in a foreign country for at least 8 months

• Do some volunteering work with animals

√ Get some working experience in another country

√ Do a canopy tour (zip line) through the jungle

√ Make at least one solo trip

√ Sleep at least once somewhere on the beach

• Learn to dive

• Get a travel tattoo (thinking about one on my foot with the word ‘wanderlust’)

• Go to an awesome festival somewhere in the world

• Spend a night in a tree house

• Learn Spanish somewhere

• Swim with dolphins

√ Ride a camel in the desert

√ Visit a tropical rainforest

• Sleep somewhere in the middle of nowhere in a tent

• Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway

• Visit all the seven world wonders

• Climb a mountain

√ Climb a volcano

√ Travel business class

√ Go to an ice bar

• Go on a cruise

• Step foot on all seven continents

√ Drink from a coconut

• Make a surprise trip (with meaning that you do not know beforehand where you are going)

• Go paragliding

 

 

And the most important, which I will never get the chance for to cross off my bucket list: Travel somewhere new every year.

Hopefully you can get some ideas from my bucket list for your own! This bucket list will be adjusted all the time. At some point, I hope to cross of some bucket list items and maybe I will add some as well.

Photos: Flickr.com
Author: Tamara