Best Bucket List Ideas

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August 23, 2020

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I really think the idea of a bucket list is fun and smart. I think we should live every day to the fullest and try to do everything that we want to and can do. If you are unfamiliar with what a bucket list is- it is just a list of some things you want to do before you kick the bucket aka die. But I don’t want to focus on that- let’s focus on some of the best bucket list ideas.

Best Bucket List Ideas

Animal Related Ideas

Swim with Whale Sharks– My family wants to do this really bad. Whale sharks can be found many places- I want to do it in the Philippines.

Visit an Elephant Sanctuary in Thailand

See Penguins in Antartica

Swim with Pigs in the Bahamas– there are feral pigs that live in the Bahamas at Big Major Cay. Find them at Pig Beach where they like to hang out and be fed.

Go on a Wildlife Safari in Africa to find the big 5– If you can spot the big 5 on your safari it is a good day. The big 5 refers to lion, elephant, rhinoceros, cape buffalo and a leopard. I would also love to see a zebra and giraffe.

Swim with dolphins

Air boat in an alligator infested swamp– I did this in Florida and it was a blast- highly recommend!

Dog sled in Alaska

Swim with giant manta rays– You can do this on the Big Island in Hawaii. You go at night when the manta rays are feeding on the bioluminescent plankton. Such an adventure!

Visit the Christmas village in Finland at the North Pole and see the Reindeer

Watch or participate in a Rodeo

Hold a monkey and/or sloth

Release baby turtles into the ocean

Sit in a hot spring with snow monkeys– in Japan at Joshinetsu Kogen National Park you can warm up in a hot spring with wild snow monekys.

Gorilla trekking in Uganda

Trek with llamas to Machu Picchu

Ride a camel across the Sahara dessert

Ride in a horse drawn carriage in Central Park

Run with the bulls in Spain

Swim with humpback whales in Tonga

Travel Related Bucket List Ideas

See the Northern Lights

Dive or Snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef

Visit the 7 Wonders of the World

Explore all the National Parks in your Country

Travel to all 50 US states

Island hop in Greece or the Caribbean

Be in the Saturday Night Live audience– or whatever your favorite show is. I would also love to be a contestant on a game show.

Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland

See the sunrise in Grand Teton National Park

Experience a show in Broadway in New York

Ride the London Eye

Hug a Giant Redwood Tree

Stay in an over water hut– I won’t be picky with where haha. I am good with the Maldives, Fiji or Bora Bora.

Swim in a natural hot spring

See the cherry blossoms blooms in Japan

Sleep in a yurt/teepee/igloo etc– one of the glass igloos in Finland with the Northern Lights would be ideal haha.

Take a baking class in Paris or a Pasta class in Italy

Get a caricature drawing by a street artist

Gamble in Las Vegas

Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans– be sure to grab beignets while you are there and check out the voodoo scene.

Visit Saunas in Sweden

See the Ball drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve– I have heard horror stories of people waiting all day in a sea of people wearing a diaper to see the ball drop. I personally don’t want to do that but would love to stay in a hotel with a view of the ball.

Float in the Dead Sea

Fly first class

Fly somewhere random– I just learned about this company that is a surprise travel agency. Sounds fun!

Walk on the Great Wall of China

See the Tulips in Holland

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See the Sistine Chapel

Visit Easter Island

Visit all the Disney Resorts

Go to the Palace of Versailles in Paris

Visit a pink sand and a black sand beach

Go to Salem, MA in October– to see all the festivities, witch and ghost tours etc

Sail to the Statue of Liberty

See a show at the Sydney Opera House

Hunt for Bigfoot. And Nessie the Loch Ness Monster in Scotland.

Take a boat through Halong Bay in Vietnam

See Mount Rushmore

Plan an epic road trip that visits all or most states and National Parks– here is a western road trip route that is awesome!!

Iguazu Falls in Argentina

Find a 4 leaf clover

Shop at European Christmas Markets

See the Eiffel Tower glitter at night

Kiss the Blarney Stone

Make a Wish in the Trevi Fountain

Go on a River Boat Cruise-this would be fun through Europe but I also think a cruise on the Mississippi River would be fun too.

Oktoberfest in Germany

Adrenaline Bucket List Ideas

Hot Air Balloon Ride in Turkey

Go Bungee Jumping or Base Jumping

Be in a parade

Skinny Dipping

See a World Series Game or Go to the Super Bowl

Go to the Olympics

Zip line through the jungles of Costa Rica

Sky Dive- it could be indoors if you are a little bit of a chicken like me

Rappel into a cave or down a waterfall

White Water Rafting

Summit an Impressive Mountain– whatever impressive means to you- you choose.

Snowmobile

Go in a submarine

Go in a shark tank

Walk on the Grand Canyon Skywalk– at the West entrance of the Grand Canyon you can walk on a glass floor bridge high over the canyon.

Learn how to sail on a sailboat

Spend a week on a Yacht or House Boat

Fly in a private jet

Extract honey from a beehive

Hunt for wild mushrooms

Be on a jumbo tron

Do a polar bear plunge

Hike Havasu Falls– in Arizona on the Indian Reservation so you need to pay for permits. You can hike to a crystal blue waterfall and have the option to helicopter out.

Dive off a high dive

Go deep sea fishing

Learn to surf in the ocean or behind a boat

Drive a super car around a track– I know they do this a lot in Las Vegas

Drive a cute vintage car in Monaco

Helicopter over the Grand Canyon

Ski by the Matterhorn

Hike to Everest Base Camp

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