As the world re-opens, it’s a great time to revisit your travel bucket list. If not now, then when? Here are 50 ideas to whet your appetite for exploring the big, wide world. When inspiration strikes, let’s chat. I can help you get there.
50 Ways to See the World
Meet orangutans in Borneo, Indonesia
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - February 2020 in Borneo, Indonesia
Explore Antarctica and commune with the penguins
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - February 2019 in Orne Harbour, Antarctica
Go on a pilgrimage to Varanasi, India
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - December 2016 in Varanasi, India
Visit South Africa, Table Mountain and Cape of Good Hope
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2016 at Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Drive the South Africa wine route
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2016 - South Africa Wine Route
Go on an African safari in Ngorongoro, Tarangire and Serengeti national parks
Come face to face with polar bears in Churchill
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - November 2018 - Churchill, Manitoba
Climb to Tiger’s Nest in Paro, Bhutan
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - December 31, 2016 - Tiger's Nest, Bhutan
Bathe an elephant in Thailand
Go dogsledding in Alaska
Go gorilla trekking in Uganda
Take a junk boat cruise through Halong Bay, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - March 2015 - Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
Take a Christmas market river cruise in Europe
Spend the night in an ice hotel
Spend the night in a luxury “igloo” and sleep under the Northern Lights
Explore Machu Picchu
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2018 - Machu Picchu, Peru
Take a sunrise hot-air balloon ride over Cappadocia
Walk a portion of the Great Wall of China
Visit the ancient ruins of Petra (and walk through the Siq to the Treasure at night)
Visit the Waitomo Glowworm Cave in New Zealand
Go on a castle tour of Ireland
Embark on a self-driving tour of Norway
Attend Oktoberfest in Germany
See an opera at the Sydney Opera House
Take a flightseeing tour over a volcano in Hawaii
Soak in the steamy Pamukkale hot springs in Turkey (or the Blue Lagoon hot springs in Iceland)
Visit an amazing waterfall - Iguazu Falls, Victoria Falls or the under-the-radar Kaieteur Falls in Guyana
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2019 - Iguassu Falls, Brazil
Sleep in an overwater bungalow in a dreamy tropical setting like Bora Bora
Spend a week in a Tuscan villa in Italy (and go truffle hunting)
Join in the Pingxi Lantern Festival in Taiwan
Take a road trip to the Arctic Circle in the Yukon
Meet a Maasai tribe in Tanzania
Kayak with beluga whales in the Hudson Bay
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - July 2018 - Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
Attend the Palio horse race in Siena, Italy
Drive the Road to Hana in Maui
Float in the Dead Sea
Walk through a rice terrace in Bali
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2020 - Bali, Indonesia
Meet the Sami reindeer herders of Finnmark
Take a rail journey/road trip through Spain
Sail on an expedition ship, whether Antarctica or the Scottish Isles
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - January 2019 - St. Andrew's Bay, South Georgia
Participate in a Japanese tea ceremony
Take a walking holiday in the Shetland Islands
Discover the laid-back island lifestyle of ancient Malta
Photo by Susan Tuckey, Penguins2PolarBears - November 2017 - Malta
Sail around Cape Horn
Circumnavigate Iceland, Newfoundland and Svalbard
See the “new big five” (including polar bears and gorillas)
Go on a solo holiday
See the pyramids and lie on the beach in Egypt
Take a rail journey through the Italian lakes and Swiss Alps
See Uluru in Australia
Ready to start planning? Let's chat.