The Ultimate Wildlife and Travel Bucket List

So, here it is. The Bucket List.

If you have read the About Us page you will know that we compiled this list so that we could concentrate on experiencing the things that really matter to us. The list below shows the experiences we’ve been fortunate enough to have, and a sneak peak of a few that are hopefully not too far away. While we try and experience as many things as possible each year, our list is growing ever longer and we anticipate adding quite a few more, so keep your eye out for new additions.

Click on the links to read more about our trip or feel free to comment below. We’d love to hear what is on your list and what else you think we might enjoy.

Wildlife

1. Swim with Humpback Whales
2. Come face to face with a Great White Shark
3. Spend time with African Lions
4. See a Cheetah run
5. Watch a leopard on a kill
6. See the secret 7 (Pangolin, Aardvark, Serval, Civet, Genet, Wild Cat, Porcupine)
7. Swim with Sperm Whales
8. Swim with Bull Sharks
9. Look up at a Giraffe
10. See a jumping crocodile
11. Watch the black bears of North America
12. Swim with a Basking Shark
13. Visit a penguin colony
14. Wake up with a Meerkat family
15. See a Honey Badger
16. Get up close to a polar bear
17. Swim with Dusky Dolphins
18. Find a wild pygmy elephant
19. Swim with Bottle Nosed Dolphins
20. Get up close to a Bonobo – Congo
21. See Great White Shark breaching
22. Swim with Australian fur seals
23. Swim with Manatees
24. Meet a wild Kangaroo
25. See Black Rhino
26. See a Wolf pack in action
27. Release a Sea Turtle hatchling
28. See an African Wild Dog pack hunt
29. See the mighty Condors soaring above
30. Swim with a Tiger Shark
31. Spot a Jaguar in the Rainforest
32. Swim with penguins
33. Spot an Irrawady dolphin – Laos
34. Swim with a Thresher Shark
35. View the iconic Arctic animals in their habitat (Moose, Elk, Reindeer, Arctic Fox & Snowy Owl, Bison)
36. See a proboscis monkey
37. Swim with Beluga Whales
38. Meet the mountain gorillas
39. Swim with Cape Fur Seals
40. Watch bears fish on a waterfall – North American Salmon Run
41. Find a Bornean Gibbon
42. Spot a tree climbing lion
43. Swim with Narwhal
44. Kayak with Humpback Whales
45. See a Flying Squirrel fly
46. Meet a Quokka
47. Watch Southern Right Whales breaching
48. Swim with a bait ball in Africa’s Sardine run
49. Swim with Orca (Killer Whales)
50. Spend time with African Elephants
51. See a Lowland Gorilla
52. Get up close to a Grey Whale
53. Swim in Jellyfish lake – Palau
54. Swim with Blue Whales
55. Find a mystical Spirit Bear
56. Watch Whales from the beach
57. Witness Africa’s Great Migration
58. Spot an anteater
59. See Borneo’s amazing Orangutans
60. Spot Africa’s most endangered predator – Ethiopian Wolf
61. See a Cougar (Mountain lion)
62. Swim with Sea Lions
63. Swim with Whale Sharks
64. See big 5 on safari (The Kruger, Sabi Sands, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Okavango Delta)
65. Swim with Sea turtles
66. Get up close to a Grizzly Bear
67. Enter the world of glow worms
68. Swim with Manta Rays
69. See our closest relative – the Chimpanzee
70. Spot a white Rhino
71. See a wild Koala
72. Swim with Pilot Whales
73. Spot a Sea Otter
74. Drive a husky team through the Arctic
75. Swim with Hammerhead Shark
76. Swim with Minke Whales
77. See a snow leopard in the Himalayas
78. Get up close to a Komodo Dragon
79. See India’s amazing Tigers
80. Trek the Simien mountains to see the Geladas

Natural Wonders

1. Climb to the roof of Africa at Mt. Kilimanjaro
2. Visit the Galapagos islands
3. Marvel at Ngorongoro Crater
4. Trek Torres del Paine – Chile
5. Sail the Whitsunday islands
6. Trek to Everest base camp
7. Visit a wonder of the world at Ha Long Bay
8. Experience the culture of lake Titicaca
9. Dive between the earth’s plates – Iceland
10. Dive big blue hole – Belize
11. Sleep under the stars
12. Visit the iconic Amazon rainforest
13. Drive the Great Ocean road
14. Take in the sights of Canada’s National Parks
15. Watch an Iceberg calving into the sea
16. Explore Ireland’s countryside
17. Drive the Garden Route – South Africa
18. Explore Yellowstone
19. Dive the Great Barrier Reef
20. See the view from god’s window – Drakensburg Mountains
21. Marvel at the mighty Iguazu Falls
22. Explore cradle of mankind – Great Rift Valley, Africa
23. See the Northern Lights
24. Stand under Niagara Falls
25. Cruise Canada’s inside passage
26. Swim at the top of Victoria Falls
27. Step foot on Antarctica
28. See the desert meet the ocean
29. See planet earth’s earliest life – the Stromatolites
30. Wonder at the salt flats of South America
31. See an active lava lake
32. Stay on a tropical island
33. Scuba dive the iconic Browning Pass
34. Sail the Brazilian Coast
35. Kayak the mighty Mekong river
36. Relax in beautiful Bali
37. Take a dip in an Andean Hot spring
38. Row through the the rice fields of Nim Binh
39. Take the Rocky Mountain Explorer train
40. Explore the Okavango Delta
41. Go trekking on a glacier

Historic Places

1. Trek the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
2. Visit the tunnels of the Vietnam war
3. Trek to Ciudad Perdida – Colombia
4. Look out over the Cape of Good Hope
5. See the mystical Nazca lines
6. Visit Petra – Jordan
7. Wonder around Bangkok’s grand palace
8. Soak up some rays on Bondi beach
9. See the Egyptian pyramids
10. Mountain bike down Death Road
11. See the Castles of Europe
12. Explore the incredible Angkor complex – Cambodia
13. Visit the iconic temple of Borobudur
14. Explore ancient Thailand

Iconic Cities

1. Watch sunset over Rio from Sugarloaf Mountain – Rio de Janeiro
2. Visit New York
3. Take in the sights of London
4. Enjoy the view from Sydney harbour
5. Take a rail journey through Europe’s ancient cities
6. Explore the top of Table Mountain – Cape Town

Other Experiences

1. Attend a Meditation Retreat
2. Do a Skydive
3. Go on a cruise
4. Go Sandboarding
5. Spend a day at a Polo Championship
6. Attend the Boxing Day cricket test at the MCG
7. Explore the world’s favourite wineries (Margaret River, Mendoza & Stellenbosch)
8. Get married in the African Bush
9. Learn to surf
10. Design our own wedding rings in Hong Kong
11. Go deep into the earth in a working mine
12. Go to a Grand Slam Tennis Championship
13. White water raft off a waterfall
14. Go horseback riding with a real Gaucho
15. Go Tubing
16. Stay a night in ice hotel
17. Go skiing

…and that is all for now.

Let us know what you think of the list. Anything you think we’ve missed? What is on your list?